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4 handy ways to start a Microsoft Teams call

In Digital Communications
August 30, 2019
3 Min Read
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No matter how smart communication systems become, Calling still remains the basic feature needed in a business communication system. In the Microsoft Teams phone system, there are various features and most usable for organizations in which Microsoft teams call is the most in-demand feature of all. With Teams, Microsoft 365 has got more power, so while you are editing the main project file, you can have a live conversation from within Microsoft 365 with the team lead of the project regarding the edits and save time for future revisions of the same document.

How cool is that?

Since Teams focuses on collaboration between people of the same project, Microsoft teams call is a feature in Microsoft Teams phone system which is made available at all times.

So… how do you do it? There isn’t one way, rather there are Four! :

Start a Microsoft teams call through the Calls Tab: Call Tab offers call features like in a normal phone. You can dial numbers using the dial pad directly, or navigate to contacts List to search for the Contact to call. You can search through email id, phone number or add a person to the list of your contacts. Pretty much the same way as you can do on your smartphone.

Place a call via Chat Tab: Indeed some things are never easy to explain on a text-based chat and here is where calling through Microsoft Teams phone system dives in. To make things less complicated, there’s a direct call icon in the top right corner. Go forward with audio/video call to keep the flow of conversation intact.

Place a call from command bar: This is for the IT pros, type in backslash (it hints Teams that you are about to give a command) then type call and press Enter. Next, Teams will prompt you to type in the name/email of the person to contact to. Select the contact and the call is started.

Place a call from Anywhere: “Contact Cards” is how Microsoft teams phone system has made calling more easy. It’s a normal scenario that you recall to call a person by looking at his name or profile pic (maybe when a document is uploaded by that person). Just click on his pic and a contact card is displayed. You can call them directly through contact card.

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MachCloud and the “Calling via Teams” feature

Calling via Teams is a unique feature offered by Providers to make your chats less complicated and communication smoother. MachCloud is a Digital Business communication provider which provides robust service delivery solutions including SIP Trunking, Cloud PBX, MachCloud and Office 365 offerings, Microsoft Skype for Business server and Microsoft Teams phone system.  MachCloud offers unified invoice to make the financial aspects of business communications smoother, make you able to manage Office 365 products very fast, easy migration through self-service Control Panel. It also offers reselling of cloud services and telecom services and get best industry expert advice if you get stuck somewhere.

MachCloud is the Provider that can offer you Microsoft Teams calls solution in the most optimal manner for your business.

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Top 3 benefits of Cloud Softphone over traditional Desk Phones

In Digital Communications
July 9, 2019
3 Min Read
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With the rise of Remote working, the very promising concept of Softphones has emerged. Cloud Softphones are calling apps on Computers and mobile devices that facilitate employers to stay in touch with remote workers and keep track of their work progress. These softphones mimic desk phones with a unique interface that resembles a desk phone having a complete dial pad and other features like Mute, Hold, and Transfer. They offer video calling and conferencing, chat and SMS capabilities, visual voicemail management along with all traditional business phone system features.

Digital communication providers offer a wide range of services which include Softphones as well as part of their cloud phone system services. This includes Providers offering free desktop and mobile apps or third-party Softphone apps that work with a variety of services.

  • Keep your business on the Go

With a cloud softphone in place, you can take your business anywhere. That is in contrast to a traditional business phone system that resides on the office premises. In this way, if any employee is travelling to clients for meetings, he can take the cloud business phone system with him and still be in communication with the other staff.

  • Private numbers stay private

With personal numbers saved in the mobile, employees can use softphones to answer calls or make calls on work related numbers while keeping the personal numbers safe. These softphones also don’t take up the call plan minutes because they make calls based on the IP technology.

  • Efficiency with usability

Cloud softphones offer a wide variety of interesting user interfaces with features like Drag-and-Drop Call Transfers, Visual Voicemail, Incoming Call Notifications and many more. You can add shortcuts for keeping things simple while you are travelling and making calls.

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Bonus Benefit: Less clutter, cleaner office

Indeed with softphones in hand, the need and clutter of desk phones is eliminated. No need for traditional business phones power adapters, Ethernet connections, extra cords and other clutter that resides on your desk at office.

