Wednesday, April 02, 2003

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Network World Fusion analyzes Microsoft's collaborative software strategy In March, the company rebranded its SharePoint Team Services as Windows SharePoint Services and moved them from Office XP into the operating system. The SharePoint Services let users set up online ad-hoc team sharing spaces and will complement SharePoint Portal Server for sharing documents companywide. To move that sharing over the firewall, Microsoft is partnering with peer-to-peer software maker Groove Networks and has made an $88 million investment in that company.