Thread: Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Overview

Office Groove 2007 is an association software program that allows teams to work jointly more efficiently inside collaborative workspaces. It helps teams work together simply and to their goals and deliverables without being reliant on extensive IT support or having to concern about how to attach to people and information. Groove 2007 does not need important time to learn new software or force you to switch continuously from one tool or application to another. Groove 2007 workspaces saves time, raises productivity, and strengthens the quality of deliverables. You can have your team members anyplace in world and as long as they have an Internet connection you can share all vital information, calendars, files and workspaces and have online chats with each other.

The following are features of Office Groove 2007 that can help you and your team work together more efficiently and effectively:

Document collaboration tools create the procedure of sharing and revising team files simple and well-organized, and help you publish finished files to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services document libraries for workflow or storage.

Threaded debates allow everyone on team to track and contribute to a shared, ongoing conversation on main topics.

Meeting tool and Calendar tool help maintain everyone on team apprised of main project milestones, meetings, and updates.

Custom forms make it likely to gather structured information from team using the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 information gathering program or Office Groove 2007 Forms.

Presence alertness helps you make out who is functioning on what, when, so you can appoint team members at correct time. Alerts allow you know when files and information modify in workspaces and when team members do main activities.
Workspace Chat allows you to hold impromptu, impulsive exchanges of data with team members where they are. Combination with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and 2005 allows you to start phone calls and direct messaging sessions with your team members right from Office Groove 2007.

Office Groove 2007 includes three types of workspaces:

A Standard workspace contains a Files tool and a Discussion tool. Extra tools can be included to a Standard workspace to meet changing project needs.

A File Sharing workspace coordinates a chosen Microsoft Windows operating system file folder and its contents across team members’ PCs. This kind of workspace can be mainly helpful for separate team members who want to maintain files synchronized among their own PCs.

A Template workspace allows you to select from a list of already customized choices intended for a particular type of project requires. You can attach to Microsoft Office Online and access extra Groove workspace templates tailored for particular business functions and markets. You can also make templates from own workspaces for future use.