Presentation Abstract:
Groove is the creation of Ray Ozzie (Chief Software Architect @ Microsoft). Groove is a highly-secure peer-to-peer collaborative platform that brings people and applications together rapidly. Groove is part of the Microsoft Office Suite and integrates with SharePoint. It is used within Government agencies and big & small corporations. This session will give an overview of Groove and show it from a .NET developer’s perspective - the use of the Groove API – GWS (Web Services), CodePlex’s GWS wrapper, DataBridge & SharePoint integration. All with plenty of examples & .NET code. The presentation will be on two screens ('stereo') showing the peer-to-peer capabilities of Groove.
About the Presenter:
Supriyo "SB" Chatterjee is a Architect/Tech-Lead at ArrowPoint KeyTech (Hartford CT) and was awarded a MVP for Groove:Architecture - http://tinyurl.com/sbcmvp He blogs when he can at http://weblogs.asp.net/sbchatterjee and is also an Acting Director of the Connecticut .NET Developers Group www.ctdotnet.org
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Meeting Details
Tuesday, December 2nd at 6:00 PM
MassMutual Learning & Conference Center
350 Memorial Drive
Chicopee, MA 01020
Telephone: (413) 598-9898
From the West
Take I-90 East (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee).
Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33.
The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on
the Right.
From the East
Take I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee).
Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33.
The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on
the Right.
From the South
Take I-91 North
to Rte. 291 East in Springfield. Follow Rte. 291 East to Exit 6
(Ludlow/Chicopee Falls). Follow exit ramp to first Stop sign. Take
a Right onto Fuller Road. Continue on Fuller Road to third traffic
light. Take a Left at light onto Memorial Drive (Rte. 33). Take a
Right into MassMutual Learning & Conference Center entrance.
If you have questions, please direct them to:
Dan Caron
User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group