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- 1. Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Lisa Hewitt Bob Straker Microsoft Federal
- 2. Agenda What is Groove? Extended information sharing Architecture Demonstration Groove in use today Resources
- 3. Joint Military Needs Mobilize as a joint force—synchronize with coalition partners Need for individual and ad hoc team initiatives in modern combat operations Support wartime conditions—situational awareness at all levels Provide access to information quickly, regardless of location or network access
- 4. Business Considerations Islands of information and applications Slow responsiveness to business and user needs Costly custom development and maintenance Poor sharing inside and outside the organization Difficult to find the right content, data, and people Increasing information management risk
- 5. Microsoft Office Groove 2007 ─ Extended Collaboration Improve personal productivity Personal information management Improve organizational productivity Transparency and compliance Trending and reporting Secure, reliable infrastructure Extended collaboration and mobility Just-in-time, cross-org secure collaboration Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote Groove Access Publisher InfoPath Communicator Integrated Enterprise Content Management Integrated Electronic Forms Information Rights and Policy
- 6. Enable Cross-Organization Collaboration and Mobility Secure, dynamic sharing with coalition partners Support low-bandwidth/no- bandwidth scenarios Warfighter-friendly interface Integrate with C2 and combat support systems Groove 2007
- 7. Enables collaboration regardless of network, geographic, and bandwidth boundaries A team workspace application integrated across the 2007 Microsoft ® Office system A PC application that uses services to bridge work boundaries and optimize communications An extensible platform that supports a broad range of team requirements Groove: A revolution in collaboration
- 8. Office Groove 2007 Integration Presence/Real-Time Services Integration Office Groove 2007 adopts Communicator iconography Aggregate presence and contact information Launch real-time collaboration services within Office Groove 2007 Document Integration with SharePoint Bi-directional synchronization between Office Groove 2007 and document libraries Multi-endpoint sync capabilities Ability to lock the file in Windows SharePoint Services Support for Microsoft Office InfoPath ® Forms Build InfoPath solutions atop Groove Forms engine Leverage InfoPath front end with Groove Forms back-end capabilities like collections, database lookups, and topic / response Integrate data with enterprise systems Office Groove 2007 integrates with and extends other Microsoft products
- 9. Office 2007 Groove Architecture Overview Manager Relay Disconnected Mobile Warfighter Garrison Personnel Coalition Partner Business Applications (such as Siebel) Databases (such as Microsoft SQL Server ™ ) Information Sharing (such as Office SharePoint Server 2007) Data Bridge
- 11. Invite others inside or outside your organization Add tools to support your team’s evolving needs Shared calendar… Team files… Structured data… Create a workspace with two clicks right on your desktop And more Your Team, Tools, and Information in One Place
- 12. Make changes in the native desktop application Save the changes back to Groove Your copy of the workspace is updated instantly When you next connect, Groove automatically sends the new file to your team members Open a file even though you’re offline Check the final document into your SharePoint document library right from the workspace Work Effortlessly Anywhere, Online or Offline
- 13. Clicking alerts takes you right into the active workspace Presence awareness shows who is in the workspace with you Initiate a Communicator instant messaging session at just the right time Alerts signal workspace changes and activity Keep Your Team in Sync Automatically
- 14. Groove in Action
- 15. “ Groove allows us to collect data offline, and then transmit that data securely and automatically in an environment where Internet connectivity is intermittent. It’s also important that the information be shared equally among military and non-military organizations. Groove provides this, and allow us to integrate with open source databases and content management systems.” Dr. Eric Rasmussen, Navy physician and project coordinator, Strong Angel Civil-military aid team improves response and information flow across agency/organization boundaries during pandemic demonstration Improved Incident Management
- 16. JTF Katrina 2005 Public and Private sector effort Communication challenges Support for austere environments (online/offline) Low-bandwidth satellite connectivity Timely, ad-hoc formation of virtual teams Standard EMS in Florida and Illinois, used by DHS, USACE, State, civilian and local organizations
- 17. CWID 2005 Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 14 Countries & NATO No “official system” Groove bootstrapped by Canada Planning & coordination Operational Experiments Operation centers across the globe No centralized administration
- 18. US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 20K Seats, COOP-enabled USACE 2012 – Virtual Teams Data collection on the edge (MS Mobile) US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS) – Virtual Teams Inter/Intra-Service Collaboration Hosted Groove infrastructure NIPRNet and SIPRNet Proven CONUS/OCUNUS capabilities Others: I Corps, III Corps, V Corps, HRC, 3ID, 4ID, 1CR, 2CR, XVIII ABC, 82nd AB, Fort Lewis, Fort Stewart, Fort Drum Groove Virtual Office in the US Army
- 19. Groove 2007 Benefits for Joint Military Use Extend communication and collaboration Single point of integration for key information improves decision-making Better information sharing when communications infrastructure is disrupted More rapid coordination during critical events and activities Fast, yet secure, information dissemination outside the firewall and across organizational lines Better common operating picture and situational awareness “ Microsoft is setting the bar in the collaboration platforms market.”
- 20. Resources © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary. Groove Advisor - http://blogs.technet.com/groove www.microsoft.com/groove