A basic site for sharing information, howtos and news related to Microsoft's collaboration technologies in an education environment.
I have compiled a table below of Microsoft's offerings for collaboration in education. All the items are hyperlinks so click away.
Feature area
Microsoft server and client applications
Complimentary applications hosted by Microsoft Live@EDU
Backpack or student web-based storage
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Windows Live SkyDrive
Windows Live Mesh
Collaboration - mobile
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 mobility
Windows Live Mobile and Live Alerts
Collaboration - offline and online with file sharing
Microsoft Office Groove 2007
Collaboration – online with file sharing
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 collaboration
Office Live Workspaces
Desktop productivity (office) tools with integrated group collaboration
Microsoft Office 2007 suites +
Desktop sharing
Office LiveMeeting 2007
Microsoft SharedView
Developer information for customisation, interoperability and integration
SharePoint, Office, Exchange, Groove
Live developer centre
Mashups – used defined custom web pages based on multiple web data sources
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 mashups
Microsoft Popfly
Messaging, calendaring and PIM
Microsoft Exchange 2007
Live@EDU Exchange Labs
Real-time messaging, voice and video
Office Communications Server 2007
Windows Live Messenger
Social computing, blogs, wikis and the like
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 social computing
Windows Live Spaces