diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/pom.xml b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/pom.xml
index a725d84a808ec..7007b93f9e7aa 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/pom.xml
@@ -45,22 +45,6 @@
     <jacoco.min.branchcoverage>0.75</jacoco.min.branchcoverage>    
   </properties>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.5</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin;external_dependency} -->
-        <configuration>
-          <properties>
-            <jacoco.min.linecoverage>0.75</jacoco.min.linecoverage>
-            <jacoco.min.branchcoverage>0.75</jacoco.min.branchcoverage>
-          </properties>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveAsyncClientTests.java b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveAsyncClientTests.java
index 7cd0cbeb23f7e..2f3e0395f8571 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveAsyncClientTests.java
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveAsyncClientTests.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void sendSmsRequestAsyncSingleNumberNoDeliveryReport(HttpClient httpClien
     }    
 
     private SmsAsyncClient getTestSmsClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
-        return getSmsClientBuilder(httpClient)
+        return getSmsClientBuilderWithConnectionString(httpClient)
             .buildAsyncClient();
     }  
 }
diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveClientTests.java b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveClientTests.java
index 1cf97cdc6fb9d..743f795a281a4 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveClientTests.java
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveClientTests.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void sendSmsRequestMalformedNumber(HttpClient httpClient) throws NoSuchAl
 
     private SmsClient getTestSmsClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
   
-        return getSmsClientBuilder(httpClient)
+        return getSmsClientBuilderWithConnectionString(httpClient)
             .buildClient();
     }    
 }
diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveTestBase.java b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveTestBase.java
index 3fbcde526928d..d81dc10bae3ff 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveTestBase.java
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/src/test/java/com/azure/communication/sms/SmsLiveTestBase.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class SmsLiveTestBase extends TestBase {
         .get("SMS_SERVICE_ENDPOINT", "https://REDACTED.communication.azure.com");
 
     static final String CONNECTION_STRING = Configuration.getGlobalConfiguration()
-        .get("COMMUNICATION_CONNECTION_STRING", "endpoint=https://REDACTED.communication.azure.com/;accesskey=VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=");
+        .get("COMMUNICATION_LIVETEST_CONNECTION_STRING", "endpoint=https://REDACTED.communication.azure.com/;accesskey=VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=");
 
     protected SmsClientBuilder getSmsClientBuilder(HttpClient httpClient) {
         SmsClientBuilder builder = new SmsClientBuilder();
diff --git a/sdk/communication/tests.yml b/sdk/communication/tests.yml
index a435579fb1403..8b57bf8685cc4 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/tests.yml
+++ b/sdk/communication/tests.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: azure-communication-chat
         groupId: com.azure
         safeName: azurecommunicationchat
+      - name: azure-communication-sms
+        groupId: com.azure
+        safeName: azurecommunicationsms
     ServiceDirectory: communication
     EnvVars:
       AZURE_TEST_MODE: LIVE
       SKIP_PHONENUMBER_INTEGRATION_TESTS: TRUE
       SKIP_LIVE_TEST: TRUE
+      AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: $(acs-subscription-id)
+      COMMUNICATION_LIVETEST_CONNECTION_STRING: $(communication-livetest-connection-string)
+      SMS_SERVICE_PHONE_NUMBER: $(communication-livetest-phone-number)
+      AZURE_TENANT_ID: $(aad-azure-sdk-test-tenant-id)
+      AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: $(aad-azure-sdk-test-client-secret)
+      AZURE_CLIENT_ID: $(aad-azure-sdk-test-client-id)