Distributed Scan Management

  • Article

Hi,

My name is Jane Maliouta, and I am a program manager for printer and
scanner connectivity features. Today, I’d like to tell you about a new feature
available in Windows Server 2008 R2, called Distributed Scan Management (DSM).

 

DSM is targeted primarily for enterprises and supports network scanning
scenarios. It enables customers in enterprises to scan documents directly from
the device into their workflow (sharepoint, email, and/or fileshare). Because
DSM is part of the Windows Server, the feature is fully controllable by the
administrator, and users can have different options available to them based on
their domain profile. DSM integrates with Active Directory to enable
centralized management of the scan options available to the user.

 

For information on how to add
support for DSM on a device, check out these documents:

-
Design Guide for
DSM (includes an architecture overview and sample tutorials
to get you started)

-
References for DSM
(describes the DSM schemas and events)

-
WSDL and XSD
protocols (contains actual protocol files to assist
with implementation)

If you are interested in deploying
DSM in your organization, here are some links to help:

-
What’s new in Print
and Document Services (overview of Windows Server 2008 R2
Print and Document features)

-
Scan Management
(overview of DSM management)

-
DSM AD Schema
Update (In order to use DSM, you will need to update the AD
Schema. You can either upgrade the AD server to Windows Server 2008 R2, or
install a separate schema update file linked above)

Thanks,

Jane Maliouta

Windows

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2011
    I was wondering if there was any integration to Exchange in the sense that messages that are processed by the Scan Servers are handled as SMTP messages or are they processed into the information store with the documents being sent as the authenticated user and coming from the authenticated user mailbox and the authenticated user getting the document in their sent items?   Thanks Paul

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2011
    Hi Paul, If you want to scan documents from your multifunctional/ copier into SharePoint or mail them via Exchange, there is a solution (www.udocx.com) that authenticates users against Exchange (Office 365 or on-premise) and sends the documents as this user. The message comes from the authenticated user mailbox and the message is stored in his sent items. Because the scanned document are OCR-ed they can be used (found by search or copy/paste content) or integrated into workflows. Cheers, Constanze

  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2012
    Hi, nice guidance. But how to setup the complete process? What have I to enter in "Scan Servers"?! Unfortunately Microsoft didn't tell anything detailed! BR

  • Anonymous
    April 07, 2013
    This service is kind of a joke.. If you look to see what's officially supported, there is only a single Ricoh device.

  • Anonymous
    October 22, 2013
    Agreed, no details from MS on what Mail Server is required. Or if only Exchange and what version. Only a single device was (there are more supported devices now; though not updated at MS page where you found the single supported device list) supported because the service is new and no other vendors have developed. If you contact your device vendor, they will be able to give you a better list of supported devices.