Yes in short.
It will give you the benefits of using the SCN (Small community Networking)
Features:
Supported SCN Features
Standard SCN Features
The following features are supported across all Small Community Networks:
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User to user dialing
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Absence Text/Call Tagging
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Anti-tromboning
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Hold
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Transfer
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Forwarding
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Paging
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Directed Call Pick-Up
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Callback When Free
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Conference
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Ring Back
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Directory
Inclusion of SCN users and groups in the DIR directory of each system. Directory entries are not shared.
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User DSS/BLF
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Voicemail Support - Centralized Voicemail using Voicemail Pro
Within a Small Community Network, a single Voicemail Pro can be used to provide voicemail services for all the IP Office systems. For full details of installation and setup refer to the Voicemail Pro documentation. The Voicemail Pro is licensed and hosted by a chosen central IP Office system and provides full operation for that system. Queuing on remote systems is not supported. The voicemail features supported for the other remote IP Offices are:
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User mailboxes.
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Call recording.
Recording of incoming call routes is only supported for destinations on the same IP Office system, not for remote SCN destinations.
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Dial by Name.
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Auto Attendants.
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Breakout (requires that the numbers used are routable by the system hosting the Voicemail Pro).
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Announcements (using IP Office 4.0 announcements, pre-4.0 announcements based on hunt group queuing are not supported.)
Advanced SCN Networking Features
IP Office 4.0+ allows a number of additional feature to be enabled by addition of a Advanced Small Community Networking license. The presence of this license allows the IP Office system to host hunt groups containing members from other systems ("Distributed Hunt Groups") and to host users from other IP Office 4.0+ systems in the SCN logging on ("Remote Hot Desking").
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Advertised Hunt Groups
A hunt group can be set to be 'advertised'. This requires an Advanced Small Community Networking license. Hunt groups that are advertised can be dialed by users on other systems within the Small Community Network (SCN) without the need for short codes.
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Distributed Hunt Groups
Hunt groups on a system can include users located on remote IP Office systems within the SCN network. A license is required on the system on which the hunt group is created and configured. A distributed hunt group can only be edited on the system on which they were created.
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A license is not necessary on the remote system for distributed hunt group calls to be presented to hunt group members on the remote system.
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A license is required on the remote system in order to view distributed hunt groups and advertised hunt groups as part of the remote systems configuration though they cannot be edited. Note also that such groups only appear in a configuration retrieved directly from a system. They are not saved as part of the configuration saved as a PC file and then reopened.
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Remote Hot Desking
Users can hot desk between IP Office systems within the network. The system on which the user configured is termed their 'home' IP Office, all other systems are 'remote' IP Offices. To log on at a remote IP Office requires the remote IP Office to have a license. A license is not necessary on the user's home IP Office.
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Note that when a user remotely hot desks, some users features normally provided by their 'home' IP Office will not work. For example call coverage and bridged appearance buttons will not operate while the user is logged onto a remote IP Office. For T3 phones the personal directory is not transferred with the user.
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Breakout Dialing
This feature allows the user to select an IP Office system in the network from a displayed list and then dial a subsequent number as if dialing locally on the select system. This feature is triggered either by a programmable button or short code.
Note that both Distributed Hunt Groups and Remote Hot Desking are not supported for use with CBC and CCC.
ACA - IP Office Implement
ACA - IP Telephony
ACS - IP Office Implement (Aug 30th)
