How to send SMS from Microsoft Exchange 2007
Now it is possible to send and
receive SMS messages from Microsoft Exchange 2007 to improve communication
in your company. If you wish to setup a system which is able to transmit
messages, you will need an application to connect your IT system to the
mobile network. To achieve this function, you can use Ozeki NG SMS Gateway.
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway is a software product, that can be installed on your
computer. With this software you can connect your system to the mobile
network with a GSM modem attached to the computer or over the Internet. If
you implement Ozeki NG SMS Gateway, you will be able to send and receive
SMS messages in MS Exchange 2007 easily. In this article you will be
provided detailed information on this solution and the benefits of SMS
technology in business life.
For step by step instructions on how to setup this solution,
please visit the following webpage:
Installation
guide on how to add SMS extension to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
( Video tutorial included).
Fields of applications
Effective communication is a very important issue in
companies today.
They need to keep in touch with their own employees, customers, business
partners, suppliers, etc. Moreover, huge numbers of messages need to be
processed and forwarded. Effective communication cannot be achieved if
there is no an effective messaging server in the corporate IT environment.
Microsoft Exchange 2007 is such a messaging and collaborative server which
makes several messaging problems easier.
Though further issues still can occur that need to be solved in time in order
to be
competitive and successful. In companies dealing with lots of customers and
partners, speed and availability are critical issues today. Therefore it is
problematic if they cannot meet with these requirements. Errors can occur
such as your important messages cannot be forwarded immediately or incoming
messages are not transmitted to the intended person. These cases can cause
serious harms in your business or even you can miss important businesses if
you and your employees are not able to communicate effectively.
The best solution is if you add SMS functionality to
Microsoft Exchange 2007. With this solution you can send and receive SMS
text messages in your corporate IT network. To achieve this excellent
function you need to download and install a
powerful SMS gateway software to your computer. This solution makes an
E-mail to SMS functionality possible. In
practice it means that you can forward your received e-mail messages
as SMS text messages to given mobile phones. Moreover you can
receive messages from mobile phones as well and they will appear in your
system as e-mail messages. This excellent way of communication makes an
effective and well-functioning system possible.
Ozeki has developed a solution to provides SMS technology to MS Exchange
2007 for all sizes of organizations. It is due to
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software which is able
to meet the above mentioned requirements and properties. Furthermore, it
also ensures a reliable and secure system to work with.
Benefits
As SMS messages are fast and efficient ways of communication
there are numbers of advantages of this solution. SMS messages can be
forwarded to all mobile phones which have built-in SMS capability. In this
way important messages can always reach the intended people as they will be
delivered to mobile phones even in time when employees are away from the
office. Furthermore,
SMS messages do not need Internet connection to be delivered while e-mail
messages cannot be transmitted without Internet connection. In this
way you can ensure a well-working, stable and reliable system in your
corporate IT environment to improve communication processes on the highest
quality.
Prerequisites
In order to setup this solution you need to find a way
to connect your system to the mobile network. You can do this
by using an Internet connection or you can
setup a wireless connection by attaching a GSM phone/GSM modem to your computer. To help you make a
decision, we have prepared a webpage for you:
Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections.
Depending
on what you select, you need the following prerequisites.
Prerequisites for Internet based connection to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to an SMS service
provider over the Internet you need the following components:
Figure 1/a - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway IP SMS connection
In this case you need to find an SMS service
provider who can reach the mobile phones in your area. This SMS
service provider should be able to provide SMS service through
the Internet. To find such a provider, you can check our
website where we list some of them:
SMPP SMS Service providers.
Once you have found such a provider, you need to sign up for
their service to get the connection parameters. You can use these parameters
to configure your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software.
Prerequisites for wireless (GSM modem) connection to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to the mobile
network wirelessly, you need a GSM modem or GSM phone, that you
can attach to your computer with a data cable. In this case your Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway software will operate this phone and will send and receive
SMS messages wirelessly. To setup this connection method, you need the following
components:
Figure 1/b - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway GSM modem connection
Your checklist (for GSM modem connection):
*The SIM card will come with a plan, that will
determine how much money you will spend on each SMS.
System architecture
If you meet the above mentioned requirements, you can
start building your system based on SMS technology. It will work as follows:
First, the IP address of the computer on which Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has been
installed needs to be provided in MS Exchange 2010. If there is an incoming
e-mail message for a given user, MS Exchange
2007 will forward it to the built-in SMTP server of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway.
The gateway processes it and sends the message as SMS text message to a
given mobile device. It is also possible to send SMS messages from mobile
phones to the corporate IT system. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway connects to the SMTP
server of MS Exchange and sends incoming text messages as e-mail messages.
This process can be examined in Figure 2. SMS messages can be sent to the
mobile network with a GSM phone or GSM modem attached to the computer with a
cable, or over the Internet with IP SMS connection.
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Figure 2 - Ozeki NG SMS Gateway - solution
for how to send SMS from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Please note that it is more secure to send messages using a
GSM modem through the airwaves to the recipient, than
through an Internet based SMS service provider account, because it is
significantly harder to intercept an SMS message traveling through the air,
than it is to intercept internet traffic.
How to implement the solution
To send SMS from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with the help
of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway you need to do the follows: First you need to create
users and contact information in Active Directory. (It is supposed that you have
already installed on your computer. Then you need to enter Exchange to create
mailboxes. After this you have to do some configuration in Exchange to forward
the mailbox of the user to the SMTP server of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. In case of
SMS to E-mail function, you need to configure the E-mail user of Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway to connect to the SMTP server of MS Exchange 2007. Step by step
instructions with video tutorials are available on
setup instructions page on how to send and receive SMS in Exchange
Conclusion
Combining Ozeki NG SMS Gateway with Microsoft Exchange 2007
is the best solution if you wish to work more productively in your company.
E-mail to SMS functionality makes it possible to receive your e-mails as SMS
messages to your mobile device. It is also possible to receive SMS messages
from mobile phones to your IT network as E-mail messages. In this way you can
ensure a continuous workflow and an effective communication system in which
messages will be forwarded immediately and always to the intended people's
mobile phones. Therefore, SMS functionality makes your corporate
communication processes more secure, easier to manage and more cost-effective.
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