All the Groovey news that fits

Last week marked the fifth anniversary of the SharePoint Workspace (then Groove) team joining Microsoft. A lot has changed in those five years, but we’ve had a remarkably stable core throughout, which is testimony to the quality of the team and the technology...

As we’ve recently announced that Groove will be changing its name to SharePoint Workspace, this seems like a good time to change the name of the blog as well. The vehicle formerly known as All the Groovey News that Fits will henceforth be named Working...

Heads up – Groove is getting a new name as of the coming release of Office 2010. Please welcome SharePoint Workspace 2010! The name makeover is in concert with the direction the product is going. SharePoint Workspace will provide easy access to SharePoint...

Francie Selkirk has put together a nearly exhaustive list of changes and fixes to Groove in Office 2007 Service Pack 2. Have a look on her support blog .

The Groove Relay Server is a store-and-forward messaging system that stores Groove data for offline clients. It also serves up presence information, and uses several techniques to improve connection and communication efficiency. The data traffic patterns...

By now you’ve probably heard the news that Office 2007 SP2 has been released, and with it, of course, is Office Groove 2007 SP2. On the menu: Groove Manager can now use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a database. There are little tweaks to shore up security...

Keep an eye peeled for Office Groove 2007 Service Pack 2 – it’s due out very soon. It’ll include a variety of goodies, including support for SQL 2008 in Groove Manager, a couple of new blocked extensions for improved security, and a fix for currency fields...

Jeroen Jansen blogs here about how you can use Groove 2007 with BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) to remain productive in the absence of an Internet connection.

It’s been almost four years now since Groove joined Microsoft, and we’re starting to settle in. I showed up from Redmond a few months after the acquisition, and we were then in the midst of working on Office 2007. Since we had jumped in midstream, we...

Josh Goldman weighs in: You can make it easier for Forms tool users by adding macros to your Forms tools that allow the user to perform bulk operations on a group of selected forms. In the Issue Tracking tool, there is a Status field on the Issue...

You hear it all the time, but it is especially important for Groove users: defragment your hard drive. It is no secret to Groove users – particularly those that use it often – that Groove stores a lot of data. One way to improve performance while using...

If you're new to Groove, Lynda.com is offering a video by David Rivers called Groove 2007 Essential Training . It's well presented, and offers most of the user basics. You can take a free peek at the introduction before deciding whether to buy.

Got the gotchas? Francie Selkirk has a Groove support blog out on TechNet that has lots of good stuff on troubleshooting, best practices, and general gotcha avoidance.

By their nature, Groove workspaces can involve input from many different people in many different organizations, often making many different contributions. Not everyone will have a clear vision of what the workspace is really about, so it has become something...

Another tidbit from Mena Paton: Are you or your users not happy to see Groove starting up every time you restart your system? If so, end users can easily stop this Groove behavior by opening the Groove Options menu and selecting Preferences, clicking...

Joe Levine weighs in with a fave suggestion: Most Web browser users assign frequently visited Web sites as “favorites.” Adding favorites is especially useful for remembering complex Web addresses. Over time, most people build a lengthy list of these...

Here is my favorite use for a Groove feature: I always create a Groove Briefcase workspace on my new computers. This allows me to share files across all my computers seamlessly. For maximum benefit I do the following: 1. On my first computer...

This from Mena Paton: Groove collaboration is as easy as socializing. But it’s not limited by time or geography. Groove users can interact with colleagues and other contacts in a range of work environments across the Internet - even with offline...

This blog has mostly lain dormant for the past year or so, but we're having another go at it. We've gathered up some ideas, gotten some people on board and interested in helping, and we'll start pumping out fresh content on a weekly basis or better, depending...

From looking at the download statistics, it seems like everyone has not yet downloaded and installed SP1. It was released a month ago and we strongly recommend installing it as soon as possible. This document lists the major Groove SP1 fixes, which collectively...

Ten years ago last month, Rhythmix Corporation started developing a new product, codenamed Groove. (After a year, for a variety of reasons, Rhythmix Corporation was renamed Groove Networks.) We accomplished a lot during those ten years and continue to...