{"id":5201,"date":"2022-06-21T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T18:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=5201"},"modified":"2022-06-21T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T18:15:34","slug":"tech-talks-cloud-voice-for-microsoft-teams-offers-secure-reliable-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/tech-talks-cloud-voice-for-microsoft-teams-offers-secure-reliable-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talks: Cloud voice for Microsoft Teams offers secure, reliable communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Close-upTo serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, we need to stay up to speed with the latest IT trends and solutions. To achieve that, our team of IT experts attends weekly training sessions conducted by various IT solution providers.\u00a0Based on our extensive experience and sales volume with the suppliers, we receive exclusive, direct and usually in-person training from these suppliers.\u00a0Our Tech Talks blog series offers a snapshot of these educational<\/em>\u00a0sessions.<\/p>\n

A Chicago-based research firm with an on-premises PBX wanted to migrate their phone system to the cloud for additional functionality. The company already leveraged the\u00a0Microsoft 365 suite<\/a>, so they decided to voice-enable Skype for Business. This occurred before\u00a0Microsoft Teams<\/a>\u00a0replaced Skype for Business as the suite’s primary unified communications (UC) application and the client has since switched to Teams.<\/p>\n

If you’re in a similar situation (a current Microsoft 365 client thinking about migrating your phone system to the cloud), you should consider working with one of our trusted partners to turn the Teams app into a full-blown\u00a0cloud phone system<\/a>. Our\u00a0trusted technology advisors<\/a>\u00a0recently met with representatives of a major telecom solutions supplier to go over their cloud voice for Microsoft Teams offering. Here’s some essential background information you should know about this UC provider and the advantages of working with them to voice-enable Teams.<\/p>\n

Provider overview<\/h2>\n

This Texas-based company is one of the world’s largest providers of telecom solutions. Since 1983, this supplier has leveraged the latest technology to facilitate connections among people and businesses. Today, the provider maintains a robust network that supports new tech such as virtual reality, smart buildings and telehealth. In addition to cloud voice for Microsoft Teams, their business solutions portfolio includes wireless internet,\u00a0fiber internet connectivity<\/a>, 5G and more.<\/p>\n

Featured offering: Cloud voice for Microsoft Teams<\/h2>\n

This supplier’s cloud voice offering for Teams utilizes a TDM PBX, IP PBX or key system environment to allow businesses to transform the application into a fully functional cloud phone system. With Session Border Controller as a Service (SBCaaS) and SIP trunking from the telecom service provider, your end users can securely communicate with colleagues and clients with VoIP, web chat and IP video. Note: This supplier doesn’t sell Microsoft 365 licenses or Microsoft phone systems, only the SBC and connectivity.<\/p>\n

Notable features of this cloud voice for Teams offering include the following:<\/p>\n