Manage Users

Learn all about My Users:

1. FAQ
2. Manage users
3. Action Menu


1.   FAQ

What is the manage users app?

The manage user page is a tool that allows administrators to invite and manage users for their account. (Note: there can only be one admin user on each account.)

Who can access it?

Only Phone.com NxT admins can manage users.

How do I access it?

To access the manage users app, simply sign into configure.phone.com with your login information then select  Users  from the left Navbar.

What is a “user”?

A user is anyone who needs to make or receive business calls using your account at Phone.com. A user will also access your Company Inbox which includes Web Calls, Messages, Voicemail and Fax. 

In most organizations, each employee who makes or receives calls will be a user. It also could be the owner, your business partner, employee or a subcontractor that works as staff.

What is an “admin” user?

Admin users also have access to My.Phone.com but also to the Configure app so they can change Phone.com global settings, and invite other users.

What can an admin user do?

Admin users can configure Phone.com global settings, via the Configure App.  

As such they can:

  • Configure users (e.g. invite new user, setup a user’s settings, provide a dedicated number to a user)
  • Configure numbers (e.g. add more phone numbers, configure what happens when a call comes in)
  • Configure the company settings (e.g. the company voicemail message, the company name and music on hold, etc)
  • Configure account and billing settings (e.g. update credit card information and preview invoices)
  • Access the Phone.com Control Panel to manage advanced settings such as queues and advanced call routing rules

How do I change the admin user?

Currently there is only one admin per account, but we will soon add the ability to have more than 1 admin on the account.

If you need to change the admin user for your account, please contact our support team, they can do this for you.

Does it cost money to add users?

Any users you added on sign up are included with your account, however if you decide to add additional users (accessed from the Add Users Tab) will be charged. You can see the cost of our Basic, Plus and Pro plans here

Why change a user plan?

Since your employees are performing different tasks in your organization, each person may require a different level of service. For example, the person who makes a lot of calls probably needs an unlimited plan and it makes sense to upgrade a plan from Basic to Plus or Pro. 

For another person who is a personal assistant answering calls when the business owner is not available, it makes sense to analyze how many minutes per month this person uses and upgrade or downgrade their plan accordingly.

If your employee started with Basic plan and now needs a video meetings bridge which is HIPAA compliant, his plan should be upgraded to Plus or Pro to get a matching video plan with HIPAA compliant and security options.


2.   Manage users

Overview

Once you sign in and are on the Users App you will notice two tabs above, one is Manage Users and the other is the Add Users tab. You will also notice yourself as an admin with a green admin tag next to your profile avatar. You may also notice additional user plan slots listed, to learn more about how to add users visit our Add Users support page.

 

 

Manage users in Phone.com

 

Name

This is the name that is assigned when you invite the user for the first time. Once you begin adding more users you will notice the users will be sorted based on their last name in alphabetical order. The name can be changed by accessing the Edit User option located within the Action Menu (looks like three vertical dots) To learn more about how to change a user’s name visit the Edit User section.

User plan

The plan column will show the plan your users are currently signed up for. You can always change between any of the three available plans by selecting the drop-down list and selecting the one you wish to use for any user.  

To learn what each plan provides, and so which one is right for your users, see our pricing page

How to change a user plan in Configure:

1. Open the Users page
2. Select the Manage Users tab
5. Click on the user you would like to adjust
6. In the plan drop-down, click on the plan selection (Basic, Plus, or Pro)
7. The Plan change is complete. Your next billing statements will reflect the change.

Note: There is no way to change all of the users at the same time you must change the plan at the per-user level.

 

Manage Users

 

Dedicated number 

The “direct number” column will always show you any phone number that has been assigned to a user.  So it’s a “dedicated number” for that user, any calls to that number will ring that user.

To assign a phone number simply select the Plus sign and select form the list of unassigned phone numbers.

 

 

 

If you do not have any available phone numbers you may select the Get New number option at the bottom and select the number from the pop up window that appears. Once you choose the number it will be automatically assigned to the selected user.

 

Important note: if your user is on a Base plan, you will incur a $4.99 per month charge for the additional number.  Plus and Pro users get a number included with their user plans.

Unassigning a number

It is important to note that the main company number you selected during sign up will not show up under the Unassigned number list because it is already assigned as the company number.

 

 

If you wish to assign your main company number to yourself or another user simply navigate to the Numbers app and unassign the number from the current configuration, then return to the Users app and assign the phone number as a direct number. 

To learn more about how to configure numbers please see our Configure Numbers support article.

 

 

Extension

The extension column will show you the internal extension number that has been assigned to the user. These numbers are solely for user to user calling and do not appear on any caller ID or company directory. The extension numbers are automatically assigned but can be changed by accessing Advanced Settings.

Meetings

Setting up video meeting access is done by selecting the Plus Sign for any user.

 

 

Doing this will associate a bridge ID that can then be selected to open the video conference on a separate tab for ease of access.

 

 

Once a user has a Meetings access code, they will see the screen shown below when accessing My.Phone.com, and will be able to start video calls, and join on an audio bridge. 

Additional settings are available by clicking on the ‘Go to your Meetings Dashboard’ button.

 


3.   Action menu

Overview

The action menu can be found under every user (located on the far right end of the user entry) it looks like three vertical dots lined up and when selected offers a list of options depending on if the user is regular or admin. 

 

 

Edit user

Selecting the Edit User for any user will allow you to edit the existing user info. This info includes the first and last name, email (when not joined yet), mobile number, timezone and voicemail PIN. Simply edit the info and once done select the Confirm button to save the changes. Once saved you should see the updated info under the My Users tab.

 

 

Setup call forwarding 

Call forwarding allows you forward calls for a user to an external number (for example, the user’s cell phone). All user’s devices will still ring if you have call forwarding on (e.g. IP phone and Web app). You can only forward to 1 external number.

Setting up call forwarding is easy. Access the action menu and select Setup Call Forwarding and enter the phone number you wish to forward calls out to and select the Save button. 

Once a phone number is added it can be removed by re-accessing the Action Menu and selecting the No option then save.

 

 

Important note: if call forwarding is enabled, users answering the call will have to press 1 to confirm they want to answer a call.  This is called “call screening” and is required so that important messages do not end up in the personal voicemail of a user’s cell phone (and are as such not accessible by admins).

Important note: Users can change call forwarding settings themselves via their own user settings, under the Incoming Call tab in My.Phone.com.

 

 

 

Reset password

Password recovery is done by accessing the Action Menu list and selecting the Reset Password option.

 

 

After you confirm the action the system will send out an email to the user’s email address with instructions on how to change their password. Once this process is completed the user will no longer be able to sign in using their old login info.

 

 

Delete user

Removing a user from the system is easy simply select the Action Menu list and select Delete User. You will be asked to confirm the action and once complete the user will be removed from the account and the plan for that user will no longer be charged to the account. If you wish to transfer valuable information such as voice messages, text messages and fax messages please visit the Advanced Settings section of the account.

 

 

Resend invite

If you invited a user but they cannot find the invite email, you can resend an invite to that user using this option.  Make sure however that the user’s email address is correct, if not, click Edit User to change it, before resending an invite.

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