ARCHIVED: Getting started with Unified Messaging Service (UMS) voice mail for IUB or IUPUI campus housing residents
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What is UMS?
Unified Messaging Service (UMS) is a voice mail service available for students with local phone service in campus housing at Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI. With UMS, you can store voice messages in your email mailbox, and use your email client or the telephone user interface (TUI) to access these messages.
Setting up your account
To create your UMS voice mail account:
- Go to the UMS Voicemail page at:
https://umsweb.iu.edu/
- Click .
- Enter your Network ID.
- Follow the prompts.
When your UMS account has been provisioned, you'll receive an email confirmation. You can then call the system to set up your account, as follows:
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To access Unified Messaging Service (UMS) through the telephone user interface, use the relevant number below:
- For Indiana University Bloomington, dial 812-856-9800 (from on campus, 6-9800).
- For IUPUI, dial 317-278-4288 (from on campus, 8-4288).
- The system will prompt you to choose a new passcode, which you will enter each time you access the voice mail system from your telephone. Be sure to define a new passcode that is easy to remember, yet difficult for others to guess. Your new passcode must contain seven digits.
- The tutorial will prompt you to record your greeting. Callers will hear this greeting when you are away, or when you are on the phone.
- The tutorial will prompt you to record your name.
Note:You must complete the entire tutorial before exiting the system, or your changes will not be saved.
Basic features
For information on the basic features of UMS, see:
- ARCHIVED: In UMS, how do I check my voice mail?
- ARCHIVED: How can I use UMS from off campus?
- ARCHIVED: In UMS, how can my name play before the voice mail greeting?
- ARCHIVED: How do I forward a UMS voice mail message?
- ARCHIVED: When I call UMS to listen to my messages, how can I control what information I hear?
- ARCHIVED: In UMS voice mail, how do I change my greeting?
- ARCHIVED: In UMS, how do I change my status?
- ARCHIVED: At IU, how do I transfer a call directly to a UMS mailbox?
Advanced features
With UMS, you can use several advanced features unavailable with traditional voice mail, such as the following:
- Forward: Forwards specific inbound phone calls to a designated local or campus phone number (but not long distance)
- Notify Me: Sets inbound phone calls to notify you by email of specific types of incoming calls, or sets your phone calls to notify you of specific callers' voice mail messages. (Use this to send text messages to cell phones or pagers.)
- Do Not Disturb: Ensures you are not disturbed by certain callers by redirecting calls to your voice mail
- Custom Greeting: Sets a specific text greeting for specific callers
- Forward Copy: Forwards a copy of your voice mail to an email address
Where to get help
If you have questions about UMS or need help, contact UITS at 812-855-4455, or email Campus Housing Telephone Services.
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 15:36:20.