Tech Ed IT Forum and Tech Ed Developer registrants are invited to attend the Groove 2007 Fundamentals & Technical Training course. Participating in this training will help prepare you for taking and passing the Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist Exam 70-555: Configuring Microsoft Office Groove 2007.

Abstract
This course will outline Groove solutions in market, how SharePoint & Groove work together, and how to deploy and support Groove in your organization. The training includes presentations, labs, and Q&A discussions. The Hands on Labs will focus on the Groove client as well as installing and configuring the Groove Servers. You will leave the class with a solid understanding of the Groove platform and its underlying services, including the unique aspects of a decentralized architecture, communications, security, data bridge, relay and management services.

Attendee Profiles
This event will have 200 – 300 level technical focus. IT Pros, Microsoft field personnel, Developers, and anyone else interested in learning about deploying Office Groove 2007 are welcome to attend. Please spread the word to inform your colleagues about this valuable training opportunity!

Cost
There is no additional cost for Tech Ed delegates to attend this training session. However, you must register in advance since space is limited. Cancellations must be received at least 48 hours before the event begins to accommodate others wanting to participate.

Attendees will be provided free access codes for all 6 of the Groove Server e-Learning courses currently available. In addition, attendees who complete this course (who are not Microsoft employees) will receive a free voucher for the Groove certification exam.

Lunch will be provided during the session.

How to Register for This Event

Advance registration is required and space is limited, so sign up now. To register, click this link to send an email to grvte08@microsoft.com

Prior to this Event

Because we will utilize Microsoft MSL’s e-learning modules for many of the Labs and will be accessing Groove Hosted Services, a Windows Live ID is required. If you have not created one, you should do so before the event to save time. Click here to create a Windows Live ID.

9月9日

Groove 101

If you are you to Groove then here is just the thing for you!. My colleague Paul Cannon has created a webcast to give you some great tricks and tips for using Groove. You can find it here at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032383098&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

7月24日

My Speach

Welcome to our wedding!

I hope you're all enjoying yourselves on this very special day.

It’s great to see so many friends and family and I can honestly say it would not have been the same without you – just a lot cheaper! And of course fewer gifts!

We should, first, join in thanking our fantastic hosts; John and Ann, for creating this most fabulous setting. There are royal families and “A” list celebrities who would be envious of this venue. I - above all - know of the hours, days, weeks and months of planning that have gone into creating this very special day. Both John and Ann devote much of their free time to making this garden the subject of envy for many professional gardeners and I was very impressed with the lack of hesitation on their part to vandalise their joint, life-long project, in order to accommodate us all today!

Please except our sincere thanks.

On a personal note I would like to say how John, Anne and the extended Leask, Vince and Gorman families very quickly made me feel at home and part of the clan.

I am not saying that quid pro quo is a factor but John now gets extended bragging rights over his Irish connection not to mention the relief of off-loading, sorry giving away, the last of his children in marriage. Being a trusting person; I see nothing suspicious about his zeal.

The other reason we are able to enjoy this wonderful day is due, of course, to my mother Jean, who is here today with my “second mother” and life-long friend; Joyce. Thank you both for always being there for me. I would like to thank my mother especially for fuelling my James Bond fantasies by telling my at an early age that she was once one of his girlfriends. This has kept the psychiatric profession in good stead for many years.

It would be churlish of me to neglect the efforts that the rest of my Irish family and friends have made to join us here today in this celebration: Thanks to my sister Orla, her husband, Brian and my nephew Dion, my son Stephen and my Granddaughter, Alycia, my life-long friend Conor, who is presiding as Best Man, his wife Liz and my godson Richard; all whom have travelled from Ireland to be here today.

Now I would like to thank the bridesmaids, pageboys and ushers for all their hard work. With some small, very small, tokens of our appreciation for their efforts in making this day so special.

So if you could all make your way up to the side you can get some free stuff.

I first met Frances in the local pub. It makes me wonder where people will meet in the future once new labour have confined us to our homes for fear of us having a drink and a laugh!

Over a couple of years I became more and more enamoured with her; to the point of engineering “chance meetings” in the street. In past times this was part of romance; now apparently it is referred to as “stalking”.

Tradition dictates that I should, now, tell you a funny anecdote about my bride: but I am going to break with that tradition and simply say that I now am in the enviable position of having the pleasure of waking up every day with the happiest most positive person on the planet! And a smile that could change the world!

And look at her today – BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL!

