1. Microsoft Teams Telephony (Voice) – Core Technical Skills
Teams Phone & Voice Architecture
- Deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Teams Phone (formerly Teams Telephony) including:
- Calling Plans
- Operator Connect
- Direct Routing
- Design and implementation of cloud-only and hybrid voice architectures
- Experience migrating from Skype for Business (Online / On-Prem) to Microsoft Teams Phone
- Voice resiliency design including failover routing, SBC redundancy, and number normalization strategies
Direct Routing & SBC
- Configuration and management of Session Border Controllers (SBCs):
- Certified SBCs (AudioCodes, Ribbon, Oracle)
- TLS/SRTP, certificates, media bypass
- SIP trunk integration and interoperability testing
- Call routing, dial plans, normalization rules, and tenant dial plan strategy
Auto Attendants & Call Queues
- Advanced configuration of:
- Auto Attendants (AAs)
- Call Queues (CQs)
- Business-hours routing, overflow, timeout, and shared voicemail scenarios
- Resource account management and licensing strategy
Teams Voice Administration
- Teams Admin Center:
- Voice policies, calling policies, emergency calling policies
- Number acquisition, assignment, porting, and lifecycle management
- Troubleshooting voice quality using:
- Call Analytics
- Call Quality Dashboard (CQD)
- Emergency Calling (Dynamic E911) configuration and validation
Security, Governance & Automation
- RBAC and scoped administration for Teams Voice
- PowerShell scripting for Teams & Microsoft 365 voice operations
- Familiarity with Microsoft Graph API for Teams automation (plus)
- Understanding of Microsoft Purview implications for voice data (plus)
2. Microsoft Viva – Technical Skills
Viva Connections
- SharePoint Online architecture for Viva Connections:
- Home Site setup
- Global navigation
- Audience targeting
- Configuration of:
- Dashboards
- ACEs (Adaptive Card Extensions)
- Teams app deployment and pinning strategies
- Branding, theming, and information architecture governance
Viva Engage
- Community architecture and governance
- Configuration of:
- Leadership Corner
- Campaigns
- Q&A and moderation policies
- Analytics and reporting on engagement and adoption
- Transition guidance from legacy Yammer to Viva Engage
Viva Learning
- Integration with:
- Microsoft Learn
- LinkedIn Learning
- Supported LMS providers
- Learning hub configuration
- Role-based learning paths
- Assignment, tracking, and completion reporting inside Teams
Viva Amplify
- Campaign creation and governance
- Multi-channel orchestration:
- Teams
- Outlook
- SharePoint
- Approval workflows and content lifecycle management
- Analytics and campaign effectiveness reporting
Viva Insights
- Configuration and management of:
- Personal Insights
- Manager Insights
- Leader Insights
- Workplace Analytics interpretation and insights
- Integration with Power BI for advanced reporting
- Strong understanding of privacy thresholds, anonymization, and compliance boundaries
3. Cross-Platform & Supporting Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 ecosystem:
- Azure AD / Entra ID
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
- Intune device and app management (desirable)
- Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) setup and management (desirable)
- Experience with tenant-to-tenant and multi-geo considerations
4. Technical Experience Expectations (Partner Context)
- Proven experience delivering customer-facing implementations as a Microsoft Partner
- Ability to independently design, deploy, and troubleshoot Teams Voice and Viva workloads
- Experience operating in production enterprise tenants
- Strong documentation and technical handover capability