While recovering and auditing a laptop I came across “Groove Folder Synchronization. I have vaguely come across its name before, but that’s all.
It’s apparently a dropbox-like thing (loosely-speaking), by Microsoft.
Web-Search:
- http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563779
- What is Groove Folder Synchronization? Sharepoint?
- Q:
- What is it exactly What’s the purpose? How does it work?
- Same questions re: Sharepoint. What is it? What’s it’s purpose? How does it work?
- A1:
- (Groove Folders is) for corporate environments, but they package it with Office.
- Sharepoint is a shared workspace, similar to a shared network drive. People can put files there for everyone in a group to access. It also has a calendar, a wiki, and other features. The idea is that a division of a company (or the entire company) has a secure place to share data.
Groove is something like Google Apps — you put your files on the Internet and others can access it — including those outside the company (unlike Sharepoint). Synchronization is used so that everyone in the group keeps up to date on any changes to the document. - Neither is particularly successful. We gave up on Groove ages ago, and, though we use Sharepoint, it’s only used infrequently.
- A2:
- SharePoint can be a great solution, but it’s not like implementing a new file server or new Office update or an messaging system IT throws in, or a new policy or repository for data. It ties everything together, but it is not easily done. If done rightly, it’s geat. If not, it sucks.
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