Almost there! I am sure that Frances and you all will join me in toasting the Lovely Bridesmaids and the handsome ushers!

On a more solemn note, I would now like to hand over to my Best Man; Conor. He knows far too much about me and is far too open to bribery and corruption. Knowing that, I have paid him off, to go easy on me with his speech. But before you have the pleasure of Conor’s dulcid tones, Fra and I would like to present him with a small gift to thank him for his efforts today. He of course will argue that is too little and too late!

Conor!

John Leask's Speach

Good afternoon every one and welcome.

In particular good afternoon to Mr. & Mrs. Ryan..

Also a very special welcome to our Irish guests not only for being here but also because of their vote last week ; long live the Irish question, Palmerston would have felt at home .

Many thanks to Phil Collins for leading us through such a beautiful service and to Ann for organising cross ocean bridesmaids and much of the rest of the day . Mind you she was meant to be following my instructions to the letter but that is difficult when you have lost your glasses.

Turning to the most important lady of the day ; Frances . Speaking as her father means that much of what went on in her past will not be disclosed due to my ignorance; lucky Frances because I am told a lot did go on!

Born in Warwickshire Frances was a very contented baby however at a young aged, just two, she insisted on going to school .This was the beginning of an interesting relationship between Frances and schools. She had already discovered that school was a good place for a party.

There is not much that I remember about Frances in Warwickshire save that whilst there Frances took her first flight with us. After take-off we lost Frances. The steward looked everywhere and we went up front to see the captain. Frances was on his lap asking him ‘Are we nearly there?’ Frances had learnt at a very early age to turn left whilst boarding, although she probably went further forward than most.

We moved back to Hampshire and St. Swithuns School became exposed to France’s charm and sporting prowess . My sister had been head girl at St. Swithuns with a tremendous headmistress, Miss Evans . The headmistress when Frances was there was different! I cannot say more, she now lives at the bottom of our garden and I am on a loud speaker. Frances therefore went onto the Atherley in Southampton. I had been there before and during the war and it was a great school then and also when Frances was there

To get to school at St. Swithuns or the Atherley involved car trips with Ann. These trips were dreaded by both Frances and Phillipa as Ann drove whilst testing the girls on their homework .if they got an answer wrong the driver turned round and tore them off a strip; luckily they never went off the strip on which they were driving.

Frances was on the lacrosse and net ball teams and enjoyed classes; this enjoyment was not necessarily reciprocated by the mistresses.

To reach the Atherley involved a train trip from Winchester to Southampton. At the time I was commuting by train to London and it was at this time that I first met a phenomenon that continues to this day ; the railway staff all knew me as Frances’ father .

We were living in Avington in a house built into a hillside with the children’s bedrooms on a lower ground level with access to the garden. When we thought that they were safely tucked up in bed we have since heard that they and friends were roaming the surrounding countryside. One night a knock on the front door and there was a policeman with four children in tow.

He said that he had found them in Avington Park and asked them what they would have done if they had been attacked .No problem said one of their friends and he pulled a carving knife from under his shirt.

Also at Avington we were relaxing upstairs after a dinner party the night before .The children were downstairs. Suddenly Timothy came upstairs. Daddy I think that we have a bit of a problem I go down. Bedroom ablaze; they had been playing dinner parties with candles. Frances took the practical approach; don’t worry Daddy we got the dolls out!

Another adventure in Avington ; Frances , aged 14 , driving Ann’s Renault R4 , not the easiest of cars to drive ,jerking the clutch . Police car stops as it went by. “Can we help you madam?.“No, no need we are just taking the car to Mould & Thompson”, the local garage, with clutch problems!

Next was Peter Symonds College again very successful on the sporting field , winner of the Hampshire Schools tennis competition , and also on the stage .Extra curricula activities included clearing Woolworth’s of customers with the use of stink bombs and posing as a mannequin in the windows of Debenhams . Then, Miss Sprule’s secretarial college. At last a point to education; very successful passes.

Frances working life was diverse but successful. She obviously started with secretarial but she ranged through being a part owner of a restaurant in Vieques, off Puerto Rico , to helping to manage Joe’s Brasserie in Wandsworth Bridge Road . She even worked in my company for a bit .

