Groove 2007 tool templates provide Groove users with additional functionality that complements the tools that shipped with the Groove 2007 client (i.e. Files tool, Discussion tool, etc). These tool templates can be added to both existing and new Groove 2007 workspaces.

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• Asset Tracker tool template

• Contacts Tracker tool template

• Issues and Tasks Tracker tool template

• Project Status Reports tool template

• Proposal Tracker tool template

• Time Tracker tool template

• Welcome tool template

• More information

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Asset Tracker tool template

The Asset Tracker is designed for tracking and managing assets such as computer equipment, cubicles or offices, real estate, or practically any other type of tangible or intangible property. This tool enables you to enter details about an asset, assign work orders to other workspace members, track status, and even capture billable items for completed work orders. You can use the tool for simply tracking assets, or use the full range of features that include work orders and billable items.

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Contacts Tracker tool template

The Contacts Tracker is designed to maintain a list of contacts relevant to a team collaborating in a Groove workspace. The Contacts Tracker can track people inside and outside the workspace, at other organizations, and even people who don’t use Groove.

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Issues and Tasks Tracker tool template

This Issues and Tasks Tracker helps you track issues and related tasks in a Groove workspace. The flexibility of the tool allows you to enter issues, track by categories, assign tasks to other workspace members, and check on the progress of them.

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Project Status Reports tool template

The Status Reports template is ideal for collaborative teams using Groove who need to plan, categorize, and track work across a number of projects. The tool allows you to create both project-level and individual status reports on a regular basis, and provides multiple ways to view those reports. A manager can use this tool and gather input from other project team members to automate the process of producing regular weekly reports.

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Proposal Tracker tool template

This Proposal Tracker enables a team to create and track business opportunities for which a proposal will be developed, and track progress against deadlines. The tool helps ensure that all members are aware of the current status of an opportunity and their role in completing work to meet deadlines related to delivering proposals.

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Time Tracker tool template

The Time Tracker provides a quick and easy way to track projects, project activities, and time spent on them. This tool allows you to define your own custom projects with one or more stages (or phases) as well as activities specific to your project. Managers can assign activities to other workspace members and track forecast and actual time for each activity. Project team members can book and submit time against activities assigned to them. The Time Tracker tool is ideal for Groove users focused on services work (i.e. consultants and IT professionals) who need to track their time against various projects and stay in sync with colleagues in other locations or organizations.

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Welcome tool template

The Welcome template provides a simple way to create a starting or welcome page for any Groove 2007 workspace. A welcome page can introduce Groove users who are invited to the workspace to the purpose and content contained within the workspace. You can format the text, check the spelling of the content, and add images as well as add links to other Groove workspaces and files or connect to external sources.

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More information

Each of these tool templates works as-is and can be installed in a Groove 2007 workspace by any Groove user in minutes. Software developers can enhance the templates for their unique requirements. For more information on building custom Groove solutions, visit the Groove MSDN portal.

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