To manage Teams phones an administrator needs the Global admin, Teams Service admin or Teams Device admin role; Microsoft recommends using the least-privileged role.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams phones
Subsystem
administration
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). Teams phones and certified devices: source note teams-phone-devices-manage-roles. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-phone-devices-manage-roles

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-phone-devices-manage-roles,
  title  = {Teams phones and certified devices: source note teams-phone-devices-manage-roles},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-phone-devices-manage-roles},
  note   = {Source note teams-phone-devices-manage-roles, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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