For numbers ported from an external carrier into Calling Plans, preassignment is allowed if the user or resource account has the required Phone System or resource account license and a Calling Plan license, and its usage location matches the number's country. Toll-free numbers also need a positive Communications Credits balance.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone - Calling Plans
Subsystem
number porting
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Porting numbers to Microsoft Teams: source note teams-number-porting-preassign-rules. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-number-porting-preassign-rules

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-number-porting-preassign-rules,
  title  = {Porting numbers to Microsoft Teams: source note teams-number-porting-preassign-rules},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-number-porting-preassign-rules},
  note   = {Source note teams-number-porting-preassign-rules, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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