You can now activate a one year of free dial-in audio conferencing for Microsoft Teams.

How will this effect you?
With this new Audio Conferencing, you can join Teams meetings from wherever they are by using a global dial-in number. This could be useful for when you need to join meetings from land line telephones or if you loose internet access. When you attend the meeting using the global dial-in number it allows you to join via voice only.

What should I do to prepare for this change?
To take advantage of this free trial you will need the acquire the free licenses and assign them to users within your organisation.  Speak to your IT Support Team to activate this free trial.

If you do not choose to activate this free offer there will be no impact to you or your organisation.

If you do activate the dial-in Audio Conferencing, when you create Teams meeting the body of the meeting invitation will include a phone number that people can dial to join the meeting.

It’s also worth noting that the person using the dial-in number does not need a license.

When can you expect this change?
This offer is available now and will expire on March 31^st 2021.