Thanks for finally telling it like it is and letting these folks know that not everyone can understand their so-called "geek-speak". Interesting bit of dialogue going on here I have a slightly different take. The very nature of these technologies is complex, and often as users we get to operate on the surface only. A simplified explanation is an art in itself, and it's almost unfair to expect a 30 second summary, from someone who's not an expert on the field, but is at least helpful enough to provide a link to where more information would be available Back to the Groove Folder vs SharePoint discussion Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.
Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 7 Search Community member. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Ronnie Vernon. Hi The Groove component has a name change. It is now called Sharepoint Workspace. Here is a link wher you can find all of the information. How satisfied are you with this reply? In reply to Ronnie Vernon's post on November 23, Why do we have to click a link to get a explanation?
But it's no help to me in a home computer where it's just me and the missus. That's the biggest reason to remove the program from the system. Sorry fella, you aren't vital. But there are a few other grounds as well. If we don't need it, here's how we can get a little of our screen real estate back without affecting the other Office programs. The process is similar for both Windows XP and Vista. We have to head into the Windows Registry if we want to remove only the Groove options from the shell i.
This keeps the Groove program intact but only removes the shell references. By default, Groove starts with Windows and runs as a background process, taking up approximately 6MB of memory. It can easily be removed from the Windows startup list. That's it! 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. Since RealityChuck has kindly covered the facts of the matter, I will toss in some commentary. To prevent people from sharing information effectively, as they might with cheap, sensible forum or repository software. The forum part of it is more awkward to use and less functional than most free forum software.
Its search function is lousy. Its object storage is a maze of walled, hidden enclaves. The only reason we can figure for dumping it on us is that it lets management drones collect a lot of useless statistics about how we use it. Help with terms? What is forum software? Forum software is the stuff that runs message boards. Good repository software should have version control and be readily searchable. Even by those standards, though, putting stuff in our Sharepoint system is sort of like pitching all of your books into a deep, dark hole in the basement, and calling it a library.
The problem with Sharepoint is organization. How do you structure it? Where are files located? This is something you need to decide — and plan out carefully — in order to use it.
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