Submitting a telephone request:

To submit a new request:

1. Create an ITS Service Desk request:

   1.  https://www.albany.edu/its/form.php OR

   2. Email askIT@albany.edu with "Telephone Request" as the subject line.

2. Include the following:

   1. Extension number (For existing phones)

   2. Location - Building, Room (For new activations)

   3. Name, NetID, email address of person to be assigned to phone

   4. Change requested - See list below

   5. Device type - Desk or wall mounted phone, Jabber for desktop, Jabber for cell phone (please specify if it is for an Android or iPhone)

3. Optional for special requests:
   
   

   1. Line Appearance - By default, new phones are provided with the new number unless otherwise requested. 

   2. Voicemail - By default, users get a voicemail box, phones assigned to "vacant" do not.

   3. Calling capability - Default is Continental US.  International calling must be authorized by the Dean, Director or Department Head.

Types of requests that ITS completes:

Please submit a request to ITS if you need to do any of the following

• Activate a new phone, desktop Jabber account, or Mobile Jabber account

• Update whether a phone has voicemail or not

• Update a phone for a person leaving your department or joining your department.

• Update the line appearances or other programming on the phone

• Update the 911 location when phones are moved to a different location.

• Update the calling capability to International

• Disconnecting a phone

Types of requests that you can complete:

• Phone not Working after Moving to a New Location from one location to another. Please be sure to let ITS know so we can confirm the 911 information for the new location

• Change your ringtone or Change ringer volume on Cisco phones

• Change your voicemail Pin (Password) if you have forgotten it.

• Change a line on your phone to flash instead of ring and vice versa

• Purchase a phone (Model Cisco 8841). Once purchased, please send the MAC address to ITS to program the phone. 

Types of requests that HR completes:

• Update the directory listing for Outlook, Jabber, and the online directory

  • State Employees

  • RF employees