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Find how to download and use the mobile, tablet and desktop app.
The apps for users that come with Cloud Phone are:
The Cloud Phone mobile and tablet apps
The Cloud Phone mobile and tablet apps let you use services like calling, video, chat and status (or presence). You can use the app on any supported Apple or Android device. Once you’ve downloaded the Cloud Phone app, you can sign in and start navigating.
Note: You'll need to update your password in your user portal before you log in for the first time.
The Cloud Phone desktop app
You can download the Cloud Phone desktop app on your computer. It lets you:
Note: Only premium profiles include chat, presence and My Room.
The Cloud Phone app lets you use services like calling, video, chat and status (or presence) on your mobile. You can use the app on any supported Apple or Android device. The features available depend on the Cloud Phone user profile you have.
Download the Cloud Phone mobile app
Download the app for Apple (iOS) devices from the App Store
Download the app for Android devices from Google Play
Download the Cloud Phone tablet app
Download the app for Apple tablets from the App store
Download the app for Android tablets from Google Play
Sign in
The username and password you use to sign in to the Cloud Phone app is the same as for your user portal.
When your account is first set up, or when you've reset your password, change your password in the user portal before signing in to the app.
The landing page you'll see will depend on which Cloud Phone user profile you have. The features available vary by profile type.
There are several ways to find a contact to call or start a chat with. The chat option is only available on Premium profiles.
Call a contact from your Favourites
Call a contact from your groups
Start a group chat
Call a contact from the directory
Note: If you can't see an option to call the contact, add them to your Favourites first.
Call a number that's not in your contacts
Add a contact to Favourites
Alternatively, if you've tapped on a contact from your call history or directory you can tap on the star next to Add to Favourites in there.
Create a new group
Add a contact to a group
While you're in a phone call you'll see control buttons on your screen.
When you're in an active call you can transfer it to someone else. The way you do this will depend on whether you answered the call in the Cloud Phone app or in your phone's native dialler.
Transfer a call you received in the Cloud Phone app
Transfer a call you received in your native dialler
While you're in an active call on another device, such as a desk phone or desktop app:
Listen to your voicemail messages
Turn on do not disturb
Do not disturb mode will send all your calls to voicemail without ringing your phone.
My Room is a collaboration tool. You can use it for a group chat, an audio conference or video conference.
Host a My Room session
Join someone else's My Room session
Download the Cloud Phone desktop app
Sign in to the Cloud Phone desktop app
There are three main areas within the Cloud Phone desktop app.
Personal profile
This will show at the top left of the screen in the purple area. It displays your presence, profile picture and location. You can also open your My Room collaboration space from this section.
Menu bar on the left
The menu bar on the left has the following options:
Top menu bar
The top menu bar is where you can set your personal preferences and also use some the Cloud Phone desktop app features. You'll also find the following options:
Note: Only premium profiles include chat, presence and My Room.
Update your personal profile
Change your presence
Note: These will automatically update, but you can also manually select a presence.
Add a custom status
Set up your voicemail greetings
You can set up your voicemail greeting by dialling directly into the Voice portal from any phone.
Listen to your voicemail messages
To see someone's presence you need to add the user to your contacts list. Do this by following these steps:
Note: Internal contacts you've added will get a notification asking them to accept your request. Once they accept you will be able to view their presence.
Note: Once a group is set up you can call and chat to this group.
Calling options you can manage while you're on a call
During a call you'll see a series of calling options next to the contact you're calling.
Note: Once you park a call, any other device can pick it up by dialling *88. Once you've dialled that number, enter the extension number that parked the call.
Manage calls from the call dialog box
The call dialog box is the window to the right of your screen. There are a series of buttons that appear at the top of the screen. They'll change depending on if you're on a call or not. When you're not on a call you can use the call dialog box to chat to someone.
Not on a call
On a call
Call a contact
Use the dial pad to call a contact
Transfer a call
While on an active call:
Answer an incoming call
View call history
Return a missed call
Note: You can have chats with different parties happening at the same time.
Start or leave My Room
Invite people outside the organisation into your My Room
Note: Only premium profiles include chat and My Room.
The Outlook add-in for communicator provides integration between the Cloud Phone desktop app and Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Skype for Business (S4B).
With this add-in, you can have Microsoft Outlook display Cloud Phone contact presence and use functions like chat, call from computer, call from phone and video call from within Outlook.
Presence
The add-in displays the presence of a contact in Outlook. Presence information is retrieved from the Cloud Phone application and displayed as an icon next to the contact in emails and calendar appointments. The add-in also updates presence information in Cloud Phone app if the user is in an Outlook meeting. You must be signed into the Cloud Phone app for the presence to display.
