Notice #487198
Investigating

Service Alert: MS Teams Integration (eTeams Plugin)

Began:

Service Impact:

Core Voice & SMS: Fully Operational. All inbound and outbound calling remains unaffected. Portal Access: The eTeams plugin remains impaired.

Workaround: As a reminder, all administrative and user portal functions are fully accessible via any standard web browser. Please use this method for all portal-related tasks while we continue to work toward a resolution for the Teams integration.

Next Steps: Our team is working toward isolating the specific conflict. We will provide further information as the investigation progresses.

Final Update: eTeams Plugin Accessibility

Status: Resolved / Service Restored

Following a period of intensive monitoring and framework testing, we are pleased to confirm that the eTeams plugin for Microsoft Teams is now functioning normally. Full connectivity between the plugin and the user portal has been restored.

Current Status: All plugin features are fully operational.

Core Services: Voice, SMS, and Call Routing continue to function with 100% uptime.

Action Required: In most cases, the fix will be automatic. If you still encounter any display issues, please try restarting your Microsoft Teams client to refresh the plugin handshake.

Our engineering team has verified the restoration across all environments, and we are now officially closing this incident. We appreciate your patience while we worked through this integration impairment.

Our engineering team has resumed deep-dive diagnostics following the weekend monitoring period. We are continuing to investigate the integration layer between the eTeams plugin and the Microsoft Teams framework. At this stage, we are also reviewing recent third-party environment updates that may be impacting the plugin handshake.

Service Impact:

Core Voice & SMS: Fully Operational. All inbound and outbound calling remains unaffected. Portal Access: The eTeams plugin remains impaired.

Workaround: As a reminder, all administrative and user portal functions are fully accessible via any standard web browser. Please use this method for all portal-related tasks while we continue to work toward a resolution for the Teams integration.

Next Steps: Our team is working toward isolating the specific conflict. We will provide further information as the investigation progresses.

Our engineering team is currently conducting a systematic review of the eTeams plugin handshake and API connectivity. While the specific root cause is still being isolated, we are investigating potential issues between the plugin and the Microsoft Teams framework.

Core Services: Voice, SMS, and Call Routing are not impacted and continue to function normally.

Workaround: Please continue to use your standard web browser to access the user portal directly

Users may experience issues accessing the portal via the eTeams plugin within the Microsoft Teams application. We are currently investigating an issue affecting the eTeams integration in Microsoft Teams.

Please note: * Voice services are NOT affected. All inbound and outbound calling functions are operating normally.

Workaround: You can continue to access the portal directly using your web browser.

Our engineering team is actively working on a resolution. We will provide further updates as they become available.

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Previous Incidents

[Complete] ESI Desk Phone Software Update and Phone Reboot

Began: Ended: Duration:
  • ESI eCloud Hosted PBX
  • SIP Phones

ESI engineers will be applying a software update to ESI desk phones (hard sets) across all customer sites. Updates will be performed in batches nightly from May 5 through May 23, 2026.

Each phone will reboot only once total (not nightly) sometime between May 5 and May 23. The reboot will occur overnight between 10:00 PM – 5:00 AM CDT, and will take approximately 5 minutes.

No action is required on your part.

The scheduled maintenance is now underway. We'll keep you updated on our progress.

The maintenance is now complete. Thanks for your patience.

[] ESI eCloud Phone System Maintenance

Began: Ended: Duration:
  • ESI eCloud Hosted PBX
  • ESI ePhoneGO2
  • ESI eCloud Internet Fax
  • ESI eConsole Dashboard
  • eCloud Click-to-Call
  • SMS Texting
  • ESI Webphone
  • ESI SIP Trunks
  • Inbound PSTN Carriers
  • Outbound PSTN Carriers

ESI engineers will perform a scheduled software upgrade to multiple phone system servers on Thursday, May 21, 2026, beginning at 9:00 PM CDT. This update affects a small portion of our infrastructure and is low risk.

No service interruption or degradation is expected. The maintenance window is two hours.

The ESI eCloud Phone System Maintenance previously scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2026, has been cancelled.

No further notices from the past 7 days.