Leeds 15th May 2008 - pbxnsip Europe Ltd, a leader in SIP-based IP PBX software for both Microsoft Windows and Linux environments, today announced the company has officially demonstrated interoperability with Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging and is now listed on the 'Exchange Server Tech Center' section of the Microsoft TechNet web site. This marks a milestone for the company as pbxnsip joins a group of only five IP PBX vendors that support a direct SIP connection to Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging. The URL for the specific page is page.
Microsoft has a very detailed test plan that IP PBX vendors need to follow and successfully pass in order to be considered interoperable with Exchange 2007 UM. The ability of a PBX to have a direct SIP connection to Exchange UM allows for many features that need to be tested. Some of those tests include:
- Direct voicemail storage within a user's Exchange mailbox instead of natively in the PBX
- Navigating the mailbox using the Voice User Interface (VUI)
- Listening to voicemail using OWA's Play-On-Phone feature to a user's extension
- Listening to voicemail using OWA's Play-On-Phone feature to an external phone
- Sending a FAX message to user's extension and storing it in the user Inbox
"Microsoft Exchange is the standard for business grade mail and messaging in today's corporation", said Paul McCabe, VP of Sales Engineering at pbxnsip, Inc. We went through a very detailed process in order to interoperate with Exchange 2007 UM. We join a small list of PBX vendors like Cisco, Avaya, Mitel, and Nortel that have demonstrated SIP compatibility with Microsoft. With our strong background in SIP and our ability to use TCP for trunking with Exchange, pbxnsip has joined these very large companies in offering a Microsoft compatible PBX product."
The prerequisites and configuration notes for setting up pbxnsip with Exchange UM can be found on the "PBX Configuration Notes Tested by Microsoft or IP Gateway Vendor Partners" page.
pbxnsip makes SIP-based Private Branch Exchange (PBX) telephone systems. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used to talk to attached devices like telephones, PSTN gateways and SIP service providers. The pbxnsip PBX is used to put the components from different vendors together in an enterprise communication system. Customers benefit from a modern PBX feature set that includes mobility support, computer telephone integration, and vendor independency. pbxnsip also respects the security requirements of a business critical application. Customers may run the PBX on Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux-based servers and on embedded appliances. pbxnsip Inc was incorporated in 2005 and is located in Andover, Massachusetts, USA and pbxnsip Europe Ltd was created in 2008 and is located in Leeds, United Kingdom.
