[ Thanks to J_K9
for this link. ]
“Groove is a software initially developed by Groove Networks and
now owned and developed by Microsoft as a component of the Office
2007 Enterprise suite. It is a project management application which
uses the client-server model and integrates chat, filesharing,
calendar, discussion, picture sharing, and is also extensible in
that third party tools can be integrated to improve the experience.
In Groove, a Workspace may be created and Groove members may be
invited to join that Workspace and, if and when they join, they
will be set a role in that project by the Workspace’s Manager. It
encrypts files in that Workspace on-the-fly so as to maintain the
confidentiality of the data and, following the client-server model,
each member of the Workspace downloads a synced version of the
Workspace’s files and other data for their perusal and modification
offline. For more information on how Groove works, see this TechNet
article. The only feature that the Groove project management
software lacks is a good version control system–and,
unfortunately, it is closed-source (proprietary) software…”