Groove 2007 (Includes Software Assurance)
Groove 2007 is a collaboration software application that allows team members to collaborate by sharing files, participating in online meetings, and using collaboration tools in a shared workspace. Within a workspace, teams can outline plans interactively, jointly design projects, distribute support materials for analysis, and share ideas by voice or text chat. A copy of the shared workspace is installed on every team member’s hard drive and is synchronized as changes are made. If a member working offline makes a change, the change is queued and synchronized to other workspace members when the member comes back online. Team members can work for different organizations, work remotely, or work offline and resynchronize when they are back online.
For centralized management and control of Groove 2007, an organization can install Groove Server 2007. When Groove 2007 is deployed without Groove Server, new accounts are automatically provisioned to a Microsoft-hosted version of Groove Server’s Groove Relay component for communication over the Internet and management of synchronization. These services are provided with the Groove license at no additional charge. See the Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Privacy Statement for details on how account information is collected and used.
Installing this product requires a licence key and installation media. Within 14 days of placing your order, instructions for obtaining the licence key will be sent to your organisation's registered e-mail address and free installation media will be delivered to your organisation's registered address.
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Under the Software Assurance program, customers acquire the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of their coverage.
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Groove includes workspace tools such as the Files tool to organize files into nested folders; the Discussion tool to manage conversational threads; the Meetings tool to plan, conduct, and record recurring team project meetings; and the Calendar tool to build a shared project schedule and track important project dates and milestones.
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Integration with familiar Microsoft programs and technologies such as SharePoint Services, Communicator, and InfoPath helps streamline team collaboration and content creation.
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All data is encrypted both on disk (using Encrypting File System) and over the network, with each workspace having a unique set of cryptographic keys.
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The Microsoft-hosted version of Groove Relay enables data routing between Groove clients that cannot connect directly.
Hardware:
- 500-MHz (or higher) processor
- 256 MB or more RAM
- 1 GB available hard-disk space
- 1024x768-pixel (or higher) display
- CD or DVD drive
Software:
- Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2); Windows Server 2003 with SP2; Windows Vista
- Internet Explorer 6.0 or later (32-bit version only)
Additional requirements for some features or advanced functionality:
- For integration with SharePoint Services — connectivity to SharePoint Server 2007 or SharePoint Services 3.0
- For use of the InfoPath Forms tool — InfoPath 2007
- For Groove/Messenger integration — Windows Messenger 5.1; Communicator 1.0
