Webex Calling calling features and feature parity vs UCM
Verified 2026-09-16 · 30 sources · tier 2
Also known as Barge-In Exempt, Between-user permissions, Office Anywhere.
Webex Calling provides calling features distributed across three license options, organized in documentation across four distinct license columns 29. Cisco explicitly notes that its published feature availability table is not a comprehensive list of all capabilities offered by the Webex Calling service 18.
License types and feature entitlement
Webex Calling offers 3 license options: Professional, Standard, and Workspace 29. In Cisco's feature documentation, these appear across 4 columns because the Professional license exists as a User form designed for individuals and a Workspace form designed for workspace calling, whereas Standard is user-only and Workspace is workspace-only 29.
Device entitlements vary across these license columns:
- A Professional Workspace license includes an entitlement of 5 devices 10.
- A Standard license permits 1 physical device (a Cisco collaboration device, a Cisco phone, an analog telephone adapter, or a third-party device) or all soft clients (the Webex App across desktop, tablet, and mobile), but not both simultaneously 1028.
- A Workspace license includes an entitlement of 1 device 10.
- The Professional User entitlement row is marked not applicable in the feature table 10.
Cisco states that a Professional Workspace license is not applicable for Webex Calling Dedicated Instance 24. Furthermore, downgrading a user from a Professional license to a Standard license results in the loss of all provisioning and configuration information for all affected users; Cisco recommends this action only in extreme circumstances where all other options have been exhausted 11. AI Assistant for calling support is not offered on Standard licenses 23.
Line appearances and shared lines
Shared lines are supported on both Professional User and Professional Workspace licenses with a documented cap of 35, while they are not available on Standard or Workspace licenses 26.
For a Professional workspace, up to 5 assigned devices can share the same primary line 30. Cisco specifies that this 5-device limit is separate from the total number of shared lines supported by the license, allowing the primary line of a workspace with 5 assigned devices to still be shared with up to 30 additional multiline endpoints 30.
Calling feature availability
Universal calling capabilities supported across all 4 license columns include:
- Call Waiting 8
- Monitoring (busy lamp field / BLF) 8
- Call Transfer 8
- Call Hold and Resume 8
- Caller ID 8
- Do Not Disturb 8
- Music On Hold 8
Call forwarding options also share broad availability, with Call Forwarding Always, Call Forwarding When Not Reachable (Business Continuity), Call Forwarding Busy, and Call Forwarding No Answer present across all 4 license columns 19. Call Forwarding Selective is supported on Professional User, Professional Workspace, and Standard licenses, but is omitted from the Workspace license 19.
Single Number Reach (Office Anywhere) is available on Professional User and Standard licenses, but unavailable on Professional Workspace and Workspace licenses 27. In the field, the barge row in the Webex Calling feature table is named Barge-In Exempt rather than Barge-In, appearing on Professional User, Professional Workspace, and Standard licenses while absent on Workspace licenses, with no row published for barge-in itself 7.
Location group services
Every Webex Calling location is provisioned with a standard package of group services at no extra cost 22. This package comprises:
- Auto Attendant 22
- Call Pickup 22
- Voice Portal 22
- Call Queue (with agents based on user license) 22
- DECT Network 22
- Voice Mail Group 22
- Hunt Group 22
- Single Number Reach Portal 2722
- Announcement Repository 22
- Call Park Extension 22
- Group Paging 22
- Location Intercept 22
- Call Park Group 22
- Virtual Extensions 22
- Music on Hold 22
Executive and executive assistant services
Executive and Executive Assistant features are available exclusively on the Professional User license and are unavailable on Professional Workspace, Standard, and Workspace licenses 16. Both executives and executive assistants must have assigned phone numbers, not merely extensions 17.
Configuration is handled in Control Hub under Management > Users > [User] > Calling > Between-user permissions > Executive / Executive assistant, using a toggle to designate whether the user is the executive or the assistant 14. Executives activate call filtering using feature access code *61 and deactivate it using *62 15.
