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HiPath SimplyPhone for Outlook 4.0, Administrator Manual
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Installing SimplyPhone for Outlook
2 Installing SimplyPhone for Outlook
This chapter provides information on the following topics:
● requirements in terms of hardware, the platforms, and the telephony infrastructure,
● pre-installation preparations,
● installation in a first-party or third-party environment.
To use SimplyPhone for Outlook features, a TAPI Service Provider for information exchange
must be installed between the computer and telephone. This default interface makes the com-
munication system connected accessible for TAPI-compliant applications (for example, dialer,
SimplyPhone for Outlook) and facilitates PC-based telephony.
TAPI (Telephone Application Programming Interface) is a uniform interface for the international
standard. The TAPI Service Provider is available in first-party and third-party versions.
First-party environment
In TAPI First Party, the telephone is directly connected to your PC (for example, over an adapter
or USB) and is also operated directly from your PC without rerouting via a server. TAPI First
Party therefore enables all applications compatible with Microsoft-TAPI to operate the connect-
ed telephone.
Third-party environment
In TAPI Third Party, the telephone is operated via a central server PC in the network. The server
PC provides the required telephone functionality on every client PC over the LAN. Communi-
cation between server and clients is completely transparent and is conducted over the interfac-
es defined by Microsoft. Microsoft-TAPI-compatible applications and enhanced CTI solutions
(Computer Telephony Integration) can therefore be implemented over the LAN.