You have Microsoft Teams Phone handsets. You need to receive an alert when a handset of an executive goes offline. What should you do in the Microsoft Team admin center?

Question

Options

• ACreate a Teams app setup policy and assign the policy to all executives.
• BCreate a configuration profile for IP phones.
• CRegister the handsets by using remote provisioning.
• DModify the device state rule.

• A
  6% (3)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  13% (6)
• D
  79% (38)

Explanation

Modifying the device state rule is correct because the Teams admin center includes a Devices > Device state rules feature that lets administrators configure automated alerts when a device transitions to a specific state - such as going offline - and can be scoped to specific devices (like an executive's handset).

• A is wrong because app setup policies control which Teams apps are pinned or available to users - they have nothing to do with device health monitoring.
• B is wrong because configuration profiles for IP phones manage device settings (display, firmware, lock screen, etc.), not alerting on connectivity status.
• C is wrong because remote provisioning is used to enroll devices into the tenant without physical access - it's a setup step, not a monitoring tool.

Memory tip: Match the word in the question to the word in the answer - you want an alert about device state (offline/online), so you use a device state rule. If the question is about what a device does, think state rule.

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