Call and Chat
Right click on an email in your inbox and call or chat with the sender using the Cloud Phone app. The chat option is only available for contacts with a Premium Cloud Phone User profile. Call options are available for all contacts with a valid phone number. These options are also available from contact cards.
Note: If Outlook is closed while the Cloud Phone desktop app is running, The Cloud Phone desktop app needs to be restarted as well for the features to work as expected.
What Platforms are supported
The following platforms are supported:
Note: The add-in cannot be used if you have Microsoft Office Communicator or Skype installed.
You must uninstall these products if you want to use this add-in. Skype for Business can be used at the same time. Outlook 2010 cannot be used together with the S4B integration features. Additionally, administration rights are required for the Outlook add-in except for Outlook 2010.
How is the add-in installed?
To integrate your Microsoft Outlook or Windows with the Cloud Phone desktop app:
If this option isn't selected the integration won't work as expected. In this case you should:
For Outlook 2010, all contacts must be updated to have a SIP address.
The SIP address for a contact in Outlook must match the users Cloud Phone email address. To check if the SIP address has been configured, open a contact card and click on the view more options button and select the Email addresses tab.
It should have a SIP address in the list of email addresses like below.
SIP: joe.bloggs@spark.co.nz
If the SIP address is missing, you can try to update the address book in Outlook by going to the Send/Receive section at the top, selecting the Send/Receive group dropdown and selecting Download address book.
For Outlook 2013/2016, the SIP address does not need to be entered for the contacts, if the Cloud Phone email address matches the Outlook contact.
Additionally, when adding contacts from Outlook to the Cloud Phone desktop app, the IM address field can be populated in Outlook so that the presence feature works directly on the Cloud Phone desktop app as the information is imported to the Cloud Phone contact card.
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When you have a voicemail message to listen to there will be a message waiting light on your phone's screen. To listen to your messages:
Adjust the volume (ring tone and call volume)
Change a ring tone
Make a call
You can make a call using speakerphone, a handset or a headset. During a call you can switch between the speakerphone, handset or headset mode. Do this by selecting the headset button, the speakerphone button or by picking up the handset.
Answer a call
Note: You can reject an incoming call by selecting Reject.
End a call
To redial a call, you can either:
Place a call on hold
Select Hold during a call.
Resume a call
To take a call off hold, do one of the following:
Mute or unmute a call
Blind transfer
Semi-attended transfer
Attended transfer
Call forward
Note: You can split the conference call into two individual calls by selecting Split.
Users that have been set up as monitored lines on your handset will show as entries on your phone’s line buttons. A light next to the user will show their current status:
Once a monitored line has been set you'll be able to:
Speed dial a monitored contact
Pick up a call from someone you are monitoring
Transfer a call back to a monitored contact
You can use a feature access code to control a feature from your phone. Pick up the handset and enter the code into the keypad for the feature you'd like to change. Follow any further prompts you hear.
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Turn the handset on
To turn the handset on you can do either of the following:
Turn the handset off
Hold down the button that has a handset with a circle underneath.
Lock/unlock the keypad
Adjust the volume
Change your ring tone
Turn silent mode on/off
Add a contact to the local directory
Edit a contact
Delete a contact
Assign a speed dial number
Note: If you've stored both the office number and mobile number, select the up or down arrow to highlight a number. Select OK again.
Place a call
Place a call from the local directory
Place a call from call history
Place a call from the redial list
Place a call using the speed dial key
Answer a call
You can answer a call by selecting one of the following:
Note: You can ignore an incoming call by selecting Silence. Reject an incoming call by selecting the button that has the phone with a circle under it.
End a call
Select the button that has the phone with a circle under it.
Place a call on hold
Resume a call
To resume a call you can do one of the following:
Note: You can select Swap to swap between calls.
Mute or unmute a call
Blind transfer
Semi-attended transfer
Attended transfer
Forward a call
To enable call forwarding on a specific line:
You can use a feature access code to control a feature from your phone. Pick up the handset and enter the code into the keypad for the feature you'd like to change. Follow any further prompts you hear.
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Make a call
Answer a call
To answer an incoming call, you can either:
Decline a Call
You can send the call to your voicemail or a pre-set phone number. If neither are set up the call is rejected and the caller hears busy tone.
End a call
You'll see a message waiting light on your phone's screen when there's a new message.
Adjust the ringer volume or call volume
Change the ring tone
View a recent call
Return a recent call
Clear the recent calls list
Delete a call record
Place a call on hold or resume a call
Mute or unmute a call
Blind transfer
Consult before you transfer
Start a three way call
End a three way call
Hang up the phone or select the End Call softkey.
