Faxination 2016

Faxination 2016 Base Installation (1B)(advanced mode)

April 18th & 19th, 2016 - Dsseldorf, GermanyFaxination 2016 Launch EventMasterclass

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Print ConnectorBaseline Installation (Advanced mode)Exchange Connector

Fax-over-IPTelephonySystem

FoIP Connector

Welcome to the second installment of our Faxination 2016 Video Education series. In this video, were going to install Faxination using the [Advanced] mode option. This will ultimately create the same baseline installation that we had at the end of our previous video, but, as the name suggests, the [Advanced] mode gives us complete control over all the installation options and connector components. Last time, we used an on-screen timer to demonstrate just how quickly a functional copy of Faxination can be installed into your environment less than six minutes on fairly modest hardware. For this [Advanced] mode installation, well forego the timer, and discuss the options in a bit more detail.

The Faxination software is very modular. Its a simple process to add and remove components as required without reinstalling the product, so in these introductory videos were limiting ourselves to a baseline installation. Future videos in this series will build on this configuration, so well be using this as our starting point.2

PrerequisitesWindows Server 2016, 2012/R2, 2008/R2 (64-bit only)

Extend the Active Directory Schema (typical for Exchange/Office365/SMTP integration)

Create the Faxination Service account

Install Ghostscript (http://www.ghostscript.com/download) for PDF conversion

Install the Desktop Experience featureServer Manager > Features > User Interfaces and Infrastructure

Log into the server using the Faxination service account before running setup.exe.

In preparation, weve already installed the Faxination 2016 prerequisites. The supported operating systems are Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2. Note that the original Windows Server 2008 was available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Faxination 2016 is a 64-bit application and requires a 64-bit operating system.

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Well be extending our Active Directory Schema. That gives us a place within Active Directory to store the per-user options and permissions for our on-premise Exchange integration. The Active Directory Schema Extensions can also used with Office 365 and the Faxination SMTP interface.

In large environments with multiple domains, we recommend that the schema be extended 24 hours in advance of the Faxination software installation to allow time for replication between all of the domain controllers and global catalog servers. Today were working with a small demo environment, so well be extending the schema as part of the installation.

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Weve created a service account for Faxination. We need the Domain Admins role or the equivalent aggregate permissions for Active Directory integration. Well need minimum Exchange admin permissions to create the gateway during install. Well be using an existing SQL resource in the environment, so we have sufficient permissions to create and manage a database on that SQL server. If an existing SQL resource is not available, we also have the option to install SQL Express 2014 SP1 on the local machine, and those files are included as part of the Faxination 2016 distribution.

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If you wish to use Ghostscript for PDF conversion, you can go ahead and download the latest version and install it. There are multiple engines for converting PDF documents, but most of our customers use Ghostscript. The software is free, the conversion is fast, and the output from Ghostscript seems to be the most accurate and consistent.

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Some document conversion methods require the Windows Desktop Experience feature to be installed. You can find that in the Windows Server Manager under Features and User Interfaces and Infrastructure.

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And finally, very important, were going to log into the server using the Faxination service account, before we run setup.

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Contoso EnvironmentDC01EXCHANGE01SQL01FAXINATION01Fax-over-IP Gateway

A quick look at our Contoso demo environment:

DC01 was our first domain controller and created the Active Directory forest.

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EXCHANGE01 is an on-premise installation of Exchange Server 2013.

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SQL01 is a high-availability SQL cluster in the environment. In this case its SQL Server 2012, but just about any modern version of SQL can be used.

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Well be installing our software on FAXINATION01.

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And our telephony system supports T.38 fax-over-IP, so well be pointing our fax-over-IP connector to the IP address of the PBX. This could also be a digital media gateway or a SIP trunk.

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Faxination 2016 is available now. For more information, or to request a free demo, visit us on the web at FAXINATION DOT COM, and keep a lookout here for more updates in this Faxination 2016 Video Education Series. Thanks for watching.6

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