It’s all about Groove and SharePoint Workspace

I’m delighted to announce that my book dedicated to SharePoint Workspace 2010 will be available on 2011, Jan 10th. (At this stage, it will only be available in french). If you read french, feel free to visit  http://www.spw2010-lelivre.fr to get more information and participate to the contest. There are few books to win!

- 2. Use SharePoint Workspace
Learn how to use the product, and benefit from best practices and tips

- 3. Personalize SharePoint Workspace
Use SharePoint lists, SharePoint Workspace lists and Groove Forms to create custom tools

- 4. Integrate SharePoint Workspace
Learn more about data integration using SharePoint Business Connectivity Services and SharePoint Workspace Web Services

- 5. Deploy SharePoint Workspace :
Understand SharePoint Workspace architecture and learn how to deploy it or create custom installation packages

Sorry, this entry is only available in french.

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!

You maybe already know Yung Chou from Microsoft as he already spoke about Groove 2007 during past conferences like TechED. He just published a new article describing the main features of SharePoint Workspace 2010. Both Groove workspaces and SharePoint workspaces goals are explained and there’s some interesting focus on specific points like security/encryption, or differences between 2007 and 2010 versions of the product (What is removed / What is added).

Article is available here : http://blogs.technet.com/sharepointexperts/archive/2010/03/29/sharepoint-workspace-spw-2010-explained.aspx

Thanks Yung for this article!

Discover in a few seconds added value provided by SharePoint Workspace 2010 :

Source: Microsoft ShowCase : http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/gb/details/c92bf2aa-fd11-45ec-bb33-986acfe20e27

Here is the presentation (in french) used during Microsoft TechDays 2010, that took place at Paris from Feb 8th to 10th :

Do not hesitate to contact for any further question.

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

In the first weeks of 2010, I had the opportunity to write 2 articles focused on SharePoint Workspace.

The first one was written for the online magazine IT EXPERT. It can be read here: http://www.it-expertise.com/ite-article/280/Logiciels-BI-plates-formes/sharepoint-workspace-office2010-microsoft

The second one is published in the february edition of IT PRO Magazine. If you attend Microsoft TechDays, note that this edition will be available on both IT Media and SharePoint Workspace Community booths. More generaly, more information about IT MEDIA and IT PRO are availble here : http://www.itpro.fr

You would like to learn more about SharePoint Workspace. Visit the SharePoint Workspace Community booth C33 on the “Unified Communication & Collaboration” village. We are planning some demos and also a contest with a full set of great prizes!

Each day at 15:40, the SharePoint Workspace community will demo SharePoint Workspace on the Wave 2010 booth. Come to visit us and learn more about SharePoint Workspace!