# Usage Location Enforcement in Microsoft Teams Phone

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## Enforcing Usage Location Alignment for Phone Number Assignment

Aligning a user’s **Usage Location** with the regional origin of their assigned phone number is a foundational control for predictable call behavior and emergency services accuracy. When these attributes drift apart:

- Normalization becomes inconsistent
- Calls hairpin across regions, wasting media paths
- Emergency routing can land in the wrong jurisdiction
- Bulk migrations introduce mismatches at scale

The ZIRO Platform enforces this alignment at the **Dial Plan Group** level, using the **Enforce Number Usage Location** field as a regional gate for number assignment.

#### **How Enforcement Works in ZIRO Platform**

When **Enforce Number Usage Location** is enabled, ZIRO Platform validates the user’s Usage Location against the Dial Plan Group’s region before allowing assignment:

- Match → assignment proceeds
- Mismatch → ZIRO Platform blocks the assignment before any invalid configuration reaches Teams

#### **Where Enforcement Comes From (By Number Type)**

Microsoft enforces Usage Location alignment natively for some number types, but **not for Direct Routing**.

| Number Type | Enforced By | Configurable | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Calling Plan** | Microsoft | No | Enforced by Microsoft, not configurable in ZIRO Platform. |
| **Operator Connect** | Microsoft | No | Enforced by Microsoft, not configurable in ZIRO Platform. |
| **Direct Routing** | ZIRO Platform (optional) | Yes — per Dial Plan Group | Microsoft performs no Usage Location check. Enforcement is optional in ZIRO Platform via the Dial Plan Group’s _Enforce Number Usage Location_ field. |

 ![image](https://learn.goziro.com/uploads/default/original/1X/dc803d473ec83e15564d66cda2cbf32130e8a40d.png)

Your 360 view and Bulk Jobs will now utilize this setting to validate users Usage Locations.