{"id":6245,"date":"2023-12-14T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=6245"},"modified":"2023-12-14T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:10:37","slug":"tech-talks-turn-microsoft-teams-into-a-cloud-pbx-for-as-low-as-5-month-per-end-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/tech-talks-turn-microsoft-teams-into-a-cloud-pbx-for-as-low-as-5-month-per-end-user\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talks: Turn Microsoft Teams into a cloud PBX for as low as $5\/month per end user"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ATo serve as technology consultants 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. Our Tech Talks blog series offers a snapshot of these educational<\/em> sessions.<\/em><\/p>\n

A publishing company sought to replace a POTS system that had become too expensive at $6,000 per month. In addition to presenting a financial burden, their old phone system was difficult to scale and made it challenging for employees to work from home.<\/p>\n

The company cut costs in half and enhanced functionality with a Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)<\/a> solution from our portfolio that integrates with Microsoft Teams<\/a>. Employees were already familiar with the Teams interface, which sped up the end user adoption process. The UCaaS platform natively integrates with Teams, granting access to full PBX functionality through the app. As a result, 200+ employees can now work from anywhere and make and take calls via their laptops.<\/p>\n

If you want to voice-enable Microsoft Teams, you should consider the same solution. Here\u2019s a brief overview of everything you should know about its pricing, capabilities, and advantages for your business.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Teams direct routing + cloud PBX: Key features and benefits<\/h2>\n

This offering will give your team members easy access to complete phone system functionality within the Teams app. Additionally, it\u2019s incredibly cost-effective, with monthly pricing as low as $5 per end user and $17.99 per SIP trunk. With 4 users per trunk, if you have 100 seats, that works out to ($5 x 100) + ($17.99 x 25) = $949.75. <\/span><\/p>\n

This solution is ideal for any organization that needs a phone in every room \u2013 such as healthcare providers, manufacturing companies, and educational institutions. You\u2019ll have your choice of Teams direct routing only (with trunking provided) or direct routing plus UCaaS (with trunking and administration provided).<\/p>\n

Other notable features and capabilities include the following:<\/p>\n