{"id":126265,"date":"2025-10-29T09:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/?p=126265"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:48:24","slug":"admins-can-now-push-contacts-to-common-area-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/us\/resource-center\/from-our-mvp\/admins-can-now-push-contacts-to-common-area-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Admins Can Now Push Contacts to Common Area Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A handy update for <strong>Teams Phone<\/strong> admins managing <strong>shared devices<\/strong> aka <strong>Common Area Devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now remotely manage frequently used contacts for <strong>Common Area Phones<\/strong>. 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