- Server foundation telephony plugin
- On-prem / server version
- AD synchronization
- Central admin via GUI, Powershell
- Compatible with Microsoft® Skype for Business client
Description
Expand Microsoft® Skype® for Business with the FonComfort Server Foundation
The FonComfort Server expands Microsoft® Skype® for Business with many important additional telephony features. It serves as a server foundation and enables functions such as call pickup, group calling, individual second call handling, busy-on-busy, chained call forwarding and hot keys for speed dialing. FonComfort thus complements Skype® for Business with many features that are already familiar from the classic telecommunications sector.
With a pure client or server solution as well as a combination thereof, the FonComfort suite offers the world’s greatest flexibility with regard to customer requirements for telephony functions for Skype® for Business. The latest versions of the FonComfort Suite, which have just been released, offer numerous new features. These include caller extension to a 3-person conference within a forwarding and improved search when connecting, by displaying the most frequently used contacts. Direct connecting to specific contact channels and new function keys allow much easier switching within a single application.
Specifically adapted to the needs of users
More than 200 customer installations have been realized worldwide. Bressner Technology cites EUROVIA, a company with a nationwide market presence that covers the entire value chain in traffic route construction, as an important reference customer. EUROVIA has been successfully using Bressner’s FonComfort add-on for years.
The technical manager at EUROVIA, comments:
“In the course of introducing Microsoft® Skype for Business, we found that it was far too static for telephony and brought with it a very limited range of functions. That’s why we were looking for software that would expand this range of functions accordingly and better adapt to the needs of the users. Above all, we missed features in Microsoft® Skype® for Business that are standard in common phone systems. We looked at several solutions, but apart from the FonComfort solution from Bressner Technology, these were also too static. What we liked best about FonComfort was the overviews of the groups – Microsoft® Skype® for Business without extension only knows one display here. Very important for our employees are the pickup function and the uncomplicated forwarding of calls, which is very well implemented with FonComfort. In the meantime, FonComfort is used at all large locations (approx. 50) and is used and very much appreciated by about 1,000 employees there.”
Specifications
| Product: FonComfort Server | |
|---|---|
| Call Pickup | Via DTMF code or phone button Via pickup contact in the Skype for Business client Pickup longest ringing call Centrally configurable via ActiveDirectory Users can be in multiple pickup groups |
| Second Call Treatment | Avoids interruptions Real Busy on Busy – with VIP list of exceptions Allow or redirect 2nd call 2nd call is handled when 1st call is dialing/ringing |
| Call Forwarding | Forward calls independent on Skype for Business settings, can be used in parallel Lnking of forwardings Central or decentralized configurable via FonComfort settings application, individual for each Skype for Business client |
| Parallel Ringing | On external phones (PBX-, DECT-, mobile phones) Replaces „Dual-Forking“ of Microsoft On different phones possible (PBX- and mobile phones) |
| Central Administration | Graphic administration of all FonComfort settings with FonComfort Settings tool FonComfort Powershell enables script-based administration Delegates, teams, office hours also configurable |
| Compatibility | Skype® for Business 2015 or 2019 server Windows 10 Kuando Busylight |
Certified Accessories
Software Package Features
| Feature | FonComfort™ Smart Routing1 |
FonComfort™ Server |
FonComfort™ Professional |
FonComfort™ Ultimate2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central configuration of additional functions | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Busy-on-Busy inc. exceptions (set individually for each user) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Second call redirect (set individually for each user) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Blind call pickup (fast Pickup of longest ringing call) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Group pickup (Pickup a call for a member of the group) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Specific call pickup | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Support AD forests | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Dual forking / parallel calls (SimulRing) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Dual forking (can be restricted to internal calls only) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Dynamic routing (option with fees, routing database, e.g. area code-based, time-controlled etc.) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Presence-based routing (option with fees) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Call forwarding for response groups | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ |
| Call forwarding with exceptions | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | |
| Display ringing status in the client | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | |
| Specific Call Pickup with caller info display | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Quick transfer with or without consultation | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Hot keys for faster call handling | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Direct dial of selected phone numbers with hot key | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| CRM pops up with a known caller | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| API functions | ∎ | |||
| Suppress second calls when you are already dialing a number | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Connect with or without consultative call | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Ongoing calls can be expanded to a three-person conference | ∎ | ∎ | ||
| Make calls on behalf of others | ∎ | |||
| Redial last contact | ∎ | |||
| Manager/admin features | ∎ | |||
| Change settings for others (e.g. forwading, presence, etc.) | ∎ | ∎ | ∎ | |
| Advanced presence information (e.g. caller info, forwarding) | ∎ |
∎ Feature available
∎ Feature is still being implemented
1 – Previously adds4b – Smart Routing
2 – Previously adds4b – pro or FonComfort™ QuickLink
