epson scanner won't scan with microsoft document scanner

[niagrab]

i have an epson scanner loaded, it works through epson scan but it is not recognized by microsoft office document scanner.  Does anyone know what is wrong?  Thank you, Terrry

[soybean]

Exactly what is microsoft office document scanner?  Is that part of Microsoft Office?  If so, which version of Office?

If you can scan a document using your scanner software, why do you need microsoft office document scanner?