Assistant alerting can be configured to ring Simultaneously across all assistant phones, or Sequentially based on the order defined in the assistant list 12. Executive alerting can independently ring mobility, Single Number Reach, and shared call appearance locations with either a Silent or Ring Splash alert 12. In the field, documentation notes that regardless of the number of assistants, only a number of concurrent calls can be placed on behalf of an executive at any time, but does not state that number 13.
Add-ons and management settings
For organizations using an on-premises private branch exchange requiring Cloud Connected PSTN, Route List Calls is available as an add-on license supporting up to 10,000 calls on an individual subscription and 10 concurrent licenses during trial 25. Dedicated Instance subscriptions include this feature without requiring an additional license 25.
In-call features such as Remote Desktop Control and screen sharing are configured at multiple scopes within Control Hub:
- Organization-wide: Services > Calling > Settings > Webex App > In-call feature access 21.
- Individual user: Management > Users > [User] > Calling > In-call experience 21.
- User group: Management > Groups 21.
See also
- Webex Calling license types and entitlements
- CUCM to Webex Calling migration
- Webex for Government calling restrictions
- Webex Calling Dedicated Instance applicability
Applicability
Webex for Government does not support 7 specific calling features: Call Recording, Call Recording Partner, Webex Go, Webex Go Mobile Operator, Attendant Console, Business Texting, and Digital Fax Messaging 20. Users running Webex Calling client versions 44.3 or earlier lose access to calling services 9. Applies to: Cisco Webex Calling. Sources checked 2026-09-16.
What remains uncertain
The following items are not covered by the sources below:
- The Control Hub navigation path for each feature in the availability table is not covered by the sources below.
- Which specific Webex Calling capabilities are missing from the availability table is not covered by the sources below.
- When the Webex Calling version 44.3 client cutoff took or takes effect is not covered by the sources below.
- The number of concurrent calls that can be placed on behalf of an executive is not covered by the sources below.
- Which license permits barge-in itself rather than exemption from it is not covered by the sources below.
- Whether the 35 in the shared lines cell and the 30 additional multiline endpoints are the same limit counted differently is not covered by the sources below.
See also
Related to
- Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces — Call Transfer is available on all 4 license columns
- Webex Calling license types and entitlements — The feature matrix is 4 license columns and Cisco states it is not comprehensive
- Webex Calling supported devices and MPP firmware — Device count entitlement and the device or soft client choice are license properties
Referenced by
- CUCM to Webex Calling migration — Feature parity gaps determine what cannot be migrated
- Call transfer semantics REFER and Replaces — Transfer behaviour differs by platform
- Toll fraud prevention and voice security — Outgoing call permissions are a location default that features inherit
Sources
- 1Cisco states that a Webex Calling user needs a Professional license to use a third-party call recording provider, while a user with a Standard license can use Webex as the call recording provider.Manage call recording for Webex Calling · Overview, license requirement paragraph · Checked 2026-09-16
- 2Of 11 numeric bounds in the auto attendant article, one publishes a default, and that default appears only in the bulk import reference and not in the step-by-step text for the same field.Manage auto attendants · Manage auto attendants, limits and the bulk import field table · Checked 2026-09-05
- 3Calling features are not harmonised between Dedicated Instance and Webex Calling multi-tenant; for example a multi-tenant Webex Calling user cannot be a member of a hunt group hosted on Dedicated Instance.Introduction to Dedicated Instance · Basic Inter-Op · Checked 2026-09-04
- 4The devices and features migration tool covers Auto-Attendant, Devices, Configured Lines, Device Layout including speed dial and shared line, Virtual Line, Call Queue, Hunt Group, Call Park, and user calling data comprising call forwarding and call monitoring.Migrate devices and features from Unified CM to Webex Calling · Migration of data, opening sentence · Checked 2026-09-16
- 5Cisco states that 2 reports in the migration export zip, SharedlineGroupMigrationReport.csv and HuntGroup_CallQueue_CallPark_CallPickUpGroups.csv, should be used to identify which users are in relationship with each other for group features and should migrate together.Migrate Unified CM data to Webex Calling · Export ZIP file section, the sentence naming the 2 group-feature reports · Checked 2026-09-16
