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Integrating Groove into your Enterprise
Aaron SaikovskiSenior Consultant, Readify(Founder of www.ozmoss.com)
E: [email protected]: www.readify.net
B: http://ruskydotnet.blogspot.com/
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Agenda
• Introduction• What is Groove? • Demo – Using Groove Client• Key Features• Groove and SharePoint• Demo – Groove and SharePoint• Questions
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Introduction
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The New World Of Work
One world One world of businessof business
Always on,Always on,always connectedalways connected
TransparentTransparentorganizationorganization
SimplifySimplifyworking togetherworking together
Find info andFind info andimproveimprove
business insightbusiness insight
Secure andSecure andmanage contentmanage content
WorkplaceWorkplaceTrendsTrends
Role ofRole ofSoftwareSoftware
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We need to work together regardless of geography, time zones, or affiliationDisconnected
employee
Off-site employee
Customer
Partner
EmployeeEmployee
I need to work with content even when
I am offline
Our email system cannot handle
large attachments
I need to send files securely – this is sensitive content!
VPN is too slow or just does not work –
how do I work together?!
Where is this personal touch you talked about
when I became a customer?
The World became “flat”The World became “flat”
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Disconnectedemployee
Customer
Off-site employee
EmployeeEmployee
Flatten Your SoftwareFlatten Your SoftwareReally, use technology to make your Really, use technology to make your topology topology appearappear flatflat
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What is Groove?
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What is Groove?Microsoft® Office Groove® 2007 is a collaboration software program that teams can use to work together dynamically in
collaborative workspaces from virtually any location.
• Easy to use
• Peer to peer desktop collaboration client
• Targeted towards small/medium groups
• Secure - 192 bit security
• Facilitates document sharing
• Automatic synchronisation
• Operates in offline and online mode
• Spans geographic and network boundaries
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Who gets the most value?
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Least Common Denominator:
HTTP outbound connection
TCP/2492 open
TCP/2492 blocked
Pulling It All TogetherPulling It All Together
Groove WorkspaceGroove Workspace(Always-On Encryption)(Always-On Encryption)
Fabrikam Chuck’s Groove
Relay Cloud
Northwind Bob’s GrooveRelay Cloud
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Scenarios:Scenarios:• Alice creates workspace• Alice invites Dave to join• Dave accepts the invitation and
acquires an initial copy of the workspace to be stored locally
• Dave then invites more members• Members introduce deltas• Groove synchronizes deltas
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Fabrikam Chuck
Northwind Bob
Contoso Alice
ContosoContoso DaveDave
ContosoContoso EddieEddie
TCP/2492 Contoso
Intranet
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All members are in sync.All members are in sync.
Workspace acceptance may be processed by Workspace acceptance may be processed by any known memberany known member
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Demo• Using Groove client
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Key Features
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Key Features
• Document collaboration tools• Threaded discussions • Meeting tool and Calendar tool• Custom forms with InfoPath or Groove Forms• Alerts • Workspace Chat • Microsoft Office Communicator 2007/2005
integration• SharePoint Integration (WSS/MOSS)
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Groove and SharePoint
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Better Together
SharePoiSharePointnt
SharePoint is at the center of the
organisation providing search, portal, long term
storage, etc
SharePoint is at the center of the
organisation providing search, portal, long term
storage, etc
The edge of the organisation – hard to
access resources through this barrier
The edge of the organisation – hard to
access resources through this barrier
Groove then logically sits here – loosely
coupled on the edge providing services for external collaboration,
taskforce formation, and other edge activities
Groove then logically sits here – loosely
coupled on the edge providing services for external collaboration,
taskforce formation, and other edge activities
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Groove and SharePoint
• SharePoint – “Source of Truth” for knowledge assets with versioning, search etc
• Groove – Team collaboration tool used with constantly changing data
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Demo• Groove and SharePoint
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Questions?
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For more information about Groove
• Trial: office.microsoft.com/groove• Dev: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb308957.aspx• ITPro: technet.microsoft.com/groove• Blog: blogs.technet.com/groove