MS Blocked Calling Numbers#

VOSS Automate allows for the management of Microsoft Call Blocking features if the Global setting for Tenant Call Blocking is enabled at tenant level (Tenant Blocked Calling).

The functionality will then be available to administrators:

  • Menu: MS Blocked Calling Numbers

  • Dashboards: the MS Blocked Calling Numbers widget on MVS-Operations-CallBarring-Blocking-Dashboard and MVS-MSDialPlan-Dashboard

Administrators can then:

  • List all blocked and exempt number patterns added to the tenant list, including Name, Description, Enabled (True/False), and Pattern.

  • Add a blocked or exempt number pattern to the tenant list.

  • Remove (exempt) a blocked number pattern from the tenant list.

  • Modify one or more parameters of a blocked or exempt number pattern in the tenant list.

  • Test whether calls from a given phone number will be blocked (Test IBN Pattern).

Note

If the same number pattern is present in both the blocked and exempt pattern lists, numbers matching these patterns will be considered to have been unset, i.e. neither blocked nor exempt.

Tenant Blocked Calling#

This list view shows the inbound block number patterns and the inbound exempt number patterns parameters by Enabled status of the Global blocked number list setting at a particular hierarchy, as shown in the Located At column of the list.

Inbound Blocked Number Patterns#

The list view of all blocked number patterns according to hierarchy, showing whether the filter is enabled as well as its pattern and any details added.

  • Identity is a unique identifier to specify the blocked number pattern to be created.

  • Description is a friendly description for the blocked number pattern.

  • Enabled is a parameter set to True or False, indicating if numbers matching the pattern will be blocked.

  • Pattern: A regular expression to match the calling number, for example the pattern ^\+11234567890 blocks numbers starting with a + followed by the specified digits. It is best practice to start a regular expression with the caret (^) character and end it with the dollar ($) character to indicate the start and end of the pattern.

Entries can be added and modified from this list.

Inbound Exempt Number Patterns#

The list view of all exempt numbers patterns according to hierarchy, showing whether the filter is enabled as well as its pattern and any details added.

  • Identity is a unique identifier to specify the exempt number pattern to be created.

  • Description is a friendly description for the exempt number pattern.

  • Enabled is a parameter set to True or False, indicating if numbers matching the pattern will be exempt.

  • Pattern: A regular expression to match the calling number, for example the pattern ^\+?1312555888[2|3]$ exempts numbers optionally starting with a + followed by the specified digits and ending with either 2 or 3.

Entries can be added and modified from this list.

Test IBN Pattern#

Enter a number to test if it will be blocked or exempt for inbound calls by currently enabled patterns.