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Hot desking
Log in to a shared RingCentral desk phone—and use it like your own—with access to your personal extension, saved settings, voicemail, and more.
Benefits of hot desking
- Easy to learn and use, people can quickly log in to any shared phone from wherever they’re working.
- Lets field sales and remote employees work in a variety of spaces when visiting different offices.
- Maximizes usage per phone by allowing employees with flexible schedules, remote workers, and those traveling on business to use shared phones while working on premise.
Hot desking FAQs
- No. The price is the same.
RingCentral currently supports Hot Desking on the following phones:
Cisco
- Cisco 7841 Gigabit Business Phone
- Cisco 8861 Gigabit Color Business Phone
- Cisco 8861 Gigabit Color Business Phone with 1 Expansion Module
- Cisco 8861 Gigabit Color Business Phone with 2 Expansion Modules
Polycom
- Polycom VVX-311 Gigabit Ethernet Phone
- Polycom VVX-411 Color Gigabit Ethernet Phone
- Polycom VVX-411 Color Gigabit Ethernet Phone with 1 Expansion Module
- Polycom VVX-501 Color Touchscreen
- Polycom VVX-501 Color Touchscreen Phone with 1 Expansion Module
- Polycom VVX-601 Large Color Touchscreen
- Polycom VVX-601 Large Color Touchscreen with 1 Expansion Module
- Polycom VVX150 Business IP Phone
- Polycom VVX250 Business IP Phone
- Polycom VVX350 Business IP Phone
- Polycom VVX450 Business IP Phone
- Polycom VVX450 Business IP Phone with 1 Expansion Module
Yealink
- Yealink T42S Gigabit Business Phone
- Yealink T46S Gigabit Color Business Phone
- Yealink T46S Gigabit Color Business Phone with 1 Expansion Module
- Yealink T46S Gigabit Color Business Phone with 2 Expansion Modules
Support for additional models will be announced as it becomes available.
- Yes. If you have an unassigned phone that supports Hot Desking, an Admin can convert it to a Hot Desk / common phone from their online account.
- Simply press the “login” soft key (or *90) and enter your extension and PIN. The phone will adopt your extension settings and be ready to use.
- Shared phones have a default session timeout of 12 hours. An admin can also log out a specific shared phone anytime from their online account.
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