MachCloud- the best UCaaS Provider in town

Unified Communications as a Service Providers are in demand for all the cost benefits that they provide to the company. MachCloud services are best-in-line with latest infrastructure and decent Disaster Recovery solutions that keep your business on the go even in the midst of a calamity. With MachCloud, you can Resell better with Office 365 pocket-friendly plans and maximize your profit margins with the plan of your choice. For a progressive business, the choice of the right UCaaS provider is a must. MachCloud is just the right provider for you.

 

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6 Things to stay aware of before choosing a Cloud PBX

In PBX
April 23, 2019
3 Min Read
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Choosing a Cloud PBX requires many factors to be considered. The best in line features like Fax- And Voice-To-Email, Queue Management, Auto-Attendant and similar features have to be there. Further, the factor of scalability of business shall be considered too when selecting and implementing the Cloud PBX. cloud-pbx Resiliency is also a factor that makes you prefer one Cloud PBX system over another. The last point is: Cost-effectiveness. In general businesses are aware of the basic factors required for cloud PBX system implementation like scalability, affordability, resiliency etc.

Today we are going to cover a few factors that are out of mainstream to give you a hint what you should know when choosing a Cloud PBX provider. Without wasting another minute, let’s dive into the details:

    • Meet business needs: Ensure that the cloud-pbx provider meets all of your business needs like provision of auto-attendants, digital receptionist, conference bridges CRM integration, Online phone contact management systems and many more systems that are needed in your business.
    • Reusing existing phone system: for startups, the initial installation includes installation of a phone system but for other companies, Cloud PBX providers can use the existing phone system in your company and save you bucks.
    • Cost of Startup procedure: If no special equipment is required, some cloud PBX providers offer initial setup free of cost. It is important to know the initial startup costs before you make commitment to any hosted or cloud PBX provider.
    • The charges details: once the cloud PBX is installed, you must know the recurring costs and cost of additional usage. Some providers charge for Additional users, Extra extensions, Long distance calls, Number of minutes of telephone, Voice mail, and Additional inbound numbers.
    • Customer support: If there is any issue with your business calls like loss of important business call or downtime during the timings of an important meeting, it is necessary the cloud PBX providers offer that level of customer support. An ideal provider provides 24/7 customer support.
    • The DR Solution: if things go wrong, there needs to be a backup infrastructure to minimize downtime of the cloud-PBX services. Having the cloud PBX infrastructure located several geographical locations, makes the PBX Providers in a strong position to claim 99.99% uptime for their customers.

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MachCloud PBX – the ultimate Cloud PBX provider

MachCloud offers Cloud and Hosted PBX at affordable rates and with easier management. It is a complete service management and communication delivery platform that provides unified invoice, excellent customer support, promising SIP Trunking services, Microsoft Skype4Buisness services and other Microsoft services like Dynamics 365, Office 365 etc. The plans and pricing are flexible to fit into any type of enterprise at affordable rates.

Head now towards MachCloud when you are choosing a Cloud-PBX for a complete Cloud based PBX solution for your business.

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5 Features that make MachCloud stand out from other UC providers

In Cloud PBX, Hosted Voice, PBX, SIP Trunking, Unified Communications, VOIP
April 12, 2019
3 Min Read
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In today’s competitive unified business communication market, UC providers have to put in a lot of efforts to take the lead. Customers today demand not only jitter-free streamlined communications but also require them to be cost-effective. Clients look forward to multiple features form a SIP Trunk provider like SIP trunking services, Cloud and Hosted PBX, Hosted Voice, Office 365 and many more.

MachCloud stand out from other UC providers

What makes a SIP Trunk solutions provider stand out from others is its ability to handle multiple clients keeping in mind about the scalability of their business and an eye for future trends. MachCloud is one such a Service management and communication delivery platform that provides cutting edge communication infrastructure with an edge over its competitors.

Unified Management Portal

The Unified communications portal is revolutionary in essence since it makes management work of business enterprises easier. With this portal, you get a centralized, complete, multi-vendor UC environment with a single management tool that provides a detailed visibility towards UC communication management including Cloud PBX, Hosted Voice, and Microsoft Skype for business, Microsoft Teams and much more.

