For Direct Routing, if an auto attendant can transfer to an internal user or bot but not to an external PSTN number, Microsoft says this may indicate missing or incorrect licensing on the auto attendant.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone Direct Routing
Subsystem
transfer
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Troubleshooting Teams call queues and auto attendants: source note teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-external-xfer-license. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-external-xfer-license

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-external-xfer-license,
  title  = {Troubleshooting Teams call queues and auto attendants: source note teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-external-xfer-license},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-external-xfer-license},
  note   = {Source note teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-external-xfer-license, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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