Set up RingCentral Integration

RingCentral is a cloud-based communication system which is made for business. It is simple to set up and use. Call, text, fax, make conference calls, have online meetings, etc, anytime from any device without the need for changing different systems. Once you integrate RingCentral with Zoho CRM, you can do the following.

• When you receive an incoming call from or initiate an outgoing call to a CRM contact via RingCentral, you can see a business card view of the contact in Zoho CRM.
  
• All calls made or received via RingCentral are automatically logged in Zoho CRM and you can view the call logs.
  
• You can add follow-up activities at the end of every call from Zoho CRM.
  

Note

• For this integration to work, you must have a RingCentral account.
  
• You must also have the RingCentral softphone installed in your device.
  
• Only an Administrator of a Zoho CRM account can enable the RingCentral Integration.
  
• Once enabled by the Administrator, the integration is activated for all users. Every user in the Zoho CRM Organization account can log in to RingCentral with their unique credentials.
  

To configure RingCentral in Zoho CRM, you must

1. Enable RingCentral integration
   
2. Log in to your RingCentral account in Zoho CRM
   

Enable RingCentral Integration

To enable RingCentral Integration

1. Go to Setup > Channels > Telephony.
   
2. Select RingCentral.
   
   
3. Click Enable.
   
   

Note

• After clicking Enable, please wait while the page refreshes automatically. Do not click anywhere else until the RingCentral Login screen appears.
  

Log in to RingCentral

Once you have enabled the RingCentral integration, you will be prompted to log in to your RingCentral account from Zoho CRM.

To log in to your RingCentral account

1. Click Login to RingCentral if you wish to log in to your account right away.
   
2. You will be navigated to RingCentral Login page where you need to enter the login details and click Login.
    
   
3. If you are logging in later, you can use the Phone icon at the bottom right of the page to access the RingCentral Login screen.
   
   
4. Once you login, specify how you want to make calls from the Preferences window.
   
   
   

Note

• To log out of RingCentral, please follow the steps here.
  

Preference for logging missed call

By default, if a few members of the call queue group do not accept an incoming call, a missed call will be logged for each of the user in the CRM Calls module.  You can enable the "Do not log missed call if another Zoho User answers it" option if you don't want to log multiple entries of missed call from a single number. By enabling this option you will be:

1. Logging a missed call against any one member in the call queue when no user answers the call
   
2. Log a received call against the member who answers the call.
   

 

To enable call log preference

1. Go to Settings > Channels > Telephony.
   
2. In the RingCentral Home Page, go to Preference tab.
   
3. Turn on the toggle button. 

Preferences

Once RingCentral is integrated, you can configure the preferred way in which you would like to make calls. The preferences can also be modified by clicking the  Phone icon ( ) at the bottom right corner of your window. 

You can make calls through:

1. RingOut
   
2. Browser
   
3. Softphone
   
4. RingCentral Desktop App

Making calls through Ringout

RingOut allows you to call your customers (any number) from your RingCentral account. The devices that are configured with RingCentral will be available which you can use to make an outgoing call or receive an incoming call. The status of the softphone will either be Online or Offline. Please note that when the softphone is offline, you will not be able to make or receive calls in Zoho CRM.

1. Custom phone
   Apart from the softphone, you can also make calls by specifying the phone number. When you place a call to your customer, RingCentral will call your device first. A voice prompt will ask you to press 1. Once that is done, RingCentral will call your customer (or the number that you wish to call). 
   
   

RingCentral Browser Calling

Browser calling for RingCentral allows you to make calls directly from CRM without having to toggle between your CRM account and RingCentral. WebRTC plugins are installed to give hassle-free browser calling and a real-time communication will be established with the end user.

You need to choose the Browser option from the call preferences pop-up to make calls through your browser. You can also save your preferences along with the outbound Caller ID of the recipient, so that you can easily identify your callers to your RingCentral numbers while making outbound calls.

You can now make calls directly from your browser without having to use a softphone. This also allows you to directly attend the incoming calls within your CRM.

Make calls through Softphone

You can choose to make calls to your customers using the RingCentral softphone. For this, the Softphone must be installed on your device. 

