Microsoft SharedView is an online collaboration and desktop sharing software application. It can be used to share screen or used for group chats and sharing documents with maximum 15 users at a time in real time. The project was initially codenamed Tahiti. The application is very simple and yet very effective for those who need to collaborate on some file or document while being physically away from each other. The application is free to download and only requires Microsoft Live Id for the session administrator to initiate the session. The participants of the session will be sent a message through e-mail, Instant Message or through phone.
gHacks gave a very good example of how a typical session works on Microsoft SharedView,
A typical work scenario would look like the following. One user starts the Microsoft SharedView software and creates a new session after logging in with a Windows Live ID. An auto-generated email can be dispatched to invite users to join the session.
The session starter selects an application to share, for example a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The shared document will be displayed brighter in this case than the parts of the desktop that are not shared. It is furthermore possible to post additional files that every user can access. Lastly it is possible to preview the desktop how users who join would see it.
Not only this, the SharedView also allow to track changes on the document so you don’t need to worry if multiple people are busy modifying same document of MS Word. The changes to the document can be only made after the session adminstrator allow the users to modify the document. You can even monitor the movement of individual cursors. Since so much is offered for free, we have to be patient with a fact that site is open for advertisements from Microsoft.
Microsoft SharedView can be installed on Windows XP Service Pack 2,Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later besides Windows Vista. According to a forum posting on Microsoft, SharedView can not be installed on the Windows 7. However, there are always some one who will find a way out as you can find on a blog post here with a big disclaimer.
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