Penn offers the flexibility to make or receive calls from your Penn phone number 3 different ways:
- Your physical Polycom phone at your Penn workstation
- Webex software installed on your Penn-issued computer
- Webex app installed on your smartphone or tablet
Staff members can choose either of these options or utilize all three of them simultaneously. Below is a brief summary of the 3 options with links to more detailed information on how to install, and configure these options.
1. Your Polycom phone
This is the physical phone located at your Penn workstation. To learn more about using your Polycom phone, please see the following article:
2. Webex software installed on your Penn-issued computer
This is the Webex software installed on your computer that can be used to send and receive calls the same as your physical phone. To learn more about using Webex software, please see the following articles:
- Webex Desktop: Signing In
- Webex Desktop: Making, Answering and Viewing Calls
- Webex Desktop: Check Voicemail, Call Forwarding
- Webex Desktop: Setting Audio Device and Silencing the Ring
- Webex Desktop: Managing Contacts
3. Webex app installed on your smartphone or tablet
In addition to the physical phone at your desk and the software installed on your computer, you also have the option to download the Webex software on your smartphone or tablet.
To learn more about installing and using the Webex app, please see the following articles:
- Webex Mobile: Installing the Webex Mobile App On Your Device
- Webex Mobile: Signing In
- Webex Mobile: Making, Answering and Viewing Calls
- Webex Mobile: Check Voicemail, Call Forwarding
- Webex Mobile: Silencing Notifications
- Webex Mobile: Managing Contacts
4. Vonage Portal accessed via web browser
The Vonage portal is the centralized portal for your phone system. Here, you can do things like set your voicemail greeting, setup call forwarding/rejection, change your voicemail password.
- Vonage Portal: Signing In
- Vonage Portal: Forward Voicemail to Email
- Vonage Portal: Delete Voicemail For All Devices
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