Azure Communication Services - Voice and video calling events

This article provides the properties and schema for communication services voice and video calling events. For an introduction to event schemas, see Azure Event Grid event schema.

Events types

Azure Communication Services emits the following voice and video calling event types:

Event type Description
Microsoft.Communication.RecordingFileStatusUpdated Published when a recording file is available
Microsoft.Communication.CallStarted Published when a call is started
Microsoft.Communication.CallEnded Published when a call ends
Microsoft.Communication.CallParticipantAdded Published when a participant is added to a call AND they join it
Microsoft.Communication.CallParticipantRemoved Published when a participant leaves or is removed from a call
Microsoft.Communication.IncomingCall Published when there is an incoming call

Event responses

When an event is triggered, the Event Grid service sends data about that event to subscribing endpoints.

This section contains an example of what that data would look like for each event.

Microsoft.Communication.RecordingFileStatusUpdated

[
 {
  "id": "7283825e-f8f1-4c61-a9ea-752c56890500",
  "topic": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourcegroups/{group-name}/providers/microsoft.communication/communicationservices/{communication-services-resource-name}",
  "subject": "/recording/call/{call-id}/serverCallId/{server-call-id}/recordingId/{recording-id}",
  "data": {
    "recordingStorageInfo": {
      "recordingChunks": [
        {
          "documentId": "0-eus-d12-801b3f3fc462fe8a01e6810cbff729b8",
          "index": 0,
          "endReason": "SessionEnded",
          "contentLocation": "https://storage.asm.skype.com/v1/objects/0-eus-d12-801b3f3fc462fe8a01e6810cbff729b8/content/video",
          "metadataLocation": "https://storage.asm.skype.com/v1/objects/0-eus-d12-801b3f3fc462fe8a01e6810cbff729b8/content/acsmetadata",
	  "deleteLocation": "https://us-storage.asm.skype.com/v1/objects/0-eus-d1-83e9599991e21ad21220427d78fbf558"
        }
      ]
    },
    "recordingStartTime": "2021-07-27T15:20:23.6089755Z",
    "recordingDurationMs": 6620,
    "sessionEndReason": "CallEnded"
  },
  "eventType": "Microsoft.Communication.RecordingFileStatusUpdated",
  "dataVersion": "1.0",
  "metadataVersion": "1",
  "eventTime": "2021-07-27T15:20:34.2199328Z"
 }
]

Important

Functionality described in this article is currently in public preview. This preview version is provided without a service-level agreement, and we don't recommend it for production workloads. Certain features might not be supported or might have constrained capabilities. For more information, see Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews.

Microsoft.Communication.CallStarted

[
  {
    "id": "a8bcd8a3-12d7-46ba-8cde-f6d0bda8feeb",
    "topic": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourcegroups/{group-name}/providers/microsoft.communication/communicationservices/{communication-services-resource-name}",
    "subject": "call/{serverCallId}/startedBy/8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
    "data": {
      "startedBy": {
        "communicationIdentifier": {
          "rawId": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
          "communicationUser": {
            "id": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1"
          }
        },
        "role": "{role}"
      },
      "serverCallId": "{serverCallId}",
      "group": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
      },
      "room": {
        "id": "{roomId}"
      },
      "isTwoParty": false,
      "correlationId": "{correlationId}",
      "isRoomsCall": true
    },
    "eventType": "Microsoft.Communication.CallStarted",
    "dataVersion": "1.0",
    "metadataVersion": "1",
    "eventTime": "2021-09-22T17:02:38.6905856Z"
  }
]

Microsoft.Communication.CallEnded

[
  {
    "id": "530183db-987b-4a3a-b6c1-3391bab12864",
    "topic": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourcegroups/{group-name}/providers/microsoft.communication/communicationservices/{communication-services-resource-name}",
    "subject": "call/{serverCallId}",
    "data": {
      "durationOfCall": 49.728617199999995,
      "startedBy": {
        "communicationIdentifier": {
          "rawId": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
          "communicationUser": {
            "id": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1"
          }
        },
        "role": "{role}"
      },
      "serverCallId": "{serverCallId}",
      "group": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
      },
      "room": {
        "id": "{roomId}"
      },
      "isTwoParty": false,
      "correlationId": "{correlationId}",
      "isRoomsCall": true
    },
    "eventType": "Microsoft.Communication.CallEnded",
    "dataVersion": "1.0",
    "metadataVersion": "1",
    "eventTime": "2021-09-22T17:03:12.6143005Z"
  }

]

Microsoft.Communication.CallParticipantAdded

[
  {
    "id": "615adcbd-23b2-4563-aba7-9d1b424d3d38",
    "topic": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourcegroups/{group-name}/providers/microsoft.communication/communicationservices/{communication-services-resource-name}",
    "subject": "call/{serverCallId}/participant/8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
    "data": {
      "user": {
        "communicationIdentifier": {
          "rawId": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
          "communicationUser": {
            "id": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1"
          }
        },
        "role": "{role}"
      },
      "displayName": "Sharif Edge",
      "participantId": "041e3b8a-1cce-4ebf-b587-131312c39410",
      "endpointType": "acs-web-test-client-ACSWeb(3617/1.0.0.0/os=windows; browser=chrome; browserVer=93.0; deviceType=Desktop)/TsCallingVersion=_TS_BUILD_VERSION_/Ovb=_TS_OVB_VERSION_",
      "startedBy": {
        "communicationIdentifier": {
          "rawId": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
          "communicationUser": {
            "id": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1"
          }
        },
        "role": "{role}"
      },
      "serverCallId": "{serverCallId}",
      "group": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
      },
      "room": {
        "id": "{roomId}"
      },
      "isTwoParty": false,
      "correlationId": "{correlationId}",
      "isRoomsCall": true
    },
    "eventType": "Microsoft.Communication.CallParticipantAdded",
    "dataVersion": "1.0",
    "metadataVersion": "1",
    "eventTime": "2021-09-22T17:02:39.2843314Z"
  }
]

