--- title: Setting up custom providers as communication channel description: You can define and integrate a custom channel to send on-call escalation notifications. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/on-call-scheduling/custom-on-call-channel-integration.html release: australia product: On-Call Scheduling classification: on-call-scheduling topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Configuring On-Call Scheduling, On-Call Scheduling, IT Service Management] --- # Setting up custom providers as communication channel You can define and integrate a custom channel to send on-call escalation notifications. The base system has the following existing on-call notification channels to send notifications to on-call group members: - Email - SMS - Voice - Slack - Microsoft Teams - Mobile Push Besides the on-call notification channels available in the base system, you can configure your own service provider and add the provider as the custom on-call notification channel. To define, configure and integrate a custom channel in On-Call Scheduling for sending on-call escalation notification, refer to the [https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb\_article\_view&sysparm\_article=KB2299454](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2299454). **Parent Topic:**[Configuring On-Call Scheduling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/on-call-scheduling/configuration.md)