To make a call on your PC: Open the Phone Link and select Calls. In the Search your contacts box, search for a contact name or number. Alternately, you can directly enter a phone number on the dial pad. Select the Dial icon to start your call.

To dial a number from Teams, go to Calls, and then enter the number of the person you want to reach by using the dial pad located on the left. Then click Call.

To make a call on your PC: Open the Phone Link and select Calls. In the Search your contacts box, search for a contact name or number. Alternately, you can directly enter a phone number on the dial pad. Select the Dial icon to start your call.

Phone Link allows you to take and make calls with your iPhone ®, but from your PC. This requires your iPhone® to be connected to your PC via Bluetooth.

Find out how to make and receive phone calls on your Surface Duo.

Connect to a Microsoft Teams meeting by calling in. Dial in as a participant, presenter, or organizer. Use dual-tone multiple-frequency (DTMF) commands to manage the conferencing experience. Note: In Teams, conference call leaders are called presenters. The meeting organizer is automatically joined as the leader.

With that, we're introducing Microsoft Phone Link as the PC app experience, and Link to Windows as our mobile app for Android devices. We’ve polished the design of Phone Link on your PC by updating the app’s interface to complement Microsoft’s Windows 11 design language.

Make sure the Phone Link on your PC is closed, then do the following: For some Android devices, your Battery Optimization settings may interrupt your connection. We recommend turning it off for the Link to Windows app on your Android device. Some apps may be interfering with making calls. What does this mean?

If you need to make or receive calls in areas with low data or internet connectivity, you can easily move calls from Teams to your iOS or Android device with no interruption. Teams uses the Audio Conferencing Subscription service to connect with your cell phone dialer.

With your USB device connected to Lync, you can save time, work efficiently, and do something you might have always wanted to do—use your computer as a phone. Here are seven reasons why you might want to use your computer as a phone.