Groove 3.1 - Groove 2007 Transition...

[JohnWRS]

I have reviewed:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932311/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915573/en-us
They do not address issues in working with Groove 3.1 and Groove 2007
concurrently. I have lots of legacy work in Groove 3.1 on my office machine.
I now have Groove 2007 on a laptop. I formerly had easy access to the
Groove 3.1 content across both machines... it did a great job of
synchronizing my work on the two machines. What issues might I encounter by
using my Groove 3.1 account on my office machine to grant access/share work
spaces with my laptop which has Groove 2007? How do I make the first step?
When I attempt to start Groove 2007, it finds the legacy Groove 3.1 account
on the laptop and asks to upgrade it. Will this action leave the legacy data
intact on the original machine? This matter of transition seems undocumented
for Groove 2007.
Thanks, John

John

 

[JohnWRS]

UPDATE: I successfully upgraded Groove 3.1 data on one computer to Groove
2007. I have not put this computer on the LAN network, so it has not yet
attempted synchronization with the legacy data (the originial host) on my
office machine (Groove 3.1). Does anyone know if there will be any
conflicts? I understand from the Groove FAQ that a Groove 2007 can accept a
Groove 3.1 account invitation to join a workgroup, but not vice versa
(backwards compatible). My situation is a bit different. I have two
computers which I was using with one Groove 3.1 account. The second computer
(the one that joined the workgroups on the original host machine) has been
upgraded to Groove 2007.
Your thoughts are appreciated,
John

 

[MichaelM]

Hello,

If your office computer and your laptop share the same Groove account, your
office system will be upgraded as well. If this has not happened yet, it
will when you connect your laptop to the network. You will not be able to
maintain an account that spans both versions.

If you created a new account for your laptop Groove 2007 installation then
your office system should be fine.

Michael McCarrick

 

[Ashok Hingorani]

correct
the same acnt cannot be 3.1 and 2007
i am surprised it allowed the install at all
but will certainly try to upgrade the other acnts first chance it gets

rgds

ashok