She had many friends in the USA and travelled there a lot . One day I was on a Virgin flight to New York and there was Frances . What are you doing here? We communicated well as a family and kept a close watch on our children! I am going to see some friends she said. But you have no money. Don’t worry Daddy they will let me in .Well; you are not coming in with me. I go through, Frances appears. Broad grin. What did you do? They thought that my cheque guarantee card was a credit card. A few weeks later she was going over again. I told her not to be stupid they will think that you are smuggling drugs or are on the game . Sure enough she was asked into the little room . She complained to the officer that she could not hear his questions because her ears were blocked from the landing . Very helpful officer telling her how to clear her ears ;ears cleared no questions asked , Frances enters the USA .

Frances last job was as part owner of a corner shop on the outskirts of Romsey. This was very hard work but very successful . At this time she had her aneurism . This meant a stay of 7 months in Southampton General . An amazing experience . Frances had a great surgeon called Mr. Ianotti , an Italian who smoked sixty a day . Frances teased him that the reason that he had to put holes in her head was to stub out his cigarettes . Poor chap died of a brain tumour caused by inhaling the smoke .

The hospital had a tremendous approach. Frances , then nearly totally paralysed , was allowed out to parties and outside to have a quick smoke . For some weeks tubes did everything however one day I was in the ward and Frances said that she could kill a duck . I walked off and said do not do anything stupid . I returned and found out that all the tubes had been pulled out .I believe that that night she had her duck .

Frances had known some of the staff before she went in . This created such an atmosphere that the staff were told that although Frances was there it was still a hospital and not an ongoing party .

One day we received a call to see the consultant . From past scholastic experience I said to Ann that I expected that we were going to be told that Frances is a disrupting influence on my ward Not a bit of it we were told what a positive approach Frances was taking to her predicament . That has been her approach ever since.

Eventually Frances came out I missed the hospital bacon butties, the best that I have ever had. Frances and Ann flew of to the Jebel Ali in Dubai. What else do you do when you have spent 7 months in hospital and are in a wheel chair? Apparently A great time was had by all.

They return and we rent a canal boat on the Rhone and Saone with Emma Snagge who is here today.

Frances then gets asked to a dance in Newport Rhode Island; very practical in a wheel chair flies off and finds that it was the neurosurgeons of America annual bash . When they found out that Frances had spent 7 months in hospital at no cost to herself they wanted her to address the assembled throng, she declined. Two years later racing against the New York Yacht Club in the British Virgin Islands an American crew member , being a neuro-surgeon , said the usual ,I recognise your name , you must be Frances ‘ father .

Since those early days after hospital Frances has lived in Alresford where she has made many friends; one of whom was Mark. A year ago they became engaged. They move fast , they at least decided to get married in this century .

Like Frances’ family, Mark is Irish and also from the South. Mark works for Microsoft and is very involved in long term planning .He started this at an early age , the gynaecologist responsible at his birth in the Rotunda was Frances’ cousin , Nigel Kinnear .Mark therefore got to know our family at a very young age . They have set up house in Alresford and have made a beautiful home and garden where they serve delicious food and have found tremendous happiness and through that happiness have created happiness for many others .

As my grand father was an Inniskillen and was sent back from the trenches in 1916 for the 1916 uprising and, I suspect, that Marks’ grandfather may have been on the other side I am firstly glad that they must have been both poor shots but secondly I find great pleasure that this wedding can take place with no thought of politics or the religious divide. We were a Dublin family and Mark’s is a Dublin family and Frances has come home in every sense of the word. May I therefore finish by welcoming all the new Irish friends and relations and let us toast the future health and happiness of Mark and Frances. MARK AND FRANCES.

Unexpected behaviour in Groove Forms

We just picked up a report of a potential bug in Groovce 2007 Forms. This issue only affects users who have their Windows installation set to any other locale than US.

When your system locale is set to a non-US setting, and you load a custom Groove form that uses the app.NavigateToForm() call, you may receive a type mismatch error.

Action

Your system locale is set to a non-US setting, and you enter a Groove tool based on a custom form. This code for this form includes the following call:

app.NavigateToForm(formID, targetRecordID)

Result

You may receive the following error:

AutoCreate_OnAfterInitialize: Type mismatch

Check to ensure tool permissions are set to allow participants and guests can create documents

Resolution

To work around this problem, have the form developer change the code to multiply the formID and targetRecordID by 1 in the line that triggers the error. The call will then look like this:

app.NavigateToForm(formID * 1, targetRecordID * 1)

5月6日

Capture Groove events in a DB Table

The master Bob Novas has been at it again. This is a really usefull article if you need to consolidate events from a Groove workspace into a table for future use: http://bobnovas.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!30AB2D2627148CB8!175.entry?wa=wsignin1.0

4月16日

GrooveIT! for My Documents is available!

