Before Direct Routing numbers are ported to Teams under another PSTN connectivity option, they must be unassigned from users and released from Microsoft's telephone number management inventory with New-CsOnlineTelephoneNumberReleaseOrder.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone - Direct Routing
Subsystem
number inventory
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Troubleshooting Teams phone number assignment errors: source note teams-number-assignment-errors-dr-release-before-port. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-number-assignment-errors-dr-release-before-port

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-number-assignment-errors-dr-release-before-port,
  title  = {Troubleshooting Teams phone number assignment errors: source note teams-number-assignment-errors-dr-release-before-port},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-number-assignment-errors-dr-release-before-port},
  note   = {Source note teams-number-assignment-errors-dr-release-before-port, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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