Pick up a call from someone in your pickup group
Your administrator must assign you to a pickup group to be able to use this function.
If multiple calls are available to be picked up, you'll answer the call that's been ringing for the longest time.
Pick up a call from someone outside of your pickup group
You can use a feature access code to control a feature from your phone. Pick up the handset and use the keypad to dial the code for the feature you'd like to change. Follow any further prompts you hear.
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Make a call
You can either:
Answer an incoming call
To answer an incoming call, you can either:
Answer an incoming call when you're already on the phone
Decline a call
When you decline a call, the call will go to your voicemail or to your call forward number if you have call forward no answer set up.
You'll see a message waiting light on your phone's screen when there's a new message.
Adjust the ringer volume or call volume
Change the ring tone
View a recent call
Return a recent call
Clear the recent calls list
Delete a call record
Place a call on hold or resume a call
Mute or unmute a call
Blind transfer
Consult before you transfer
Start a three way call
End a three way call
Hang up the phone or select the End Call softkey.
Park a call
Pick up a parked call
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The LED bar lights up to indicate status.
Make a call
Answer an incoming call
End a call
Adjust the ringer volume or call volume
Change the ring tone
Place a call on hold or resume a call
Mute or unmute a call
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Turn the handset on
Turn the handset off
Lock or unlock the keypad
When the keypad is locked you can only dial emergency numbers.
Make a call
Answer a call
End a call
Place a call on hold
Resume a call
Mute or unmute a call
Call a local contact
Call a directory contact
Start a conference call
End a conference call
Learn how to manage your features and settings in the user portal.
The user portal gives you access to your Cloud Phone settings. It lets you manage your options to suit your needs. Within the user portal you can access and manage the following:
Change your password
Reset your password
Find your voicemail messages
Enable or disable voicemail
Message storage
Notification of new messages
Please note: You won’t be able to turn on notifications via text message to a mobile. This feature isn’t available in New Zealand.
Transfer callers
Greetings
Time schedules are used when you set up options such as selective call forwarding, selectively accept or reject calls and call notify. Each block of time in a schedule is known as an event.
Once the schedule has been added, you'll need to assign it to the option you're using it for.
If you're using more than one schedule for something, the schedules will work in the order they're listed. Ordering of the schedules is by their description name, so we recommend you name the schedules accordingly. For example, if you have a holiday schedule for Christmas day that you want to override what would normally happen on that day of the week, you might name it 00 Christmas Day and the business hours schedule 01 Business Hours.
Add a new time schedule
Change a time schedule
Call forwarding sends your calls to another number.
Set up selective call forwarding
Selective call forwarding forwards, or exempts from forwarding, your calls from specified numbers and at specified times using a time schedule. It overrides other call forwarding options you've set up.
If you're using selective call forwarding and have more than one schedule, the schedules will work in the order they're listed. Ordering of the schedules is by their description name, so we recommend you name the schedules accordingly. For example, if you have a holiday schedule for Christmas day that you want to override what would normally happen on that day of the week, you might name it 00 Christmas Day and the business hours schedule 01 Business Hours.
If you haven't set up a time schedule, do this first. See Add or change a schedule for help.
Business continuity sends your calls to another number if your phone's unreachable. For example, if your network is down.
When do not disturb is turned on all your calls will go straight to voicemail.
This lets you set up a schedule for when you’ll accept a call. Outside of this schedule calls will be sent to a recorded message saying, “The party you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time.” You can also specify call types or callers.
If you're using selectively accept calls and have more than one schedule, the schedules will work in the order they're listed. Ordering of the schedules is by their description name, so we recommend you name the schedules accordingly. For example, if you have a holiday schedule for Christmas day that you want to override what would normally happen on that day of the week, you might name it 00 Christmas Day and the business hours schedule 01 Business Hours.
If you haven't set up a time schedule, do this first. See Add or change a schedule for help.
This lets you set up a schedule for when you’ll reject a call. During the scheduled time calls will be sent to a recorded message saying, “The party you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time.” You can also specify call types or callers.
If you're using selectively reject calls and have more than one schedule, the schedules will work in the order they're listed. Ordering of the schedules is by their description name, so we recommend you name the schedules accordingly. For example, if you have a holiday schedule for Christmas day that you want to override what would normally happen on that day of the week, you might name it 00 Christmas Day and the business hours schedule 01 Business Hours.
If you haven't set up a time schedule, do this first. See Add or change a schedule for help.
Call notify sends you an email when you receive a call that matches pre-defined criteria, such as a specific phone number or date and time.