Free Calls within the company mixing different technologies

If you have two different vendors for your SIP trunk and Skype4Business, there are hidden costs like telephone charges for calls between employees. MachCloud solves this by offering free calls between 2 variants. This gives  added benefit and cuts your costs.

Easy Migrations

With MachCloud, you get the option to migrate telephone numbers in real-time between SIP trunks. With a single management portal, the migrations become a whole lot easier. The experts at MachCloud make the migrations very reliable and dynamic so that there is minimum fluctuation in business performance and let you enjoy a smooth migration experience in real-time.

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Unified Invoice Management

With a Single unified invoicing system, MachCloud SIP Trunk provider makes you save valuable hours so your IT and Accounting professionals are freed from management services related to invoicing. The amazing self-service portal offered by MachCloud is all you need for a smooth invoicing experience.

Customer Support

At MachCloud, you are never alone. Our experts are there for your support related to unified communications 24/7. The customer support is fast and reliable that upholds partnerships for a complete business. We focus on long-term relationships with our customers.

MachCloud SIP Trunk provider offers you a whole lot different experience to implement your communication infrastructure in a smooth and streamlined manner. It is the gateway to all your UC needs. Go for MachCloud solutions and enjoy a successful journey with us in a long-term relationship.

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Opportunities for a SIP Trunking Business Provider

In SIP Trunking
April 10, 2019
3 Min Read
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SIP trunking business is in the norm these days. Businesses are opting towards unified communications and so SIP trunking business is quite promising.  There is so much to offer for a SIP Trunk reseller that it sometimes gets difficult to prioritize. You’ll want to provide the best service and establish reliable infrastructure but at the same time you would want to keep a check on the costs that you are going to offer to your customers. In today’s blogpost, we are going to enlist a few opportunities that SIP Trunk Resellers can take in order make maximum benefit and keep the customers happy.

Offer a Unified Communication Solution

Often cloud businesses approach SIP trunking business providers to cater their needs of a communication infrastructure. With the growing needs of businesses, a need for unified communications is also increasing. A SIP Trunk provider or a SIP reseller must provide everything related to communication to a business so the entrepreneurs themselves don’t have to struggle with the operational aspects of communications but give them comfort so they can utilize communication infrastructure to add value to their business. It is therefore essential to realize the needs of SIP trunking business clients and make sure you fulfill all their communication needs.

Focus on the residual Income

Whatever your upfront fee is going to be, the real value to your SIP trunking business comes from the residual income, which is what the customers pay you each month. The best way to take this opportunity and flourish your SIP business is by establishing a commission based reseller program in which people or small startups can sell the SIP trunking business services for you while you can easily collect revenue. This model is a sure win-win for every reseller’s business.

Consider Scalability to cater for business expansion

As a SIP Trunk Service Reseller, it is always advisable to cater for your clients’ business growing communication needs. When clients opt for a plan, they might switch to another plan after some time depending upon the expansion of their cloud business. Resellers who don’t take the business Growth factor into account end up losing their customers after a few years. For a long-term customer satisfaction, always consider the growing communication infrastructure needs of your clients and expand your SIP trunking business infrastructure accordingly.

MachCloud and SIP Trunk Reselling for your business

MachCloud is the best Communication delivery platform that you can get your hands on in Unified communications market. Featuring, PSTN, SIP Trunking, Hosted Voice, Microsoft Skype for Buisness and many other services like Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure services; MachCloud is the most promising platform to take care of all your business communication needs.  It offers brilliant pricing plans like Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, the most popular Office 365 Enterprise E3 and Office 365 ProPlus.

With all these features available in best rates in market, it’s high time you should get your hands on MachCloud Control Panel to answer all your business communication needs.

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MachCloud is Out: The Promising business-oriented Cloud Computing platform is finally here!

In Announcement, Azure, Business Communication, Cloud PBX, Dynamics 365, Hosted Voice, Office 365, PBX, Professional Services, PSTN, SIP Trunking, Unified Communications, VOIP
March 18, 2019
4 Min Read
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The modern era of cloud computing demands Cloud computing services to be more business-friendly. Business is being transformed into purpose-built and intelligent networks for which communication infrastructure plays a lead role. The need for higher bandwidth has never been more critical in the past than it is now. With the increasing Voice services needs from customers Providers are always in search for best Communication infrastructure in order to make cloud computing business to stay ahead of the curve. This includes SIP trunking services and VoIP infrastructure that follows the right fit.

