TFS 2016, Version 12, sees the introduction of the ability to communicate with clients, client contacts, entities and entity contacts via SMS directly from TFS. This functionality is directly related to the Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM) agreement. If ASM is not current then you will not be able to send SMS messages from within TFS
Settings for SMS
Before you can utilise the functionality you will need to edit some the following Preference settings within the TFS Administration program
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