- 6Cannot be migrated as there is no equivalent feature in WxC is one of 6 documented error and note values for the Auto-AttendantBulk.csv migration report, alongside a location that cannot be derived from the auto attendant number from UNITY, an empty extension column in the source data, a business schedule that does not exist in the location or organisation, a name that cannot be null, and a greetings file that cannot be found in Webex Calling.Migrate devices and features from Unified CM to Webex Calling · Auto-AttendantBulk.csv column table, the errors and notes value list, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 7The barge row in the Webex Calling feature table is named Barge-In Exempt rather than Barge-In, is available on the Professional User Professional Workspace and Standard licenses and not on the Workspace license, and the table carries no row for barge-in itself.field reportFeatures available by license type for Webex Calling · feature table, Barge-In Exempt row, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 8Call Waiting, Monitoring which Cisco labels busy lamp field, Call Transfer, Call Hold and Resume, Caller ID, Do Not Disturb and Music On Hold are each available on all 4 Webex Calling license columns.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · feature table, Call Waiting and Monitoring (BLF) rows, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 9Cisco states that calling services become unavailable for users who run Webex Calling versions 44.3 or earlier.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · note following the Dedicated Instance license usage sentence · Checked 2026-09-16
- 10The Webex Calling device count entitlement is 5 for a Professional Workspace license, 1 device or soft client for a Standard license and 1 for a Workspace license, and the Professional User row is marked not applicable.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · feature table, Device Count Entitlement row, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 11Cisco states that a Webex Calling user cannot be downgraded from a Professional to a Standard license without loss of all provisioning and configuration information for all affected users, and recommends the change only in extreme circumstances where all other options have been exhausted.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Professional license (User) and Standard license paragraphs · Checked 2026-09-16
- 12An executive's assistants can be alerted Simultaneously so that every assistant phone rings at once or Sequentially in the order they appear in the assistant table, and the executive's own alerting can additionally ring the Single Number Reach location, the mobility location and shared call appearance locations with a Silent or Ring Splash alert type.Configure executive or executive assistant services for users · Configure a user as an executive, steps 7 and 8 · Checked 2026-09-16
- 13The executive assistant article states that irrespective of the number of assistants only a number of concurrent calls can be placed on behalf of an executive at any time, and gives no figure for that number anywhere in the article.field reportConfigure executive or executive assistant services for users · closing notes after step 11 · Checked 2026-09-16
- 14Executive and executive assistant services for a Webex Calling user are configured in Control Hub at Management then Users then the user then the Calling tab then the Between-user permissions section then Executive slash Executive assistant, where a toggle selects whether the user is the executive or the assistant.Configure executive or executive assistant services for users · Configure a user as an executive, steps 1 to 4 · Checked 2026-09-16
- 15A Webex Calling executive can activate call filtering with the feature access code hash 61 and deactivate it with hash 62.Configure executive or executive assistant services for users · Configure a user as an executive, step 6 · Checked 2026-09-16
- 16The Executive and Executive Assistant features are available only on the Professional User license and are marked unavailable on the Professional Workspace, Standard and Workspace licenses.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · feature table, Executive and Executive Assistant rows, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 17Cisco states that Webex Calling executives and executive assistants must have phone numbers assigned to them and not just extensions.Configure executive or executive assistant services for users · closing notes after step 11 · Checked 2026-09-16
- 18Cisco states in the Webex Calling feature availability article that the features listed are not a comprehensive list of the capabilities of the Webex Calling service.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · sentence preceding the feature table · Checked 2026-09-16
