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Microsoft uses TAPI (Telephone API) for placing calls from Outlook (or dialer.exe)

To take advantage of dialing from Outlook with an SIP phone you need a SIP TAPI driver.

I've tested out a few, and SIPTAPI from IPCom does the job. http://www.ipcom.at/en/telephony/siptapi/

Install

You install by copying siptapi.tsp to the %systemroot%\system32 directory.

Configuration

Then launch the Phone and Modem Options from Control Panel (assuming Win XP).

Click the 'Advanced' Tab.
File:Phone-modem-options.jpg

Click 'Add' and select SIPTAPI Service Provider

Then select SIPTAPI Service Provider and click 'Configure'

Outlook 2007 & 2010

If you want to use SIPTAPI with Outlook versions 2007 and above you need to make a few changes to the registry (Editing the registry directly is dangerous, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK)

run regedit.exe

Navigate to: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook

Create a new 'Key' named

Call Integration

Then create a new DWORD Value named:

TAPIOVERRIDE

with a decimal value of 1

Restart Outlook and you should be able to call