Specifications

Using Office Anywhere
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Terminology
The terms used to describe Office Anywhere are as follows:
Anonymous telephone A telephone not currently assigned a user. You can make a
call from an anonymous telephone, but you cannot call an
anonymous telephone.
Any IP Phone The feature that lets users assign their extension to any IP
phone on the enterprise network.
Assign The command that assigns an extension to a telephone.
Assigned The status of a user who is currently assigned to a
telephone that is not their home phone.
Current telephone The telephone to which the user is currently assigned
(also known as the current switch port).
Go Home The command to assign a user’s extension back to his or
her home telephone.
Home The status of a user who is assigned to his or her home
telephone.
Home telephone The telephone to which the user is normally assigned
(also know as the home switch port). This is the
telephone to which the user returns when using the Go
Home command.
Office Anywhere The feature that lets users assign their extension to any
telephone, on-system or off-system extension.
Unassign The command that unassigns an extension from a
telephone.
Vacated telephone A home telephone that currently does not have a user
assigned. These are listed on the Anonymous Telephones
edit page under Vacated Telephones.
Virtual user A user who does not have a physical telephone port and is
currently assigned to the SoftSwitch.