It’s all about Groove and SharePoint Workspace

SharePoint Workspace 2010, part of the Office 2010 professional plus edition, is now available! There’s a lot of buzz around the product, not only because it is a major release for former Groove 2007 users, but also because it is the new companion for SharePoint users.

Do you know the product and its features? Do you use it? How?

Answer 6 questions and  let others know what you like, dislike or would like to see in the future releases of SharePoint Workspace!

Hommes & Process announced during Microsoft TechDays France that GrooveIT! for Outlook and GrooveIT! for SharePoint are now “Office 2010 ready”!

As a reminder, GrooveIT! for Outlook provide users with the ability to send emails, attachments, contacts, tasks, events and RSS feeds, from Outlook to Groove/SharePoint Workspace. The transfer can be done on demand (you select an item and decide where you would like to post it in Groove / SPW) or based on rules (You create a “link” between an Outlook folder and a location (workspace / tool) in Groove/SharePoint Workspace and/or define some publication criteria (ex : if this email contains this text…)). With these features, GrooveIT! for Outlook provides users with the ability to easily archive information and/or share it with their team.The new version allows user to use GrooveIT! for Outlook in Outlook 2010 and to post choosen items in Groove workspaces (V2007) hosted in SharePoint Workspace 2010.

GrooveIT! for SharePoint is an application hosted in Internet Explorer that help users to collect files stored in SharePoint and share them in Groove. The new version will allow user to collect files in both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 file librairies and publish them in Groove workspace (V2007) hosted in SharePoint Workspace 2010.

If you already use GrooveIT! for Outlook V2.x and/or GrooveIT! for SharePoint v1.x, note that you have the ability to upgrade for free!

If you do not already know these tools, do not hesitate to give them a try!
A 30 days full-featured version is available for free.

And finally, if you are interested by these 2 products, note that a specific package called GrooveIT! Essentials will provide you with the 2 products at an “optimized” price!

More details on http://solutions.hommesetprocess.com

Office 2010 Beta was available for MSDN and TechNet members for few days.
Microsoft just annouced that Office 2010 beta is now public!

If you would like to give it a try, visit this website.

Microsoft WPC – Worlwide Partners Conference – starts today at New Orleans.  Several major announcements are expected.

At the same time, Microsoft publish several videos dedicated to Office 2010: each product is demoed with its set of new features and improvments. Word 2010, Excel 2010, Access 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Publisher 2010, OneNote 2010, … , and of course SharePoint Workspace 2010!

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A new blog dedicated to Microsoft Wave 2010 has been launched by Microsoft France.
More information available here : http://www.groovons.org/2009/07/08/nouveau-blog-backstage-2010/

Would like to learn more about Office 2010?

Microsoft launched a new video website to support the 2010 launch campaign : http://www.office2010themovie.com/

Also available,  a blog and a forum dedicated to Office 2010 :

•   http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/
•   http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/office2010general/