Our friends at Hommes et Process have been busy again and have just announced the release of GrooveIT! for My Documents. This is a great add-on for Microsoft Office system that allows you to save and publish Microsoft Office documents directly into Groove and search for them later:

Try it or buy it here: http://www.grooveit.biz/en/formydocs/home.aspx

4月7日

Groove installation Guide

Hi I got a message from Billy Dy, but unfortunately Billy, your LiveSpace settings don't allow me to reply directly to you! I hope you see this posting. Email me at markry@microsoft.com if you need more help:

All installation help files are here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb267352.aspx

Groove and Microsoft Office SharePont 2007 server

Bob Novas has been busy again and created this great walk-through presentation on how to create powerful integration between these to Microsoft Office System 2007 products - essential reading!

http://bobnovas.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!30AB2D2627148CB8!156.entry

3月10日

InfoPath and Groove Forms

My colleague Bob Novas has added a utility to the GrooveWebServiceV12Helpers command line utilities that imports and exports InfoPath forms from Groove, added some functionality to the InfoPath Forms Tool class in the helpers, and blogged about “Exchanging InfoPath forms between SharePoint and Groove” at http://bobnovas.spaces.live.com. Hopefully more to come.

Thanks Bob!

1月31日

Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Step by Step

I'm having a very busy post-Christmas time with customers! Just finished a trip which covered Sweden, Norway and Portugal - try packing for that in a "roll-on"! Watch out for a post on "Making your Network more secure using Groove" over the next day or two.

Below is some great news for Groove afficianados who want the the "Bible" on Groove usage.

Microsoft Press is proud to announce the release of our first book on Groove—Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Step by Step by Rick Jewell and John Pierce. We are very excited to add this title to our bestselling Step by Step series which is aimed at beginning to intermediate information workers.

http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/11848.aspx

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-Groove-2007-Step/dp/0735625239/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201194252&sr=1-1

Thank you and congratulations to Rick!

11月12日

Odds and Ends

A bit of a quickie (i'm doing "booth duty" at TechEd Barcelona last week and this week;so time is at a premium!)

First of all thanks to all the people who bother to leave a comment!! It's great to get feedback. Specail thanks to "Si". Whoever you are - you made me feel less "out-there" :-)

MikeV - you sent me a message through Windows Live on the 17th October I tried to reply but your settings are such that I cannot!! Mail me at markry@microsoft.com if you still need advice.

Our great and long time partners at Information Patterns have just release a cool new add on for Groove:

The FREE Toucan File Finder program.

It lets you find files in Groove files tools, in four really easy steps:

1: Pick some spaces to search

2: Select what kind of files to find, what they're called and when they were added/modified

3: Hit the Search button

4: Click "Open" to open a file for editing, even while the searching continues.

You can get it from their products page http://www.infopatterns.com/products.aspx

Check it out

Also our other great and long-term partners at Hommes et Process have jus released GrooveIt v2 - check it out it hooks up Outlook and Groove in all the ways that you would want: GrooveIT! v2 For Microsoft Office Outlook

Later.

11月7日

On Open Source everyting

I'm writing, now, as an individual, not as a Microsoft employee, so nothing in this blog entry should be construed as any kind of statement from Microsoft Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. Etc - you get the deal!

I have always secretly been a fan of the Open Source movement; but at the same time suspicious of that movement. The idea of a bunch of great developers getting together to create some cool tools for us to use on our computers is laudable, but who are these people that we think of as the "Robin Hoods" of the Software world?

Last week I heard a radio interview with an intellectual property lawyer who was addressing a convention in London about counterfeit goods ; his big message was that almost 70% of the UK population (probably extrapolated from a small, but relevant, sample) are happy to buy cheap "Knock Offs" as the don't understand the links between organised crime and/or International terrorism and these fake goods. Whether it is cheap: DVD's, CD's, Watches, Software, Jeans or any other consumer goods that you can think of, the chances are that, if it is extremely cheap, then someone else is making a profit. Who is that?

While Global Capitalism has become a favourite “whipping boy” for the media and global corporations are regularly condemned for human rights abuses we, as consumers, are frequently trapped between two evils; should we buy the cheap “lookalike” or the “real thing”. Why should we make the “Rich Cats“ richer at the cost of exploitation of cheap labour in the East?

