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Teams Phone policies, auto attendants, call queues and emergency calling take the biggest share, alongside configuring audio conferencing and webinars plus Teams meetings, managing Teams Rooms and devices, and planning connectivity and certified devices.

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  1. Question 1Advanced

    Configure and manage Teams Rooms and devices · Customize meeting room settings by using XML files on Windows

    A manufacturing company has deployed Teams Rooms on Windows devices in its conference rooms. An administrator has created a custom XML configuration file named SkypeSettings.xml to enforce specific settings, such as disabling dual-screen mode and setting a default volume level. Where must this XML file be placed on the Teams Rooms device for the settings to be applied upon system startup?

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    Correct answer: A

    For Teams Rooms on Windows, the SkypeSettings.xml configuration file must be placed in the C:\Users\Skype\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeRoomSystem_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState directory. The Teams Rooms application process, running under the 'Skype' user account, reads this file at startup to apply any custom configurations.

  2. Question 2Advanced

    Configure and manage Teams meetings, webinars, and town halls · Configure a Microsoft eCDN for Town halls

    During a large Town Hall event, attendees at a branch office report significant video buffering and poor quality. The company has deployed Microsoft eCDN. A network analysis shows that the peering efficiency for the branch office subnet is very low, indicating that clients are pulling streams directly from the internet instead of from peers. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

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    Correct answer: C

    Microsoft eCDN relies on WebRTC for peer-to-peer communication between clients on the same local network. This communication primarily uses UDP over a range of ports (often including the standard STUN/TURN ports 3478-3481). If a local firewall or network access control list (ACL) is blocking this peer-to-peer UDP traffic, clients cannot discover each other or share video segments, forcing them to fetch content directly from the internet and defeating the purpose of the eCDN.

  3. Question 3Intermediate

    Implement and configure Teams Phone · Create and configure Shared Calling policies

    A company is implementing Shared Calling for a reception area. They have configured a resource account with a Calling Plan license and a phone number. They created a Shared Calling policy and assigned it to three receptionists. When the receptionists attempt to make an outbound call, the call fails. Inbound calls to the main number work correctly. What is the most likely missing configuration step?

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    Correct answer: C

    For any phone number that can be used for outbound calling, including the number on a resource account used for Shared Calling, an emergency address must be assigned to it. This is a mandatory step for E911 compliance. If the emergency address is not set for the number, outbound calling will be blocked.

  4. Question 4Beginner

    Configure and manage Teams Rooms and devices · Monitor Teams device health

    An organization wants to analyze the adoption rate and usage patterns of its Teams Rooms devices. A manager needs a report that details the number of meetings, call duration, and device health statistics for all registered Teams Rooms over the past 90 days. Where can this information be found?

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    Correct answer: C

    The Teams Rooms Pro Management portal is specifically designed for advanced management, monitoring, and reporting of Teams Rooms devices. Its 'Reports' section provides detailed analytics on usage, device health, meeting reliability, and hardware inventory, which directly addresses all the manager's requirements.

  5. Question 5Advanced

    Plan and design collaboration communications systems · Plan and design Direct Routing

    A global company has deployed Direct Routing with centralized SBCs in North America. Users in European offices complain of poor audio quality due to latency when calling local European PSTN numbers. The calls are hairpinning through the North American SBCs before reaching the European PSTN. You need to design a solution that routes PSTN calls through a user's local gateway while maintaining centralized call routing policies. What is the most appropriate technology to implement?

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    Correct answer: C

    Local Media Optimization (LMO) is specifically designed for this scenario. It allows media traffic (the actual voice stream) to flow directly between the Teams client and the nearest SBC (e.g., one in Europe), while SIP signaling (call control) still goes to the central Microsoft 365 servers and follows the central routing policies. This avoids media hairpinning and significantly reduces latency, improving call quality for users at remote sites.

  6. Question 6Advanced

    Implement and configure Teams Phone · Create and configure dial plans

    An administrator needs to create a dial plan normalization rule using PowerShell. The rule must convert 4-digit extensions beginning with '2' into a full E.164 number with a +1425882 prefix. For example, extension 2345 should become +14258822345. Which Pattern and Translation values are correct for the New-CsVoiceNormalizationRule cmdlet?

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    Correct answer: A

    The pattern ^2(\d{3})$ correctly matches a 4-digit number that starts with '2'. ^ anchors the match to the beginning of the string, 2 matches the literal digit 2, (\d{3}) captures the following three digits into group 1, and $ anchors the match to the end. The translation +1425882$1 then prepends the required prefix and appends the captured 3 digits ($1), resulting in the correct E.164 number.

  7. Question 7Intermediate

    Implement and configure Teams Phone · Choose an appropriate call queue routing method

    A company is setting up a call queue. During peak hours, they want incoming calls to ring all available agents simultaneously. If no agent answers within 30 seconds, the call should then be offered to the agent who has been idle the longest. Which configuration settings are required to achieve this call flow?

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    Correct answer: B

    This scenario requires a two-stage routing logic which cannot be accomplished within a single call queue. The correct approach is to use two call queues. The first queue is configured with 'Attendant' routing to ring all agents. Its call timeout is set to 30 seconds, and the timeout action is to redirect the call to a second call queue. This second queue is then configured with the 'Longest idle' routing method.

  8. Question 8Intermediate

    Implement and configure Teams Phone · Troubleshoot dynamic emergency address

    You are troubleshooting an issue where a user's emergency address is not updating automatically when they move between corporate office locations. You have confirmed that the network topology is correctly configured with subnets and sites in the Teams admin center. You suspect the client is not receiving location information. What is the first thing you should verify on the user's Teams client?

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    Correct answer: B

    The Teams client relies on the underlying operating system's location services to determine its location, which is then used to query the Location Information Service (LIS) for a matching emergency address. If Windows Location Services are disabled or the Teams app has been denied permission to use them, the client cannot provide location data, and dynamic emergency address updates will fail.

  9. Question 9AdvancedSelect 3

    Configure and manage Teams Rooms and devices · Configure hot desking on Teams shared devices

    A company wants to enable hot desking on a set of common area phones in a shared workspace. Employees should be able to sign in to any of these phones with their own credentials to access their personal calls, voicemail, and calendar. After their session, they must be signed out automatically. Which THREE items are required to configure this solution? (Select THREE)

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    Correct answers: A, B, F

    The Teams Shared Device license is specifically designed for devices like common area phones that will be used by multiple people and supports features like hot desking.

    The feature itself is enabled and controlled through a Teams IP Phone policy where the 'Hotdesking' setting is turned on. This policy must be assigned to the resource account associated with the phone.

    To meet the requirement for automatic sign-out, a SignInMode of UserSignIn must be selected and a HotdeskingTimeout value must be configured within the same IP Phone policy. This ensures sessions are not left open indefinitely.

  10. Question 10Beginner

    Plan and design collaboration communications systems · Identify PSTN connectivity requirements

    You are planning the PSTN connectivity for a new business that has no existing carrier contracts and wants a simple, all-in-one solution for domestic calling managed directly within the Microsoft 365 admin center. The business has 50 users located in the United States. Which PSTN connectivity option is the most appropriate recommendation?

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    Correct answer: A

    Microsoft Calling Plans are the ideal solution for this scenario. They provide an all-in-one voice solution where Microsoft acts as the PSTN carrier. This allows the business to acquire and manage phone numbers and calling minutes directly within the Microsoft 365 admin center, offering the simplest deployment and management experience for a new company with no existing carrier relationships.

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