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How to Set Up a Personalized Voicemail Greeting on Phone

This article will show how to set up a personalized voicemail greeting on your Cisco phone. This includes an out-of-office greeting.

 

  1. From the main menu within your Cisco phone's voicemail box, press 41 for "Change Greeting"
  2. Press 3 to edit settings for your greetings. Then use the following keys to select the greeting that you want to change
    • Press 1 to record and set your Standard Greeting
    • Press 2 to record and set your Closed Greeting
    • Press 3 to record and set your Alternate or "Out-of-Office" Greeting
    • Press 4 to record and set your Busy Greeting
    • Press 5 to record and set your Internal Greeting
  3. The system will replay your current recording
  4. From this point, you have the following options:
    • Press 1 to (re)record your greeting
      • If you (re)record your greeting, use the following keys as you record:
        • Press 8 to Pause or Resume
        • Press # to End Recording
      • To enable the greeting to play for a specified time, Press 1 then enter the greeting expiration date
      • To enable the greeting to play indefinitely Press #
    • Press 2 to use the standard system greeting
    • Press 3 to Enable/Disable the greeting
    • Press to Cancel or back up
    • Press for Help