That is a bigger topic than I have time to deal with here (in case you haven’t guessed, I do not support exploitation in any form).

My big worry is where is your money going when you buy a bootleg DVD at the local market/car boot sale? When you buy a “knock off” Rolex watch in Oxford Street; where does the money go?

Well the jury is “in” on this one. Consider this (from Robert Charette’s Blog http://spectrum.ieee.org/nov07/5668/3 )

“Groups like al-Qaeda resemble in some ways the classic insurgents of the past, such as the Palestine Liberation Organization, but several factors distinguish them from their predecessors, Robb says. For one, they aren't state-sponsored, which makes them harder to track down and eradicate. Being self-financed, they generate significant income from donations as well as from black-market commerce.”

Other estimates put the total Criminal/Terrorist “GDP” at $3 Trillion! (Anecdotally UK counterfeit software distributors have confided that; “it is more profitable than selling Heroin and you don’t get locked up if you get caught”)

The point is; just like the fair trade movement, if you can’t be sure where it came from and you have no idea where your money is going to, why not spend your money elsewhere?

The final irony in this sordid mess is that it is probably the poor who are funding these “black organisations” because they desire the “good life” trappings and have very limited disposable income!

Nothing much has changed in history; the poor always are “roped” into, and inadvertently suffer from the battles of the rich.

11月6日

Groove Training event

Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Fundamentals & Technical Training for Partners & IT Professionals

Microsoft Partners are invited to attend Groove Fundamentals & Technical Training. Participating in this training will help prepare you for taking and passing the Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist Exam 70-555: Configuring Microsoft Office Groove 2007, part of the Portals & Collaboration Certification.

All partners attending this class will receive the eLearning module and exam voucher, enabling you to become certified easily!

When: Sunday 11 November, 08:30 – 17:30

Where: Vincci Maritimo Hotel - Condal Mar Room, Barcelona Spain

Overview
This course will outline Groove solutions in market, how SharePoint & Groove work together, and how to deploy and support Groove. The training includes presentations, labs, and Q&A discussions. The Hands on Labs will focus on the Groove client as well as installing and configuring the Groove Servers. You will leave the class with a solid understanding of the Groove platform and its underlying services, including the unique aspects of a decentralized architecture, communications, security, data bridge, relay and management services.

Attendee Profiles
This event will have a level 200 – 300 level technical focus.

Cost
There is no additional cost to attend this training

How to Register for This Event

Advance registration is required and space is limited, so please sign up as soon as possible. Click here to register.

Prior to this Event

Directions from CCIB to Training Venue

The Vincci Maritimo Hotel is located at C/Llull 340, esquina Selva de Mar Vincci.

· Exit the CCCIB using Door B.

· Turn Left and Left again at the Hotel AC Barcelona.

· Continue walking towards the Hilton Hotel. Turn Right and cross the Diagonal Mar Park.

· The Vincci Maritimo Hotel is just on the other side of the park the other side of the park, and this event takes place in the Condal Mar room.

10月24日

An Idea before, and of, its time

Yesterday John Robb blogged in about local people using Google Earth and Twitter to "assist themselves" as the wildfires rage in California (http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/_)

This made me think about how we had used Microsoft Virtual Earth and Groove to plot the Summer fires in Greece and share that information with the security community. This is very linked to my previous blog entry which raised the issue of citizens looking after their own interests - see the photo attached.

10月18日

The Data-centre is dead; long live the users

I have long been suspicious of the increasing trend towards “centralisation”; be that in networks, Government or services. The root of my suspicion lies not in some fear of a “Big Brother” scenario but rather in the vulnerability of centralised systems. To put it bluntly both “the bad guys” and natural disasters have an easy target!

Given the onslaught of “Open-source warfare” (See John Robb, et al), which seems to be permeating the globalised world, and the threat of natural disasters brought about by increasingly violent weather conditions, attributed to Global Warming, it seems nonsensical to continue with these 20^th century ideas of “Command and Control” centres.

During World War I & II it was sensible, given then constraints of the available technology, to create “National Defence” systems: The Maginot Line, the Coastal Defences in The Solent Estuary etc. In the 21^st century these notions are becoming increasingly redundant; as the enemy is not another nation state or discreet group that has a definable powerbase from which the threat of attack can be extrapolated. Yet our governments, increasingly, respond to the “terrorist threat” by creating ever more centralised command and control processes.

