Windows Fax Service

Windows Fax Service and Windows Fax and Scan application is an integrated fax software included in all Windows versions. It is an extensible fax platform that you can use to deploy shared fax resources in your organization. Users within an organization can install a connection to a remote fax printer on a network fax server and send and receive faxes using shared fax devices located on the server, as well as from a local fax device attached to their computers. Fax administrators can configure, manage, and monitor these shared fax resources. Centralized management of server-based shared fax devices means easier management and maintenance, and lower costs. Fax users can send and receive faxes without the need to use manual fax machines, saving time and effort.

The Windows Fax Service is a required component for Fax Voip FSP product, used to send and receive faxes and should be installed on your computer. Fax Voip FSP always trying to automatically install the Windows Fax Service on your computer during the installation process if not installed. To manually install Windows Fax Service on your computer, see To install the Windows Fax Service.

Fax Voip Windows Fax Service Provider (FSP) and Fax Voip FSP Routing Extension (responsible for Incoming Fax Routing Methods) should be registered with Windows Fax Service. To manually register Fax Voip FSP, see Register the Fax Service Provider.

At the time of installation, Fax Voip FSP always trying to automatically configure the Windows Fax Service to use Fax Voip Line devices to send and receive faxes. To manually configure Windows Fax Service, see To configure the Windows Fax Service.

At the time of installation, Fax Voip FSP configures the Windows Fax Service to use 'Fax Voip FSP' as Fax Station ID for all Fax Voip Line devices. To manually configure Fax Station ID and Fax Headline, see To configure Fax Station ID and Fax Headline.

To configure fax server (Windows Server OS) to be shared with client computers, see Sharing Fax Resources.

To view and manage faxes created by another user, see To access faxes created by another user.

Notes

• The maximum allowed number of fax devices that can be used with Windows Fax Service depends on the operating system. On Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 7 the fax device limit is one. On Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012/2012R2, Windows Server 2008R2, Enterprise or Datacenter Edition, there is no fax device limit. On other versions of Windows 2008R2, the fax device limit is usually four.