The common area phone experience is enabled by setting the Teams IP Phone policy SignInMode parameter to CommonAreaPhoneSignIn, and the IP Phone policy can be modified only if the account signing in to the phone is licensed with something other than a Teams Shared Devices licence.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Phone
Subsystem
Teams IP Phone policy
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 sign-in and provisioning: source note teams-phone-sign-in-troubleshooting-cap-signin-mode. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-phone-sign-in-troubleshooting-cap-signin-mode

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-phone-sign-in-troubleshooting-cap-signin-mode,
  title  = {Troubleshooting Teams phone sign-in and provisioning: source note teams-phone-sign-in-troubleshooting-cap-signin-mode},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-phone-sign-in-troubleshooting-cap-signin-mode},
  note   = {Source note teams-phone-sign-in-troubleshooting-cap-signin-mode, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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