During the Cold War this was inevitable and probably wise. In the new age, brought about by the Internet and technological revolution of the last 15 years, it seems like continuing to have a “man with a storm lantern” on the Cliffs of Dover to watch for the Napoleonic Fleet (a practise which was upheld until 1910 according to anecdote)!

I spend a lot of my time engaged with public safety agencies who subscribe to the “old world” model and my message is always the same: “Groove is of its time!” The response, to be honest, varies from group to group; but overwhelmingly sways to the “old world” model. I must admit to being frustrated, in what I imagine to be the same way that the inventors of the internal combustion engine became when they tried to convince the “Horse & Buggy” manufacturers about the new way forward, must have become.

Let’s go back to basics; the Internet, as we all know, evolved from DARPANET, which was the US Defence departments response to the cold war threat. It was a multiple redundant set of servers using a connectionless communications protocol (TCP/IP) for connectivity in the event that one server would be destroyed in a nuclear attack by, the now defunct, Soviet Union.

50 years later, we are now, putting all our eggs in one basket by creating these massive data-centres, where we are creating single points of failure in our networks. Exposed, not only to terrorist attacks, but also to freak weather storms.

The conversations with the organisations that I engage with, public and private, have the same tone: “We need to control everything that happens centrally and we need to monitor everything centrally”. While I don’t blame my interlocutors, I begin to wonder whether they are more wrapped up in security as a “feeling” as opposed to delivering security as a reality. The reality is pretty grim; there is no such thing as total security! And the reason for this is that a ”totally secure” computer system/network is so “locked down” that it is completely unavailable to the user community. If a PC is unplugged from the mains electricity, and the network, it is probably safe. I say “probably safe” because someone could steal the hardware device and gain access to the data; given the incentive and access.

Security is about “defence in depth”. What is your appetite for risk? What risk are you concerned about? What steps can you take to mitigate yourself from that indentified threat?

If I were in charge of Public Safety for a broad group of citizens I would be ensuring that the populace could protect itself and look after itself in the event of an attack to its status quo, rather than relying on an antiquated “Command and Control” infrastructure that is not resilient to single point of failure.

I hope that I am starting a debate here.

Check out this link for more information about how we can help with crisis response systems: http://www.microsoft.com/industry/publicsector/government/crisis.mspx

9月25日

Groove Security & TechEd 2007

I'm doing a bit a of a lazy blog entry today - but I have an excuse!

Many of the questions which I, and my colleagues, are asked on a daily basis are answered in the Microsoft TechNet Groove TechCentre. This is developing into a formidable collection of technical articles covering all aspects of deploying, managing and securing your Groove infrastructure. Please check it out.

Shameless plug now for "yours truly". TechEd 2007 EMEA in Barcelona is getting set for two weeks of great content (I'm speaking 3 times :-) ), for Developers on 5th - 9th of November and IT Forum 12th - 16th November. Get yourself booked up now!!

Back to the TechNet Groove TechCentre, here is a sample article:

Groove's Built-In Security

Securing Internet communications is based on achieving four main objectives: authentication of users and devices, confidentiality of communications, data integrity, and authorization. How you set up your network to obtain these objectives depends mostly on the software you are managing.

Groove client software addresses fundamental security issues via the following built-in mechanisms:

•	Data encryption helps assure confidentiality of all information exchanges, whether on a LAN or across the Internet.
•	Groove identities and accounts can be password-protected.
•	Built-in authentication systems allow users to verify the identity of Groove users and devices.
•	Component signature verification algorithms help assure the integrity and appropriateness of components installed on user devices.
•	Role-based access control, defined by Groove workspace creators, determines how workspace members access and interact with content.
•	Progressive slow-down of the password window display after repeated incorrect password attempts protects against external parties using password discovery scripts to access Groove.
•	Users with Office-compatible antivirus software on their Groove devices can enable automatic virus filtering of files in their Groove account preferences.
•	Workspace version restrictions allow users to create workspaces supported only in the current or a later version of Groove, and to accept invitations only to workspaces that were created in the current or a later version of Groove. Administrators can enable this restriction by setting a Groove Manager domain policy accordingly.
•	File type restrictions limit the types of allowed files to those specified in Microsoft Office as “safe for sharing.” Administrators can enable this restriction by setting a Groove Manager domain policy.
•	Groove users can select options for restricting the delivery of Groove messages from other Groove users. For example, Groove can be configured to accept messages from only “known Groove contacts”, that is, contacts who are either in a user’s contact list, verified by the user or administrator, or who are members of at least one of the user’s workspaces.