FaxBack Enables Microsoft Fax for VoIP
Free software plug-in allows VoIP users to fax through Microsoft Windows.
FaxBack, a provider of VoIP fax solutions based in Tigard, Ore., announced the first VoIP plug-in for Microsoft Fax. The new VoIP fax plug-in enables users of Windows operating systems to send and receive faxes using Microsoft Fax when connected to a VoIP phone system. This capability previously required expensive or complex hardware configurations. FaxBack’s VoIP Plug-in for Microsoft Fax provides a no cost, Microsoft based, VoIP fax solution that helps to add value to a company’s VoIP investments.
“Small businesses migrating to VoIP can now take advantage of the Microsoft Fax application that comes with Windows,” says Mike Oliszewski, CTO at FaxBack. “This simple download enables these users to have a reliable, yet simple VoIP faxing solution that offers additional faxing options and Microsoft Office integration.”
Microsoft Fax is already included in business versions of Windows operating systems. Connecting it to your VoIP infrastructure will allow all users in your business to fax from their desktop. VoIP systems include: Microsoft Response Point, local VoIP media gateways, and VoIP Service Providers supporting SIP T.38.
Routing inbound faxes to specific users with DID routing is a straightforward process with the free edition of the VoIP Plug-in for Microsoft Fax, requiring that you simply add routing rules on your local VoIP media gateway. Users will then be able to automatically route inbound faxes directly to the intended recipients desktop.
Users can also install the VoIP Plug-in for Microsoft Fax on their Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) to provide a VoIP fax server that is always available to receive faxes. With the SBS version of the VoIP Fax Plug-in for Microsoft Fax, the Plug-in is installed on the SBS server instead of individual workstations.
The free plug-in is available at www.faxback.com/msfax/release.
The FaxBack technology is certified by Microsoft and leading carriers including AT&T, Qwest, and Global Crossing, among others.
