Microsoft Teams Phone Implementation, Number Porting, and E911
Summary
Move to Microsoft Teams Phone with confidence. SkyTerra implements call routing, ports your numbers, and configures Dynamic E911, all with training, documentation, and a clean handoff.
Overall value proposition
Turn Microsoft Teams into your secure, reliable business phone system. We design and mplement Microsoft Teams Phone, complete number porting end to end, and configure Dynamic E911 so emergency calls route accurately with compliant location data. You get a structured rollout, clear user communications, and IT team enablement that sticks.
Why organizations choose SkyTerra
You want a proven phone cutover plan that avoids downtime and confusion
You prefer a partner that owns number porting tasks, Letters of Authorization, and Firm Order Commitments
You need compliant emergency calling with location services that match your network sites and subnets
Your team wants documentation, training, and a clean handoff they can run in-house
Scope and deliverables
Design for Microsoft Teams Phone, including choice of Calling Plans, Operator Connect, or Direct Routing
Call routing, dial plans, voice policies, emergency call routing policies, and normalization rules
Number porting management, inventory and audit, LOA preparation, CSR validation, FOC scheduling, port-day execution and rollback plan
Dynamic E911 configuration, network sites and subnets, emergency addresses, test plan using 933, end user and IT guides
Call queues and auto attendants, hours, holidays, overflow, and reporting
Device strategy, headsets and Teams certified phones, common area phones, lobby phones
Adoption materials, end user quick start, help desk runbook, executive briefing
Project documentation, as-built configs, support handoff
SkyTerra Three-Thread Delivery Model
- Technical execution
Phases
Discovery: Current telephony inventory, carrier accounts, TN blocks, user personas, analog lines and fax needs, emergency calling requirements, network sites and subnets, licensing review for Microsoft Teams Phone and Microsoft 365.
Design: Architecture for Calling Plans, Operator Connect, or Direct Routing with Session Border Controller, voice routing, dial plans, emergency routing, call queues, auto attendants, and device standards. Mapping of legacy features to Teams equivalents.
Configuration: Teams Phone policies, voice route, PSTN usage, normalization rules, queues and attendants, business hours and holidays, resource accounts, caller ID and emergency location policies. Configure Dynamic E911, location services, network sites and subnets, emergency addresses, and notifications.
Number porting: Inventory validation, LOAs, CSR pull and correction, FOC date selection, test TNs, partial and full ports, staggered department cutovers when needed, port-day bridge and rollback plan.
Testing: Test call flows, internal and external, queue logic, voicemail, shared lines, analog integration, 933 test for emergency call validation, representative device set validation, pilot user acceptance.
Deployment and handoff: Cutover execution, live monitoring, hypercare, as-built documentation, help desk runbook, admin training, roadmap for post-cutover enhancements.
- IT team enablement
Live admin workshops for Teams Phone policies, routing, and emergency configuration
Number management procedures, new TN activation, feature changes, and carrier escalation paths
Troubleshooting playbooks for call quality, SBC, devices, and porting issues
Governance guidance for growth, naming, licensing, and lifecycle
- End user adoption
Role-based quick start guides for softphone, headsets, and desk phones
Call handling tips, voicemail, simultaneous ring, mobile usage, common area use
Change communications timeline, pre-cutover notices, Day 1 and Week 1 support guides
What you can expect
A secure, documented Teams Phone environment aligned to Microsoft best practices
Smooth number porting with clear dates, cutover steps, and a tested rollback plan
Compliant Dynamic E911 with accurate locations tied to your network sites
Trained admins, prepared help desk, and confident end users
A phone system that is easier to manage, simpler to scale, and ready for growth
Prerequisites
Active Microsoft 365 tenant with Microsoft Entra ID, verified domains
Teams Phone licensing, and if applicable, Calling Plans, Operator Connect carrier, or Direct Routing SBC access
Current TN inventory, account PINs, latest Customer Service Records, and billing addresses
Network site and subnet details for Dynamic E911 planning nal live training for reception, contact center light workloads, and executives
Conclusion
Voice cutovers do not have to be risky. SkyTerra gives you a structured plan, clean execution, and a phone system your team can run with confidence.