Ask IW UK Blog : Groove

Groove MSDN Portal Now Live

IW UK Partner Team — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:46:59 GMT

The new Groove portal on MSDN is live at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb308957.aspx

This is the home for developers who want to learn more about Groove and how to develop solutions on the Groove platform. The site also links to relevant content on TechNet and Office Online, providing easy access to those materials. This enables developers new to Groove to build a solid foundation of knowledge before taking Groove deployments to the next level by building a custom solution.

Groove 2007 content in our pipeline for release on MSDN in the coming weeks and months includes:

Whitepapers

· Groove Technical Architecture

· Decision criteria to select Groove Forms versus Groove InfoPath Forms

· Guide to using the Groove Web Helpers

· Design and performance considerations when building Groove forms-based solutions

· Groove and Windows Workflow Foundation

Solutions

· Provisioning Groove workspaces from a MOSS/WSS site

· Synchronizing Groove InfoPath forms data with a MOSS/WSS site

Documentation

· Online version in MSDN library of Groove 2007 SDK documentation (in addition to download available today)

· Developer documentation for the forthcoming Groove tool templates

Community

· Forum/newsgroup(s) so developers and partners can connect with one another, discuss issues, and exchange feedback

** Additional ideas and content requests are most welcome **

Other Pages That Link to the Groove MSDN Portal:

· MSDN ODC Home Page http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx (See Right Nav bar)

· MSDN Programs Landing page http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905399.aspx

· MSDN Servers Landing page http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905498.aspx

· MSDN Getting Started: Site Map http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905370.aspx

UK Microsoft Groove Partner Community Briefing

IW UK Partner Team — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:00:41 GMT

Join us for this event and be part of the UK Partner community for Groove. Hear about the latest updates and resources available to you from the Microsoft UK Groove Virtual Team, to help you drive your business.

You will also have the opportunity to meet other Partners who are planning to provide Groove solutions or already have an offering for Groove and be part of this exciting collaboration journey. Please click here to register.

Agenda:

Introductions/Objectives
Business and Product update
What's currently in market
Using the Partner Programme to help drive your business
Partner round table discussion
Calls to action
Lunch

To register please click here to visit http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032319915&Culture=en-GB or telephone 0870 166 6680 Ref 9915.

Calling all UK Groove Partners

IW UK Partner Team — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:42:40 GMT

Are you a current Microsoft Partner offering Groove solutions, or perhaps you would like to offer solutions but don't know where to start? Please make yourself known by emailing AskIW@microsoft.com.

What is Groove? Visit http://www.microsoft.com/office/groove/default.mspx

Groove products complement and extend Microsoft's collaboration capabilities by allowing teams of information workers to securely create and share files, manage projects and meetings, and track data and processes in a highly decentralised manner unconstrained by time, location, or organisational affiliation.

Groove meets the needs of teams who:

• Are virtual - across a matrix company

• Are geographically distributed - perhaps across timezones

• Work across organisational boundaries (and/or firewalls)

• Need to be productive whether connected to a network or not - online/offline

There are two offerings:

• Groove Hosted Services - For Groove deployments between 20 and 1,000 users
• Groove Enterprise Servers - For Groove deployments of more than 1,000 users

Please email AskIW@microsoft.com or leave a comment to make yourself known.

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