Click here to install.

Make calls through RingCentral Desktop App

You can make calls to your customers using the Ring Central's desktop app after downloading the app. Click here to download.

Note

1. Mute, Unmute, Hold, Unhold and Dialpad functionalities will be included in the pop up, if you choose the Browser option.
   
2. Mute, Unmute, Hold and Unhold functionalities will be included in the pop up for both the Ringout, and Softphone options.
   
3. Please refer to network connectivity functionalities before choosing the Browser option.
   
4. Browser calling will be supported only in chrome 29 and above and firefox 47 and above.
   

Use RingCentral Integration

Once you have enabled RingCentral in Zoho CRM and logged in to your RingCentral account in Zoho CRM as well as the RingCentral softphone, you are ready to use this RingCentral integration.You can receive incoming calls, initiate outgoing calls and add follow-up activities from Zoho CRM.

Receive calls

When you receive an incoming call from a CRM contact via RingCentral, you can see a Business Card view of the contact.

At the end of the call, the follow-up options on the Call Ended window lets you add calls and assign tasks to your contact.

Make Calls

When an outgoing call is initiated to a contact in Zoho CRM, the call is made via RingCentral.

To initiate an outgoing call from Zoho CRM

1. Click the desired record.
   
2. In the  Record's Details page, click the  Phone icon beside the phone number.
   
   
   
   
   
   

Follow-up Activity

At the end of every call via RingCentral, you can do any or all of the following activities from the Call Ended window in Zoho CRM. These would automatically be associated to the respective record.

• Add a follow-up call.
  
  
• Add a follow-up task.
  
  

View Call Logs and Call Recordings

Calls made, received, missed and unanswered in Zoho CRM via RingCentral are automatically logged in the Calls module.

To view call logs

1. Click the Calls module.
   
2. Select the All Calls list view.
   
3. Click on any desired record to view the call details.
   
4. Recorded calls are displayed in this section.
   

Note

• The recorded calls can only be viewed if RingCentral integration is enabled and the user is logged in.
  

Disable RingCentral Integration

The RingCentral Integration can be disabled at any time. Only the Administrator of a Zoho CRM account can disable the integration.

To disable RingCentral integration

1. Go to Setup > Channels > Telephony.
   
2. Click Disable.
   
   

Note

• On disabling the RingCentral integration, you will no longer be able to make calls in Zoho CRM via RingCentral.
  
• Once disabled by the Administrator, the integration is disabled for all users in the Organization account.
  
• Call details that were entered before the integration was disabled remain intact.
  

Browser Calling for RingCentral

Browser calling for RingCentral allows users to make calls directly from your CRM without having to toggle between the CRM account and RingCentral software. WebRTC plugins are installed to give hassle-free browser calling and a real-time communication with the end user.

Let’s take a look at the following network connectivity components that are required to be included in the user network.

Firewall Configuration

Firewall includes a Wide-Area Network interface such as a DSL, Ethernet or a cable modem. Firewall configuration allows outgoing TCP and UDP port control to the public Internet from the browser that uses the RingCentral client. It also enables the opening of ports so that the client server has time to exchange information with the remote server.

Router

Router provides routing, traffic directing, packet forwarding and also provides support for ping and traceroute ICMP, bandwidth management, packet prioritization and smart packet inspection.

Firewall Access

Firewall access ensures that the outbound and inbound firewall port is opened between the internal user network and the ISP WAN for the applications such as, Call control, RTP media, telephone provisioning and registration, and Auxiliary services. This firewall access allows the call control and media path connectivity.

WebRTC plugins

WebRTC helps realtime multimedia applications to function without any installation of additional extensions, or plugins. It enables Real Time Communication to the end user independent of the browser being used. The following are the ports to be opened before enabling the browser option under RingCentral call preferences.

Traffic Type	Protocols	Source Port Number	Destination Port Number
Signaling and (secured) Media (WebRTC)	HTTP/TLS/TCP, STUN/UDP	5060, 6182, 8080, 8083	5060, 6182, 8080, 8083

For more information on RingCentral network requirements, click here.