Groove for Team Projects

[Darmorgaut]

I can see WoW icon in the toolbar. :D

[kandahar1985]

nice



[ficuspon]

THNKS FOR THIS DEMO! I FIND IT VERY USEFULL!

[rauldurand]

Great video!.

What would be the disadvantages of using Dropbox instead of Groove?

[blah11blah]

Lol, who gives a shit about groove now. Google wave is where it's at.

[dvi47]

Where are the files stored? locally?

[TLJLB]

The files end up being stored locally on everyone's hard drive. That way you can unplug and use them. When you reconnect to the Internet it'll broadcast the changed ones to everyone else.

[dvi47]

Where exactly is this stored. i am running windows 7

[SuzukiKid400]

If user 'A' has a file, 'X', on their groove, updates it and then shuts off their computer, can user 'B' get that most up do date file? ...or do both computers have to be on at the same time?

[SuzukiKid400]

Never mind. You mention near the end of your video that synchronization occurs with respect to the Groove server. Thanks, and great video by the way.

[TLJLB]

Think of the free Microsoft groove servers as temporary storage. If user B gets online while user A is online he'll trigger a synchronization. A will send the files to the server and B will download. A could be in an office with a high-speed connection and B could be on a lower speed connection. Microsoft will hold that data for you temporarily and trickle it down to B. Basically, if you want to synchronize both have to be online to do their parts.

[SuzukiKid400]

So, the Microsoft server is only used as a buffer between users that are both online simultaneously?

[TLJLB]

That's a good way of putting it.

[AudioVisualXperience]

Great video, very well done.

[tgraupmann]

The best collaborative tool within Groove is the whiteboard. Can you demo how the realtime tools have changed in Office 2007?

[mestrebuzio]

Nice video.

[musejs]

Thanks for the video! I posted it on my site to show how easy Groove is to use.

[Twomaze]

Thanks!