Disable calls from users who aren't UM-enabled in Exchange Server
Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016
You can enable or disable calls from users who aren't enabled for Unified Messaging (UM). By default, Unified Messaging allows incoming calls from unauthenticated callers through an auto attendant to be transferred to UM-enabled users. With this setting enabled, users from outside an organization can transfer calls to UM-enabled users.
If this setting is disabled for a UM-enabled user, the user's mailbox can still be located using a directory search. However, if an external caller tries to transfer to the user, the system says, "I'm sorry, I'm unable to transfer the call to this user." The caller is then transferred to the operator, if an operator is configured on the auto attendant. If no operator is configured on the auto attendant, the call is transferred to a dial plan operator, if one is configured. If no operator extension is configured on the speech-enabled auto attendant, the dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) fallback auto attendant, or the dial plan, the system responds by saying, "Sorry. The operator and the touchtone service are unavailable."
For more management tasks related to users who are enabled for voice mail, see Voice mail-enabled user procedures.
What do you need to know before you begin?
Estimated time to complete: Less than 1 minute.
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the "UM mailboxes" entry in the Unified Messaging permissions topic.
Before you perform this procedure, confirm that a UM dial plan has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM dial plan.
Before you perform this procedure, confirm that a UM mailbox policy has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM mailbox policy.
Before you perform this procedure, confirm that the user's mailbox has been UM-enabled. For detailed steps, see Enable a user for voice mail.
For information about keyboard shortcuts that apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Exchange admin center in Exchange 2013.
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Use the Shell to disable calls from users who aren't UM-enabled
This example prevents Tony Smith from receiving voice calls from callers who aren't UM-enabled.
Set UMMailbox -Identity tony@contoso.com -AllowUMCallsFromNonUsers None