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'''Microsoft Response Point''' was a proprietary software IP-PBX developed by Microsoft designed for small business. Response Point was not sold as an individual software package. Instead, D-Link, Quanta Computer, and Aastra Technologies Ltd. created the hardware with the software. The hardware consists of an x86 PC and sometimes FXO, FXO, or PRI ports. The software consisted of a stripped down version Windows XP Embedded with the Response Point services on top. There is no on-device GUI, with all configuration being done with a Windows-based application on another PC on the network. The primary distinguishing feature was the “Magic Blue Button” voice-enabled auto attendant system. | '''Microsoft Response Point''' was a proprietary software IP-PBX developed by Microsoft designed for small business. Response Point was not sold as an individual software package. Instead, D-Link, Quanta Computer, and Aastra Technologies Ltd. created the hardware with the software. The hardware consists of an x86 PC and sometimes FXO, FXO, or PRI ports. The software consisted of a stripped down version Windows XP Embedded with the Response Point services on top. There is no on-device GUI, with all configuration being done with a Windows-based application on another PC on the network. The primary distinguishing feature was the “Magic Blue Button” voice-enabled auto attendant system. The “Magic Blue Button” was used as a technical demonstration for Microsoft's speech synthesis technology. It was marketed as an easy-to-setup PBX system for small businesses. | ||
Latest revision as of 04:17, 9 December 2025
Microsoft Response Point was a proprietary software IP-PBX developed by Microsoft designed for small business. Response Point was not sold as an individual software package. Instead, D-Link, Quanta Computer, and Aastra Technologies Ltd. created the hardware with the software. The hardware consists of an x86 PC and sometimes FXO, FXO, or PRI ports. The software consisted of a stripped down version Windows XP Embedded with the Response Point services on top. There is no on-device GUI, with all configuration being done with a Windows-based application on another PC on the network. The primary distinguishing feature was the “Magic Blue Button” voice-enabled auto attendant system. The “Magic Blue Button” was used as a technical demonstration for Microsoft's speech synthesis technology. It was marketed as an easy-to-setup PBX system for small businesses.