Porting numbers in Skype for Business Online

Today, Microsoft announced additional preview options in S4B Online.  One of which is number portability.  This is a huge step towards adoption - we can now tell customers we can port existing PSTN numbers to the Microsoft cloud.

Here's how it works:

1. Log into your Skype for Business Admin portal in office 365
2. Click on Voice, then "Port Orders (preview)"
   
3. Note the text - you will need a list of numbers, 999 maximum per order, your account info, your letter of authorization, and a PIN if applicable.
4. Click on + to add a new port order
5. Note the text warning here
   To minimize delay in your transfer:
   - Please remove any features (i.e. Hunt Group) associated with your numbers before submitting your order.
   - Please do not place any new service orders with your current provider.
   - All numbers must be from the same carrier and under the same account.
   - You cannot transfer toll free numbers or numbers used for data (i.e. DSL lines).
   - Make sure the account information matches exactly what your carrier has on record. Mismatched information is the most common cause of errors.
   
6. Complete your account info
7. Enter your phone numbers, one per line - these need to be in E164 format!
8. Select your transfer date.  Not sure if they will really get it done in 5 days, but that's was the choice I made.
   
9. Digitally sign your letter of authorization
   
10. Submit your port order!

I will be working on porting some numbers for real sometime very soon, but wanted to get this post up to show how it's done.  I will update this post as we gain more experience.

More technical details are available at the below links:

Topic title	URL
What is number porting?	https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-is-local-number-porting-9ca1f247-fb2f-4875-893c-7c94a7808567?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Port existing phone numbers over to your organization	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Port-your-existing-phone-numbers-for-your-organization-47b3af8e-4171-4dec-8333-c956f108664e
What phone service providers are supported for number porting?	https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-phone-service-providers-or-carriers-are-supported-f80326d3-9a7f-4748-bea9-94b2dbca9750?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
What if my phone carrier isn't listed here?	https://support.office.com/en-us/article/a8315746-0d17-4c75-ae37-eab82532a3d8
What to do after you port your phone numbers?	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/ms-lync-lac-PortOrderFinish-825a6cf0-3d22-419a-8358-a8678f14b61d
What's the status of my port orders?	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/ms-lync-lac-PortOrderNoOrderHelp-f651e82d-4237-4e3d-ad74-40fdf11fa8d1
How should I enter the phone numbers?	https://support.office.com/en-us/article/28aa24b4-8c81-4327-9752-989ea7540db2
What phone service providers or carriers are supported?	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/ms-lync-lac-PortOrderNumbersCarriers-f80326d3-9a7f-4748-bea9-94b2dbca9750
Port order account information	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/ms-lync-lac-PortOrderAccountInfo-bf4ea2ea-4f7c-4f41-8e4c-d9ceb11626cc
Port order overview	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/ms-lync-lac-PortOrderOverview-d95a727c-8ba0-4e71-a569-aefda5b8908a
Submitting a service request for number porting	https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Submitting-a-service-request-for-local-number-porting-99e3b7e9-fd0e-48a8-88c9-3ec5561db68e