SBS Fax Services
Recently, in my local SBS User group someone posed a question about 3rd party faxing utilities. This got me to thinking...(bad idea, I know). SBS Fax seems like the step child of the SBS world. We love to talk it up as a big selling point, but, because most techies just plain old don't fax stuff, it's deployment goes by the wieghside. Some businesses depend on Faxing to their client base for survival. Still others occasionally 'need' this but do the old fashioned thing of printing and walking over to the fax, it gives them a break from the PC. Some like to hear the fax ringer and the melodic tones of a data on analog phone lines...
So, for any of you techies out there, SBS Fax is a full featured faxing solution. It has a tremendous feature set, that is mimicked my many at an enourmous cost. There are several things one should know about the Faxing solution in SBS.
1) use the SBS Fax tools from the Server Management Screen. In this case Wizards are your freind. They enable some really good automation.
2) add the outlook 'account' Fax Mail Transport to the list of email accounts. This is located in the 'Third Party section' of the email accounts addition wizard.
3) set dialing rules on the server to factor in 10 digit local dialing...
4) test and then train your clients.
Anyone using/selling 3rd party faxing applications without a justifiable reason, should be sent to the Principal's Office. It's extra cost that clients just don't typically need.