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MachCloud has got it all covered

MachCloud is a unique service management and communication delivery platform. Launched to cater the current business needs of Providers, MachCloud focuses on hybrid. It offers SIP trunking services, hosted PBX or Skype for Business connections efficiently managed through a single panel. It also offers office 365 for Exchange Online and other collaborative and productivity tools that are the requirement designed carefully to cater current and future Cloud computing Service Providers needs in mind.

Let’s have a deep dive into other major offerings from MachCloud.

Major Offerings

  • SIP trunking services

With MachCloud, you are able to get best SIP trunking services with the most flexible manner. It offers a unified solution for telecom, Skype for Business, Office365/Teams. Now, you can manage communication delivery, service management and ordering all from a single portal. New streams of business can emerge once you come to MachCloud. The automated ordering and management solution offered by MachCloud is designed to make sure the partners are in full control of service management. Other major SIP trunking services include: Real-time CDR’s, porting on demand, Skype4Business and SIP trunks hybrid solution with one invoice, multiple end user price plans and many more. On top of it, it also gives you the control to Brand your own service.

  • Hosted Voice

MachCloud gives you all the major features of PBX-UC with high security and reliability needed for your business. This feature can also be further integrated with APIs and multiple we services are consumed for an efficient service delivery. Major hosted voice features include:  Extensions, numbers, connection to SIP phones, Multilevel Organization, user rights, Voice Prompts, Queues, Conference Box, Voicemail options, Call Forwarding, Dial plan switch. In addition to this, Auto provisioning, Phone status, Dial plan, Dial plan elements, logging- that includes Call Event Logging and User Event Logging, Call Detail Records (CDRs) and Call recordings and Music on Hold.

  • Office 365

MachCloud’s out-of-the-box advisory services can do wonders for your business since everything is carefully analyses by experts and then you are in control of the decisions to be taken for the pricing plans. MachCloud also offers migration services whether you have hosted or on-premise IaaS or you wish to scale the business infrastructure. MachCloud is your reliable Office 365 partner.

  • Azure

MachCloud integrates Microsoft Azure Cloud services. IT offers you everything needed for a successful Azure integration and service delivery. With best expert from the industry, MachCloud can help you get the best out of the cloud. With PaaS and up to the mark development tools, Azure has a lot to offer that can proved better business insights to you. It also cuts down costs and maximized profitability. With Azure integration, you get best security and compliance. MachCloud offers consultations, design and deployment services and management services.

  • Dynamics 365

In addition to Azure services, MachCloud also offers Dynamics 365 services that you make able to boost your business productivity and take informed decisions. This is done through implementing ERP & CRM system that provide all the necessary tools needed for Operations, sales, marketing and customer service. In this way, your business can make use of CRM without additional software.

  • Professional Services

For best consultation and advice, you can work with our Experts who are skilled to provide Onboarding services, Migration services and Admin as a service. You can get help on O365 admin center, deploying O365 on local devices, Acquiring O365 Cals and much more. 

MachCloud is your gateway to best service delivery

It is the need of the hour that communication delivery, SIP trunking services and VoIP should be streamlined with other business services like Microsoft’s 365. Cloud providers are generally in search for a provider that fulfills both needs. Since hybrid is the next-gen thing in cloud computing, MachCloud is introduced to take the concept of hybrid to a next level. It offers flexible plans for you to adopt and proceed with your business ongoing. Reliability and efficiency is all you need for a successful business growth.

Go ahead and increase your business mobility and productivity with MachCloud, your one-stop solution to cloud computing, SIP trunking service and communication delivery management.