- 19Call Forwarding Always, Call Forwarding When Not Reachable which Cisco also calls Business Continuity, Call Forwarding Busy and Call Forwarding No Answer are available on all 4 Webex Calling license columns, while Call Forwarding Selective is available on the Professional User Professional Workspace and Standard licenses and not on the Workspace license.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · feature table, Call Forwarding rows, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 20Cisco states that Webex for Government does not support 7 named Webex Calling features: Call Recording, Call Recording Partner, Webex Go, Webex Go Mobile Operator, Attendant Console, Business Texting and Digital Fax Messaging.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · note following the feature table · Checked 2026-09-16
- 21Remote Desktop Control and screen sharing are set for a Webex Calling organisation in Control Hub at Services then Calling then Settings then Webex App in the In-call feature access section, for a single user at Management then Users then the user then Calling then In-call experience, and for a user group at Management then Groups.Configure in-call features from Control Hub · Enable or disable Remote Desktop Control and screen sharing procedures · Checked 2026-09-16
- 22Cisco states that every Webex Calling location is provisioned with a standard package of group services comprising Auto Attendant, Call Pickup, Voice Portal, Call Queue with agents based on user license, DECT Network, Voice Mail Group, Hunt Group, Single Number Reach Portal, Announcement Repository, Call Park Extension, Group Paging, Location Intercept, Call Park Group, Virtual Extensions and Music on Hold.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Table 1 Location features: Included and optional (no extra cost) · Checked 2026-09-16
- 23Cisco states that AI Assistant for calling support is not offered for Standard licenses.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Standard license (User only) paragraph, closing sentence · Checked 2026-09-16
- 24Cisco states that the Professional license for a Workspace is not applicable for Webex Calling Dedicated Instance.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Professional license (Workspace) paragraph · Checked 2026-09-16
- 25Route List Calls is an add-on Webex Calling license for organisations with users on an on-premises private branch exchange that want Cloud Connected PSTN, with a maximum of 10000 calls for an individual subscription and 10 concurrent licenses during trial, and Cisco states that a Webex Calling Dedicated Instance subscription already includes the feature so no additional license is required.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Route List Calls License section · Checked 2026-09-16
- 27Single Number Reach, which Cisco also calls Office Anywhere, is available on the Professional User and Standard licenses and unavailable on the Professional Workspace and Workspace licenses, while the Single Number Reach Portal is one of the group services provisioned with every location.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · feature table, Single Number Reach (Office Anywhere) row, read as cells · Checked 2026-09-16
- 28Cisco states that a Standard licensed Webex Calling user can have either a physical device, meaning a Cisco collaboration device a Cisco phone an analog telephone adapter or a third-party device, or all soft clients meaning the Webex App on desktop tablet and mobile, but not both.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Standard license (User only) paragraph · Checked 2026-09-16
- 29Webex Calling has 3 license options, Professional Standard and Workspace, and the feature table presents them as 4 columns because Professional exists in a User form built for an individual and a Workspace form built for workspace calling needs, while Standard is user only and Workspace is workspace only.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · opening description and the feature table header · Checked 2026-09-16
- 30Cisco states that a Professional workspace can have up to 5 assigned devices that all use the same primary line, that this device limit is separate from the total number of shared lines the license supports, and that even with 5 assigned devices the workspace's primary line can still be shared with up to 30 additional multiline endpoints.Features available by license type for Webex Calling · Assigned Devices key term · Checked 2026-09-16
Documents
Configure executive or executive assistant services for users
Configure in-call features from Control Hub
Features available by license type for Webex Calling
Introduction to Dedicated Instance
Manage auto attendants
Manage call recording for Webex Calling
Migrate devices and features from Unified CM to Webex Calling
Migrate Unified CM data to Webex Calling
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title = {Webex Calling calling features and feature parity vs UCM},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/webex-calling-features},
note = {Verified 2026-09-16}
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