Using an on-premises telephony node during an outage
A client device determines that a telephony outage is occurring. The client device connects to an on-premises telephony node using an encrypted password at the client device. The client device accesses a set of telephony services via the on-premises telephony node.
1 . A method comprising:
accessing a first set of telephony services at a client device via a server;
detecting a telephony outage;
transmitting, by the client device and responsive to detecting the telephony outage, an encrypted password to an on-premises telephony node without user input, wherein the encrypted password is stored in a password manager at the client device and is automatically transmitted to the on-premises telephony node upon detection of the telephony outage without user input;
connecting to the on-premises telephony node using the encrypted password; and
accessing a second set of telephony services via the on-premises telephony node, wherein the second set of telephony services are a subset of the first set of telephony services.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the telephony outage is occurring comprises:
determining that the client device cannot connect to the server; and
determining that the on-premises telephony node cannot connect to the server.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein connecting to the on-premises telephony node comprises:
transmitting the encrypted password from the client device to the on-premises telephony node; and
receiving a response from the on-premises telephony node indicating that access to the second set of telephony services is granted.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of telephony services comprises a portion of telephony services accessible when the telephony outage is not occurring.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of telephony services includes intra-office calling and access to a public switched telephone network.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a notification of unavailability of a third set of telephony services at the client device; and
preventing access to the third set of telephony services at the client device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein connecting to the on-premises telephony node using the encrypted password at the client device comprises:
pushing the encrypted password from the client device to the on-premises telephony node.
8 . A system comprising:
memory hardware; and
one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the memory hardware to:
access a first set of telephony services at a client device via a server;
detect a telephony outage;
transmit, responsive to the detection of the telephony outage, an encrypted password to an on-premises telephony node without user input, wherein the encrypted password is stored in a password manager at the client device and is automatically transmitted to the on-premises telephony node upon detection of the telephony outage without user input;
connect to the on-premises telephony node using the encrypted password; and
access a second set of telephony services via the on-premises telephony node, wherein the second set of telephony services are a subset of the first set of telephony services.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory hardware to determine that the telephony outage is occurring comprise instructions to:
determine that the client device cannot connect to the server; and
determine that the on-premises telephony node cannot connect to the server.
10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory hardware to connect to the on-premises telephony node comprise instructions to:
transmit the encrypted password from the client device to the on-premises telephony node; and
receive a response from the on-premises telephony node indicating that access to the second set of telephony services is granted.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the second set of telephony services comprises telephony services accessible when the telephony outage is not occurring.
12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the second set of telephony services includes access to a public switched telephone network.
13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the client device determines that the telephony outage is occurring by failing to connect to the server.
14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein connecting to the on-premises telephony node is in response to an attempt to access the first set of telephony services.
15 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
accessing a first set of telephony services at a client device via a server;
detecting a telephony outage;
transmitting, by the client device and responsive to detecting the telephony outage, an encrypted password to an on-premises telephony node without user input, wherein the encrypted password is stored in a password manager at the client device and is automatically transmitted to the on-premises telephony node upon detection of the telephony outage without user input;
connecting to the on-premises telephony node using the encrypted password; and
accessing a second set of telephony services via the on-premises telephony node, wherein the second set of telephony services are a subset of the first set of telephony service.
16 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein determining that the telephony outage is occurring comprises:
determining that the client device cannot connect to the server; and
determining that the on-premises telephony node cannot connect to the server.
17 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein connecting to the on-premises telephony node comprises:
transmitting the encrypted password to the on-premises telephony node; and
receiving a response from the on-premises telephony node indicating that access to the second set of telephony services is granted.
18 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the client device connects to the on-premises telephony node via a local network.
19 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second set of telephony services includes intra-office calling.
20 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the client device stores an additional password for accessing the first set of telephony services via a datacenter.