Common Area Phone
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Common area phones are IP phones that are not associated with an individual user.
Instead of being located in someone’s office, common area phones are typically
located in building lobbies, cafeterias, employee lounges, conference rooms, and other
locations where a large number of people are likely to gather. Unlike other phones on
the Skype for Business Server, which are typically maintained by using voice policies
and dial plans that are assigned to individual users, common area phones do not have
individual users assigned to them.
Your system administrator provides you with login credentials that you can use to sign
into a Common Area Phone.
This chapter explains how to use the Common Area Phone. Topics include:
Signing into a Common Area Phone
Using a Common Area Phone
Switching to a Skype for Business Account
Signing out of a Common Area Phone
To use the Common Area Phone, you must sign into the phone using PIN Authentication
or Device Pairing for Online method.
You need to configure an unlock PIN at the initial sign-in. And it is used to enter the
Advanced Settings.
If the phone signs into a CAP account, the idle screen will be shown as below:
Note
Users should pay attention to the following points when using the Common Area Phone:
The phone can sign into the last CAP account automatically after the phone
recovers from network failure, sever failure or being off line. The phone can sign
Your system administrator provides you with login credentials that you can use to sign
into a Common Area Phone.