Microsoft.Communication.CallParticipantRemoved

[
  {
    "id": "7b2307f3-57ec-4257-85a1-8ce654534ea9",
    "topic": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourcegroups/{group-name}/providers/microsoft.communication/communicationservices/{communication-services-resource-name}",
    "subject": "call/aHR0cHM6Ly9jb252LWRldi0yMS5jb252LWRldi5za3lwZS5uZXQ6NDQzL2NvbnYvbVQ4NnVfempBMG05QVM4VnRvSWFrdz9pPTAmZT02Mzc2Nzc3MTc2MDAwMjgyMzA/participant/8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-27cc-07fd-0848220077d8",
    "data": {
      "user": {
        "communicationIdentifier": {
          "rawId": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-27cc-07fd-0848220077d8",
          "communicationUser": {
            "id": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-27cc-07fd-0848220077d8"
          }
        },
        "role": "{role}"
      },
      "displayName": "Sharif Chrome",
      "participantId": "750a1442-3156-4914-94d2-62cf73796833",
      "endpointType": "acs-web-test-client-ACSWeb(3617/1.0.0.0/os=windows; browser=chrome; browserVer=93.0; deviceType=Desktop)/TsCallingVersion=_TS_BUILD_VERSION_/Ovb=_TS_OVB_VERSION_",
      "startedBy": {
        "communicationIdentifier": {
          "rawId": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1",
          "communicationUser": {
            "id": "8:acs:bc360ba8-d29b-4ef2-b698-769ebef85521_0000000c-1fb9-4878-07fd-0848220077e1"
          }
        },
        "role": "{role}"
      },
      "serverCallId": "aHR0cHM6Ly9jb252LWRldi0yMS5jb252LWRldi5za3lwZS5uZXQ6NDQzL2NvbnYvbVQ4NnVfempBMG05QVM4VnRvSWFrdz9pPTAmZT02Mzc2Nzc3MTc2MDAwMjgyMzA",
      "group": {
        "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
      },
      "room": {
        "id": "{roomId}"
      },
      "isTwoParty": false,
      "correlationId": "{correlationId}",
      "isRoomsCall": true
    },
    "eventType": "Microsoft.Communication.CallParticipantRemoved",
    "dataVersion": "1.0",
    "metadataVersion": "1",
    "eventTime": "2021-09-22T17:28:41.1497652Z"
  }
]

Microsoft.Communication.IncomingCall

[
  {
    "id": "d5546be8-227a-4db8-b2c3-4f06fd675fd6",
    "topic": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourcegroups/{group-name}/providers/microsoft.communication/communicationservices/{communication-services-resource-name}",
    "subject": "/caller/8:acs:98e4cbef-70e7-4733-8594-063c4a72d711_00000014-2033-438d-1000-343a0d006e10/recipient/8:acs:98e4cbef-70e7-4733-8594-063c4a72d711_00000014-1889-f3a7-6a0b-343a0d0061f3",
    "data": {
	  "to": {
       "kind": "communicationUser",
        "rawId": "8:acs:98e4cbef-70e7-4733-8594-063c4a72d711_00000014-1889-f3a7-6a0b-343a0d0061f3",
        "communicationUser": {
          "id": "8:acs:98e4cbef-70e7-4733-8594-063c4a72d711_00000014-1889-f3a7-6a0b-343a0d0061f3"
        }
	  },
      "from": {
        "kind": "communicationUser",
        "rawId": "8:acs:98e4cbef-70e7-4733-8594-063c4a72d711_00000014-2033-438d-1000-343a0d006e10",
        "communicationUser": {
          "id": "8:acs:98e4cbef-70e7-4733-8594-063c4a72d711_00000014-2033-438d-1000-343a0d006e10"
		  }
      },
      "serverCallId": "tob2JIV0wzOHdab3dWcGVWZmsrL2QxYVZnQ2U1bVVLQTh1T056YmpvdXdnQjNzZTlnTEhjNFlYem5BVU9nRGY5dUFQ",
      "callerDisplayName": "John Doe",
      "customContext": {
        "voipHeaders": {
          "voipHeaderName": "value"
        }
      },
      "incomingCallContext": "eyJhbGciOiJub25lIiwidHliSldUIn0.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.",
      "correlationId": "d732db64-4803-462d-be9c-518943ea2b7a"
    },
    "eventType": "Microsoft.Communication.IncomingCall",
    "dataVersion": "1.0",
    "metadataVersion": "1",
    "eventTime": "2022-08-25T19:27:24.2415391Z"
  }
]

Limitations

Aside from IncomingCall, Calling events are only available for Azure Communication Services VoIP users. PSTN, bots, echo bot and Teams users events are excluded. No calling events will be available for Azure Communication Services - Teams meeting interop call.

IncomingCall events have support for Azure Communication Services VoIP users and PSTN numbers. For more details on which scenarios can trigger IncomingCall events, see the following Incoming call concepts documentation.

Next steps

See the following tutorial: Quickstart: Handle voice and video calling events.