Microsoft's commitment to Groove

[Ronnie G]

I've been using Groove for almost a year, have installed it on for 50 users
in my organization, shared it with my State's Department of Human Services,
and now to various nonprofits, each with 50 or so users each. Yet I find
that with Groove still not fully functional on a 64-bit system, even with
Windows 7, (the file sharing limits), no integration with Messenger Live etc.
that I have this sinking feeling that Microsoft is going to let this nice
piece of software fade into history.

Has MS offered a public acknowledgement of its commitment to Groove moving
forward? Does it have a planned release date of the next upgrade? I'd
really like to know before recommending it to literally hundreds more users.
Can you MSFT folks offer your thoughts on this please?

 

[Mark Smith]

Hi Ronnie -

I don't have a crystal ball, but I do have the next best thing- a link to
the Groove teams' blog.
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint_workspace_development_team/

You can read about the plans for the next version of Groove, which is being
renamed "SharePoint Workspace".

 

[Ronnie G]

Mark, thanks so much for your note and information. Unfortunately this is
exactly what I have been fearing. I don't have Sharepoint, don't know beans
about it and neither do the scores of people I have who are using Groove, nor
the dozens who will be learning to use it in the next few weeks. I realize
that its possible the migration to Sharepoint Workspace might be fairly easy,
but I'm skeptical. After spending so much time training my people on Groove,
I'm not completely confident that we won't just drop any efforts in that
regard.

I wish they'd just make it work fully with a 64-bit system. Maybe that's
the "collaboration option" for those who don't use Sharepoint. One can only
hope. Once again, I really appreciate the response.

 

[Fabrice BARBIN [Groove MVP]]

Hi Ronnie,
Hi Ronnie,

I confirm that 64bit support is planned for this release.
And i also confirm you will be able to use SharePoint Workspace without
SharePoint, as you are currently doing with Groove 2007.

HTH
--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Fabrice BARBIN [Groove MVP - Groove MCTS]
http://blog.fbarbin.com

Hommes & Process (http://www.hommesetprocess.com/en)
GrooveIT! (http://www.grooveit.biz)
---------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Ronnie G]

Sounds great! Ok, now one more question... In migrating to or upgrading
from Groove 2007 to Sharepoint Workspaces, will existing Groove workspaces,
contacts, tools, etc. be usable i.e. transferred intact into the Sharepoint
Workspaces, etc.? Or wll each of these Groove workspaces and related content
need to be re-created manually in Sharepoint Workspaces?

(I think this will be the last question before my big class on Thursday.)

Hi Ronnie,
Hi Ronnie,

I confirm that 64bit support is planned for this release.
And i also confirm you will be able to use SharePoint Workspace without
SharePoint, as you are currently doing with Groove 2007.

HTH
--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Fabrice BARBIN [Groove MVP - Groove MCTS]
http://blog.fbarbin.com

Hommes & Process (http://www.hommesetprocess.com/en)
GrooveIT! (http://www.grooveit.biz)
---------------------------------------------------------------

Mark, thanks so much for your note and information. Unfortunately this is
exactly what I have been fearing. I don't have Sharepoint, don't know
beans
about it and neither do the scores of people I have who are using Groove,
nor
the dozens who will be learning to use it in the next few weeks. I
realize
that its possible the migration to Sharepoint Workspace might be fairly
easy,
but I'm skeptical. After spending so much time training my people on
Groove,
I'm not completely confident that we won't just drop any efforts in that
regard.

I wish they'd just make it work fully with a 64-bit system. Maybe that's
the "collaboration option" for those who don't use Sharepoint. One can
only
hope. Once again, I really appreciate the response.

 

[Fabrice BARBIN [Groove MVP]]

You will only have to migration your account from Groove 2007 to SharePoint
Workspace 2010.
Groove 2007 workspace should be supported AS IS.

HTH

--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Fabrice BARBIN [Groove MVP - Groove MCTS]
http://blog.fbarbin.com

Hommes & Process (http://www.hommesetprocess.com/en)
GrooveIT! (http://www.grooveit.biz)
---------------------------------------------------------------

Sounds great! Ok, now one more question... In migrating to or upgrading
from Groove 2007 to Sharepoint Workspaces, will existing Groove
workspaces,
contacts, tools, etc. be usable i.e. transferred intact into the
Sharepoint
Workspaces, etc.? Or wll each of these Groove workspaces and related
content
need to be re-created manually in Sharepoint Workspaces?

(I think this will be the last question before my big class on Thursday.)

Hi Ronnie,
Hi Ronnie,

I confirm that 64bit support is planned for this release.
And i also confirm you will be able to use SharePoint Workspace without
SharePoint, as you are currently doing with Groove 2007.

HTH
--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Fabrice BARBIN [Groove MVP - Groove MCTS]
http://blog.fbarbin.com

Hommes & Process (http://www.hommesetprocess.com/en)
GrooveIT! (http://www.grooveit.biz)
---------------------------------------------------------------

Mark, thanks so much for your note and information. Unfortunately this
is
exactly what I have been fearing. I don't have Sharepoint, don't know
beans
about it and neither do the scores of people I have who are using
Groove,
nor
the dozens who will be learning to use it in the next few weeks. I
realize
that its possible the migration to Sharepoint Workspace might be fairly
easy,
but I'm skeptical. After spending so much time training my people on
Groove,
I'm not completely confident that we won't just drop any efforts in
that
regard.

I wish they'd just make it work fully with a 64-bit system. Maybe
that's
the "collaboration option" for those who don't use Sharepoint. One can
only
hope. Once again, I really appreciate the response.

:

Hi Ronnie -

I don't have a crystal ball, but I do have the next best thing- a
link
to
the Groove teams' blog.
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint_workspace_development_team/

You can read about the plans for the next version of Groove, which is
being
renamed "SharePoint Workspace".

--
Regards
Mark Smith
http://www.infopatterns.net



:

I've been using Groove for almost a year, have installed it on for
50
users
in my organization, shared it with my State's Department of Human
Services,
and now to various nonprofits, each with 50 or so users each. Yet I
find
that with Groove still not fully functional on a 64-bit system, even
with
Windows 7, (the file sharing limits), no integration with Messenger
Live etc.
that I have this sinking feeling that Microsoft is going to let this
nice
piece of software fade into history.

Has MS offered a public acknowledgement of its commitment to Groove
moving
forward? Does it have a planned release date of the next upgrade?
I'd
really like to know before recommending it to literally hundreds
more
users.
Can you MSFT folks offer your thoughts on this please?