Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition (formerly RightFax by Captaris) users can now create fax documents in Microsoft Office and send them out as a fax, or save them to SharePoint with the added security of keeping the Original fax document in a SharePoint Library.
Open Text has developed a connector specifically designed to allow RightFax users to automatically import, manage and send document images—through their Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 document libraries. Review, index, manage and distribute document images in SharePoint libraries enabling automation of business processes.
Since a captured image is typically the start of a business process needing automation, the Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition easily enables automatic import of document images sent from MFPs, scanners and fax. Document Images imported from RightFax automatically populate configured SharePoint libraries so users can select files for additional business processes using, routing, OCR and data workflow systems.
The Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition Connector for SharePoint allows automation of repeatable document processes. For instance, a common loan process is the acceptance of a rapid credit review and pre qualification request. These are typically received as completed forms faxed to the mortgage company. With the Fax Server Connector for SharePoint, these forms automatically appear inside SharePoint as captured images that can now participate in a review process and approval workflow. Enhanced image management is now possible with the Fax Server Connector for SharePoint as fax images delivered to SharePoint libraries can now conform to enterprise document policies, security and lifecycle management, providing improved compliance and accessibility.
What is Open Text Fax Server Connector for MOSS?
Users can now create fax documents in Microsoft Office and send them out as a fax, or save them to SharePoint with the added security of keeping the original fax document in a SharePoint library. With OCR applications such as Single Click Entry, extracted metadata can now be populated to an InfoPath form or SharePoint library, providing the ability to perform enterprise search to drive alerts, RSS feeds, and synchronization with Microsoft Outlook® 2007 or other Office applications.
Why use Open Text Fax Server Connector for MOSS?
Customers use SharePoint Server 2007 everyday for content management, enterprise search, and business process enablement. Since a captured fax image is typically the beginning of a business process needing automation, and sending a fax can often be the final step of a process, Fax Server easily enables automatic import or export of document images sent from MFP's, scanners, and fax. Images imported from Open Text automatically populate configured SharePoint libraries so users can select files for additional business processes using OCR and data workflow systems.
Key Features and Options
- Fax enable Microsoft Office SharePoint - create faxes in Microsoft Office, save to MOSS, and send faxes directly from MOSS.
- A "no paper" fax solution! Capture images into a new or existing SharePoint document library for edit and manipulation.
- Receive document images from MFP's, scanners, and fax servers.
- Notify users of image import via RSS feeds and automated alerts
- Automated routing between Captaris image delivery and SharePoint document libraries.
- Use separate OCR applications, such as Single Click Entry, for extracting metadata and populating into new InfoPath or web forms posted in SharePoint libraries for additional enterprise search.
- Route fax images to specific document libraries in MOSS based upon fax metadata, such as Direct Inward Dial (DID) routing.
