1. Innovative Solutions, Proven Results By Peter Ward Business Collaboration Manager The age of the road warrior Staying connected and winning the battles I NTER D YN

6. The Microsoft Groove technology Groove Overview If you can connect to your road warrior, then Groove is remotely interested A peer to peer network. No server required A ‘Napster’ on steroids The true virtual office What is Groove? Groove is desktop software that allows teams of people to work together securely over the network as if they were in the same physical location… Enter the age of the virtual office Virtual Office Mobile Employee External Partner Knowledge Worker

8. The Role Of Microsoft Office System Business Trends Streamline Processes and Content Management Simplify Working Together Improve Business Insight New 2007 Office System Organizational Value Core Personal Experience Microsoft Office Key Attributes Self-Service Familiar Trusted Easy to use

9. Groove and SharePoint enable a new collaborative dynamic… Traditional “client/server” collaboration Autonomous team collaboration integrated with SharePoint

10. A day in the life of a Groove road warrior 8:00am – On the train to the city finishing off a proposal 8:30am – Arrive at Grand Central Station and send an IM to manager to review document. Put the laptop in hibernate mode 9:00am – Pop into Starbucks and open laptop, which recognizes a wireless network and automatically synchronizes the proposal document with manager and sends IM 9:15am - Client meeting -1 11:00am –Sit down at Starbucks to do some work. Receive feedback from proposal, telephone messages, and price lists, photos. These are automatically synchronizes from HQ. 12:00am- Finish proposal and send to client. Follow up with clients’ messages. Send co worker an IM requests pictures of new floor designs 12:45pm. Put laptop into hibernate mode, dash to client meeting 1:00pm - Client meeting 2 3:00pm – Walk through Central Park, stop at coffee shop. Open laptop to sync information with HQ. Client has requested changes to the sent proposal. These are stated 3:15pm Client meeting 3 5:00pm – Working on proposal changes while on the train back home. 6:30pm – Send updated proposal to the client Currently working off line Currently working on line Currently working on line Currently working on line Currently working on line Currently working off line Currently working on line