To redirect auto attendant calls to shared voicemail (a Microsoft 365 group mailbox), the group must have 'Let people outside the organization email this team' enabled in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone
Subsystem
shared-voicemail
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-group-vm-external. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-call-queue-troubleshooting-aa-group-vm-external

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

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