Groove Advisor: The Groove Blog

Groove Advisor is for IT professionals, developers, and users of Groove 2007.

BroadMeadows gets its Groove on

Dateline: SIngapore. My friend Paul, long time Groove veteran, moved to Singapore with his family to...

Author: abbott Date: 05/22/2007

How to pick the right forms environment for your Groove solution.

New whitepaper posted on MSDN! Groove provides two forms development environments. There is the...

Author: abbott Date: 05/16/2007

New whitepaper: How to Use Groove and SharePoint together

We've recently published a whitepaper on using Groove 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services together....

Author: abbott Date: 05/15/2007

Dekiru Groove

We've often said that as part of Microsoft Office, Groove has global reach. So, it probably...

Author: abbott Date: 05/15/2007

How to use Groove for disaster planning

John Morello is a Senior Program Manager on the Windows team. He was recently interviewed by TechNet...

Author: abbott Date: 05/11/2007

Free Groove Fundamentals and Infrastructure Training at TechEd

Spread the word! TechEd attendees are invited to attend Groove 2007 Fundamentals &...

Author: abbott Date: 05/10/2007

Relay server password: Why Unattended Startup is a good thing

A new document on the download center discusses important information on protecting the password for...

Author: abbott Date: 05/10/2007

Groove at TechEd 2007

Hey kids, I'm going to Disney! I just booked my tickets for TechEd 2007 in Orlando. Sure, Orlando in...

Author: abbott Date: 05/08/2007

Secure the Groove Manager part 2

I posted earlier with important information for securing Groove Server Manager. We’ve recently...

Author: abbott Date: 05/03/2007

What you need to know about Groove Server

There's a new article in Computerworld talking about Groove Server 2007. "Office Groove Server...

Author: abbott Date: 05/02/2007

Security for the Board (not the bored)

We used to talk a lot about "center vs edge" when we described Groove. Now that we are part of the...

Author: abbott Date: 05/02/2007

How to get started with Groove

It is REALLY easy to get started with Groove. Just go to the web, download the client, and you are...

Author: abbott Date: 04/25/2007

How to import data into a Groove Form

My friend Josh has written up a great step by step guide on manually importing data into Groove...

Author: abbott Date: 04/24/2007

Groove Security Whitepaper

A new whitepaper on TechNet takes an in depth look at the Groove security model. This is one of the...

Author: abbott Date: 04/18/2007

How to integrate Groove with a .NET Framework Application

John Hancock (www.johnchancock.com) is a Senior MCS consultant with a background in building, and...

Author: abbott Date: 04/14/2007

Groove Security, meet SharePoint Security.

If you are looking at Groove and SharePoint, at some point the security questions start coming...

Author: abbott Date: 04/02/2007

Speed Limits are in effect

I came across this piece of feedback yesterday: Groove 2007 is my new favourite app but it has some...

Author: abbott Date: 03/28/2007

Two new whitepapers posted to Technet

Two new Groove whitepapers are now available on Technet: Microsoft Office Groove: Backup Options in...

Author: abbott Date: 03/27/2007

How to: Implement a Threaded History field in a Groove Form

In a recent query on our discussion list, we found an interesting request: Miles writes, "I’ve been...

Author: abbott Date: 03/23/2007

New Groove Portal on MSDN

I’m pleased to announce that the new Groove portal on MSDN is live at...

Author: abbott Date: 03/22/2007

Groove Webcast: Deploying Groove client and Server

Later this morning I am hosting a webcast on deploying Groove client and server. We'll talk mainoly...

Author: abbott Date: 03/22/2007

How To: Secure Groove Server Manager 2007

If you are installing your own servers, special care must be taken to secure that infrastructure....

Author: abbott Date: 03/20/2007

How do I get Groove?

I've heard from a number of people that they are finding it hard to get started with Groove. Here is...

Author: abbott Date: 03/16/2007

Martin Kearn, on lessons learned with a Groove project

Lawrence Liu pointed me to a great post by Martin Kearn on Groove. Its a bit of the good, the bad,...

Author: abbott Date: 03/16/2007

The Bottleneck is at the top of the bottle

I'm not a rabid Tom Peter's fan or anything (yet), but when my uncle pointed me to the blog,...

Author: abbott Date: 03/15/2007

How To: Using Groove and SharePoint to simplify working with Partner

Here's the requirements; straight from the Line-Of-Business: I am using Groove to get rid of email...

Author: abbott Date: 03/14/2007

Q&A: More Compatability Stories

My previous post on compatbility between Groove v3 (also known as groove virtual office) and Groove...

Author: abbott Date: 03/09/2007

Groove vs. SharePoint

I get asked a lot about Groove and SharePoint. They both support collaboration, right? Why do I need...

Author: abbott Date: 03/09/2007

Upgrading to Groove 2007: Flying is easy, its the landing that's hard

Upgrading is easy... We've got a great Groove v3x user population out there, and many of them are...

Author: abbott Date: 02/26/2007

How To: Faster Access to Groove Workspaces

The other day I came across this solution by Laurent Kempe that gives the Groove user fast access to...

Author: abbott Date: 02/23/2007

How To: Workspace Compatibility - Groove 2007 vs. v3

Groove 2007 has a new workspace version from Groove v3.x. As a result, there are some compatibility...

Author: abbott Date: 02/23/2007

How To: Backup Your Groove Account

Ask anyone who works with Groove about Backups..."Well (deep breath) it depends." That's not a bad...

Author: abbott Date: 02/20/2007

Bugs: Permissions in the Files Tool

Thanks to Kevin Reeuwijk at Getronics for discovering a vulnerability in the Groove Files tool. He...

Author: abbott Date: 02/14/2007

Collecting Our Thoughts: A Guide to Groove Web Resources

There are a lot of places to look for information on Groove, though you may have trouble finding...

Author: abbott Date: 02/12/2007

Welcome to the Groove Advisor!

Readers probably know some of the Groove history, and know that Groove was acquired by Microsoft in...

Author: abbott Date: 01/26/2007

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