Microsoft KB Archive/939806

= How Groove 2007 uses Groove servers =

Article ID: 939806

Article Last Modified on 8/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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INTRODUCTION
This article discusses how Microsoft Office Groove 2007 uses Groove servers.



MORE INFORMATION
You can use Groove 2007 in any of the following configurations:
 * With purchased Groove servers.
 * With purchased Groove services that are hosted by Microsoft.
 * With the Groove Hosted Relay Service subscription that is included with your Groove 2007 purchase or that is included with your Groove Live subscription.
 * Without server access after an account is configured.

Groove 2007 has some features that require a server. Your Groove 2007 purchase includes access to a Microsoft-hosted Groove relay service that Groove 2007 requires for regular operation.

After account configuration, you can use Groove 2007 on an isolated network that cannot reach the Microsoft-hosted Groove servers. However, some basic features will not work. In order to send data to offline users or in order to exchange data with users on the other side of a router, you will need access to a Groove relay server. This relay server is provided with the first three configurations that are mentioned in this article.

Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007 is not required in order to use Groove 2007. Microsoft Office Groove Server Manager and Microsoft Office Groove Server Relay are included with Groove 2007. They help you administer large deployments of Groove. They also provide more control of the Groove data in your domain. Most of the features of Groove Server Manager and of Groove Server Relay are available through Microsoft Office Groove Enterprise Services for customers who do not want to host the servers onsite.

If you deploy the Groove servers, the installation of Groove Server Manager will require access to a Microsoft SQL Server server. Only Groove Server Manager needs access to the SQL server. The Groove 2007 client installations in the domain do not have to have a client access license (CAL) for the SQL server.

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