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7 key terms to unleash the technology behind Unified communications

In Azure, Business Communication, Cloud PBX, Dynamics 365, Hosted Voice, PBX, SIP Trunking, Unified Communications, VOIP
March 5, 2019
5 Min Read
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Looks like the times of cloud communications are advancing towards unified communications as discussed heatedly in the past. The technologies like video conferencing, mobility, and omnichannel contact centers, UC APIs, and of course the CCaaS and UCaaS hosted solutions are now in the mainstream pertaining to the high demand of business centric communications platforms. With the rise of high quality video streaming needs and workspaces not being confined to mere office desktops but have expanded over hosted workplace solutions, Teams and projects management demands much more than just an office suite to meet-state-of-the-art challenges, it needs something robust. It requires Unified communications.

The basic requirement which has driven unified communications to this stage is that communication requires minimal jitter, minimum delay/latency, and minimum packet loss. This forms the basis of how communications have evolved from simple Phone systems, in which the digital aspects had been included in order to make streamline communications as compared to analogue communications, towards PSTN, where wired connections were established with the help of circuits to streamline voice over a phone assigning Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to each device for better access, to Voice over IP (VoIP)where The Internet was introduced for cost-effective business communication in a streamlined manner. Yet, with internet the requirement of less jitter/delay/packet loss was a big challenge.

To tackle that challenge, IP PBX systems and Hosted PBX systems are introduced that take business communication one step towards unified communications as of today. The premise-based IP PBX system was developed with LAN and IP technologies combined whereas the hosted PBX is a more robust and cost-effective solution, hosted in the cloud and matured over the years, to serve the purpose. Amongst IP PBX systems and Hosted PBX systems, deployment decisions can be taken based on Upfront Cost, Recurring cost, Technology Infrastructure and TCO.

Moving fast forward, SIP trunking is the most promising technology of today. Been made the new standard as the phone call protocol of choice replacing the traditional PSTN systems, SIP makes best-in-breed voice and Internet solutions possible for modern business voice, video and multi-party conference call needs. A few SIP trunking features include:

  • Minutes don’t matter:  with SIP trunking, you are offered unlimited inbound and outbound phone calls.
  • Bye-bye hardware: Traditional Line cards are not needed in most cases now, so there is no hi-fi infrastructure establishment needs for providers. Hosted SIP is the solution that eliminated hardware needs yet providing best voice and multi conferencing needs efficiently.
  • Geographic Resilience: the infrastructure in the cloud is established with Disaster recovery feature been kept in mind. Hence, you are always connected even under a catastrophic event.
  • Calls info: calls information can be achieved from Caller ID, Caller Name ID DID and virtual phone number features are present in SIP trunking.
  • Geographic Location Independence: with the flexibility of call routing through an IP, it doesn’t matter where you are in the world. The service is highly available wherever you are.

Who offer these services?

Telco’s and SIP providers offer these call and conferencing services with affordable rates that make you save up to 50% on your business phone bill every month. These providers offer Call volume and internet connection that is all you need for a better communication experience. There are two types of providers:

  • Single Solution Provider: the ones who offer both SIP trunks and data circuits. They provide bundles pricing offers, better quality and the best part is, if there’s an issue there’s only “one throat to choke”.
  • Over The Top (OTT) provide SIP trunking over another data carrier circuit. Companies like Netflix made the term OOT mainstream over the internet. With these providers, you can implement solutions from Best of Breed Providers both in terms of quality and pricing. And with this approach, you can always choose to discontinue the service that isn’t working too well.

The Quest for best continues

We’re old enough to remember the most used tagline in every phone call in the 90’s:

‘Can you hear me now?’

But not anymore; the journey to achieve best communication method continues all these years and it gets us landed into the world of Unified communications. Hosted SIP, VoIP, inherent multiple-carrier solutions, IP PBX, Hosted PBX and other terms are basic building blocks of Unified communications. You can call it the communication of “everything”. Telco’s and providers are more enthusiastic to offer unified communication systems like never before with better user experience and high quality services.

MachCloud Solutions: Your Gateway to a Successful Business Communication

And this is where we announce MachCloud: The all-in-one unique solution which offers best VoIP and SIP trunking with affordable rates and best pricing plans in the market. The reliable Provider has the best experts from the industry that assist the customers with 24/7 support. MachCloud is a complete Service management and communication delivery platform, exactly the platform needed for business current and future unified communication needs. From Hosted Voice, SIP trunking, MachCloud also offers service from Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Dynamics 365 and others. Here’s your chance to discover what more your business is capable of using this integrated platform.

 

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