Microsoft Office Groove

Microsoft Office Groove, soon to be named Microsoft Office SharePoint Workspace, is a desktop application designed for document collaboration in teams with members who are regularly off-line or who do not share the same network security clearance. Groove's uses have included coordination between emergency relief agencies where different organizations do not share a common security infrastructure and where offline access is important, and amongst ... more

Microsoft Office Groove, soon to be named Microsoft Office SharePoint Workspace, is a desktop application designed for document collaboration in teams with members who are regularly off-line or who do not share the same network security clearance. Groove's uses have included coordination between emergency relief agencies where different organizations do not share a common security infrastructure and where offline access is important, and amongst teams of knowledge workers, such as consultants who need to work securely on client sites. It is also used as a staging system for documents in development, where content can be worked up then transferred to a portal when complete. Groove was initially developed by Lotus Notes creator Ray Ozzie, and developed by Groove Networks of Beverly, Massachusetts until Microsoft's acquisition of Groove Networks in March 2005. Groove's core concept is the shared workspace , which consists of a set of files to be shared, plus some aids for group... less