If you're using call notify and have more than one schedule, the schedules will work in the order they're listed. Ordering of the schedules is by their description name, so we recommend you name the schedules accordingly. For example, if you have a holiday schedule for Christmas day that you want to override what would normally happen on that day of the week, you might name it 00 Christmas Day and the business hours schedule 01 Business Hours.
If you haven't set up a time schedule, do this first. See Add or change a schedule for help.
Simultaneous ring lets you set up to 10 other phone numbers in your company’s Cloud Phone directory which will also ring when you receive a call. The phones will ring at the same time.
If you want to use a schedule, you'll need to set this up first. See Add or change a time schedule for help.
Remote office lets you use Cloud Phone features while you're working away from the office. Make calls from a remote phone and have it appear from your business line. Any incoming calls to your business line will ring on this remote phone.
Office anywhere lets you make or receive calls from other phones as an extension of your business phone number. It also lets you switch calls between your desktop and your mobile while you're on an active call. Each of the phones you add is known as a location.
Add another phone to office anywhere
Find out how to manage settings such as sequential ring, barge-in and hoteling.
Sequential ring sends your unanswered calls to up to five other numbers in a sequential order.
Anonymous call rejection rejects calls that have blocked caller IDs.
Barge-in allows others to drop in while you're in a call and speak to both you and the caller.
You can choose to block your caller ID when you receive a call that's been transferred or forwarded to you.
Priority alert will ring your desk phone differently when pre-determined criteria are met, such as specified numbers at specified times.
Priority alert uses a time schedule. If you haven't set one up, do this first. See Add or change a time schedule for help.
The hoteling features allows you to use someone else's deskphone as if it's your own. All your phone settings will be available on the host phone once you dial in to use it. Hoteling will automatically turn off after 24 hours.
The directory lets you see and search your company’s enterprise directory and your personal contacts.
Note: You can't edit your personal contacts. To change their details, delete the contact and add them again.
Search for a contact in your company directory
Search for a personal contact
Add a personal contact
Delete a personal contact
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Watch a video to learn how to use call recording
Set up call recording
Spark will add call recording to your profile. Call recording will be set to Always on.
Listen to recorded calls
Learn what CRM Connect is and how to use it.
What is CRM Connect?
Cloud Phone CRM Connect is an application for your desktop. It integrates leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications into the Cloud Phone service. CRM Connect works in conjunction with your phone and CRM software to provide an integrated service.
CRM Connect:
CRM Connect allows you to:
When looking for contacts to display details for, CRM Connect will search across multiple directories.
BroadCloud personal phone list
Your personal phone list stores the details of the contacts you've decided to save. Their details will be display during a call. You can manage your personal phone list by:
Cloud Phone directory
CRM will search your enterprise directory. When you make or receive a call it will search for a match and display the person's details.
Address book search
Address book will search third party contact databases for a match to display your caller's details. It'll look in:
To search for a contact yourself in the address book:
The call controls you'll see will change depending on whether your call is connected or not. The options are:
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Quick dial
From the system tray pop-up you can:
Dial from recent calls
Call someone back from a list of your recent call activity.
Dial from call history
Call someone from a log of your recent call history.
Dial from clipboard
CRM Connect monitors your clipboard and looks for phone numbers. You can set the minimum and maximum number length and prefix to recognise as being a probable phone number.
Dial from a web page
Phone numbers on web pages will be recognised as phone numbers.
Focus dialling
Focus dialling detects in fields of other applications numbers you can dial. For example, in calendar appointments.
Lync or Skype for Business
If you have Skype for Business, Lync 2013 or Lync for Office 365 you can use it to dial out from your Cloud Phone handset.
Dialling configuration options
You can configure your options for which applications can be used to dial.
You can check the status of a colleague's extension using Presence. You can then transfer a call to them using Consult or Transfer.
Call settings
Change your CRM Connect call settings to suit your preference. You will only see the settings that have been assigned to you as a user.
Setting types:
To change your settings:
Call events and custom integration
You can control:
To set up your call events:
CRM Connect can be enabled for a user either by Spark or an administrator in the administration portal. Once CRM Connect is enabled, follow the instructions below.
Download CRM Connect
Install CRM Connect
Configure telephony details
Configure CRM integration
You'll need to know which CRM your company uses, and your login and password for that system.
Over 50 CRM applications can be integrated using CRM Connect.
The list of CRM applications compatible with CRM Connect will tell you if your CRM can integrate with Cloud Phone. It also gives other information you may need to know first. View list of compatible CRM applications
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How it works
Transferring a call