ShoreTel “Twinning” ring your desk and cell at the same time!
So there I am, on the my desk phone, talking to some very important client and I now have 45 minutes to make an appoint that is 1 hour away by car! The client is important and we have been trying to link up for days! I also have to be at…
ShoreTel Browser Based Call Management Options!
If you have ever installed a ShoreTel solution in an environment with other than Windows desktops, you know you lose some of the Sizzle! The Personal Call Manager could not be installed on Mac computers for example! Well known to those who know…
Extension Number, Phone Device, or User?
Is a phone, an Extension Number (e.g. DN) and a User the same entity? Does the User define the Extension number? Does the User define the Phone? What is the difference and why would you care? You care when you have to separate…
Skills Based Routing in the ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center!
Assuming there is more than one Agent available to service an inbound contact center call, a “skill” level can be applied to route the call to the most suitable agent. It is important to note that the system will only use this criteria…
Creating a “Personal Workgroup” to help answer your phone!
One of the great attributes of a Personal Call Manager, is the multiple call appearance functionality. When you have an active phone call you can actually see a new call ring in, on your screen. I like to think of this as “priority…
ShoreTel Version 10+ “Find Me/ Follow Me” Enhancements!
Mobility and Office Extensibility continue to be "must have" feature sets for success in todays hyper competitve market place. Nobody seems to care if it is after business hours in your time zone. When a client wants you, they want you…
ShoreTel Compatible Audio Conference Bridge on a Plug Server?
The Sheevaplug computer is an amazing appliance! Think of the applications you could create on this 3 watt PC often confused as a wall transformer by the uninitiated. In fact I have a bunch of "wall warts" under foot for a variety of…
Log Blog – Debugging ShoreTel Voice Mail with vmail.log
We should probably do several blogs on logs! Logs to an engineer are like finger prints to a cop! Both professionals need to play “detective” and gather all the hints they can in an exhaustive effort to figure out what went wrong! …
ShoreTel ECC – the powerful “change call profile” scripting tool!
Call Profiles can be of two varieties in the ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center. They are either System Mandatory or User definable. ( Actually, to be absolutely correct, we need to acknowledge that "Skill Sets" are another type of call profile,…
Install your ShoreTel Call Manager on your Apple iPad
On more than one occasion I have actually had to telnet into a clients router or switch using nothing more than a mobile phone! Now, that is either an example of superior customer service or an indication of creeping insanity. When you…
Cloud Services“Call flow” the callers experience when reaching your business!
Having managed 1000's of telephone system deployments over my career, one subject continues to be the project "speed bump". You might think that the core issues of network configuration, WAN traffic planning, QOS and DHCP services might…
ShoreTel Route a Call based on Area Code or Mood
"Can we route calls to a Workgroup based on the Area Code of the Caller", asks our intrepid Sales representative! "The prospect wants each Area Code in the country to be handled by a different Workgroup". Interesting question. Now…
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