3CX Announces Version 8 Beta 1
Jul 31st, 2009 | By admin | Category: News- New Phones management page lists all connected IP phones and allows you to re provision or reboot all or several phones remotely.
- Phones management page allows you to easily launch a phone’s admin interface
- Ability to edit provisioning files for phones
- Ability to provision FXS gateways
- Ability to forward a voice mail to another user
- Ability to trigger a call back to the person who left a voice mail message
- Setup wizard now allows easy setup of VoIP provider
- Added support for Beronet Gateway cards
- SecureRTP – ability to encrypt voice if phone supports it.
- Improved performance of system.
Small Business, Pro and Enterprise editions
- 3CX Assistant includes integrated text chat – message other extension users
- Improved MyPhone interface with Missed Calls, Outbound and Inbound calls
- Ability to black list callers
- New easy to use Call Forwarding Interface
- Company and Personal phonebook
- Faster click 2 dial with direct IP phone and 3CXPhone integration
- Ability to run the 3CX Assistant from a remote location via the tunnel
- Ability to proxy the MyPhone interface from a remote location via the tunnel
- Ability to trigger recording a call from 3CX Assistant
- Call Barge – in
- Boomerang feature to allow Call Redirection to a mobile and forwarding to company voice mail if no answer or call is rejected
- Two additional Queue strategies: Ring All and Prioritized hunt
- Full CRM integration with Microsoft Outlook & Salesforce.com
- Network wide automatic updating of 3CX Assistant
- New 3CXPhone (not available in beta) integration with 3CX Assistant
- Improved paging performance & multi cast support
- Improved call reporter
Known issues
- If the fax service looses connection to the database, the service will stop. The service then needs to be started manually. This should generally not happen.
- Outbound caller id on the line will show main number, not the extension Outbound caller ID
- Call Barge in works for all users, i.e. there are no rights implemented yet
- Caller id for calls over a bridge is not shown correctly in the call assistant
- The VoIP Phone – Assistant integrated is not yet included
The full change log can be found here. The administrator manual can be found here, and the extension user manual here.
You can download the beta and the 3CX Assistant here:
http://www.3cx.com/downloads/3CXPhoneSystem8_8637.exe http://www.3cx.com/downloads/3CXAssistantSetup_80.exe
About the Author: Kerry got involved with telephony while running his own IT business. After discovering open-source systems like Asterisk, he began writing technical articles and books on the topic. With a long history in the IP PBX space from being an installer and integrator to being the project manager and Community Director for the trixbox CE project, Kerry joined the 888VoipStore team at the beginning of 2009. As the VP of Strategic Initiatives for 888VoipStore, Kerry works to help resellers to improve their businesses and bottom line by providing a rich resource of information that many have come to trust and rely upon.
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