Set up the Common Area Phone license for Microsoft Teams

In the steps below, we’ll help you set up an account for Phone System to deploy common area phones for your organization. For a more complete meeting room experience, including audio conferencing, consider purchasing the dedicated Meeting Room license with a meeting room device.

Step 1 – Buy the licenses

1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to Billing > Purchase services and then expand Other plans.
2. Select Common Area Phone > Buy now.
3. On the Checkout page, click Buy Now.

If asked if you want to also add a calling plan, DO NOT. The common area phone license is just used as a part of the integration requirements for our Unified Communications Services.