Asterisk & FreePbx – Voicemail toggle

VoicemailIMHO many users don’t want the voicemail funct, but they want be able to access to the user portal (ARI) to see the CDR call list and the other stuff or, more easily, they want to activate-deactivate individually voicemail funct using a code on the phone, as in other pbx.

So far this feature has not been implemented in Asterisk/FreePBX: so I have implemented a very simple voicemail toggle, so a user can enable/disable the voicemail (like the Follow-me). Continue reading

Windows 2012 Active Directory Backup: Disaster Recovery procedure

Drive CrashIn this post I’ll write about Active Directory backup and restore through System State in Windows 2012, and for a single domain-controller in a forest with only this domain.

System state backup creates a backup file for critical system related components and, last but not least, Active Directory database: this backup file can be used to recover the critical system components after a crash.

I’ll explain the step-by-step procedure to backup & restore using System State. Continue reading

Configuration Guide for using AudioCodes MP-114 with Asterisk 11

I think that Audiocodes is one of the better SIP PSTN gateways available on the market: the problem with this device (besides its high cost) has always been its most unfriendly user interface.

In this post I’ll show how to get working an AudioCodes MP-114 with Asterisk 11: this device is an FXO unit with 4 ports. Continue reading