Blocking Spam, Telemarketers, and External Callers

Purpose

The article explains how to resolve an issue when a customer states, "I’ve gotten a lot of repeated calls from the same number that’s trying to sell me something. Can you block the number?" or "someone keeps calling looking for an employee, and it’s a different employee every time they call, but it’s the same number. How can we block that number in the Teams application from their desktop or smart phone?"

Note: You can only block external numbers. There is no way to block calls from a 972-883-XXXX number.

Video Tutorial

Process

Users can block specific external numbers in their Teams application with the following procedure:

In the Desktop Client

  1. Launch the Teams application, click Calls, then click History

  2. Locate the specific call, then click on the ... icon and choose Block

In the Mobile App

  1. Open the Calls section.

  2. Tap on History

  3. Locate the row for the unwanted call. Tap the “i” icon on the right side and then select Block number