Groupware Definition

Learn which applications are part of the  groupware . Get an initial insight into the tasks that can be accomplished using the applications.

Portal

Your information center for scheduled appointments, new emails or messages from messaging platforms.
  • Get an overview of current appointments and new emails.
  • Read current messages from your favorite messaging source.
  • Follow news from your social networks.
Learn more:  Portal 

Email

Send, receive and organize your emails.
  • Besides your internal email account use external email accounts that you have set up with other providers.
  • Find emails with the help of several search criteria. Follow email threads.
  • Use email folders to organize your emails. Co-operate with your team by sharing selected email folders.
  • Use the other applications by creating a new contact from an email address or creating a new appointment from an iCal attachment.
Learn more:  Email 

Calendar

Keep an overview of your private and business appointments.
  • Use individual or recurring appointments to schedule meetings and activities.
  • Use calendars to organize appointments. Specify the team members who can access selected calendars.
  • Use the team view functions to find windows of free time and to check whether resources like rooms or devices are available.
  • When scheduling appointments with external participants the iCal functions ensure automated invitation management.
Learn more:  Calendar 

Address Book

Organize and maintain your private and business contacts.
  • Use address books to communicate with internal participants. Create personal address books to keep an overview of your contacts.
  • Use address books to organize your contacts. Co-operate with your team by sharing selected address books.
  • Use the contacts from your social networks. This enables you to use the groupware as a central collection point for your contacts.
  • Work with external contacts by sending contact data in vCard format or sharing address books.
Learn more:  Address Book 

Tasks

Schedule and organize your activities.
  • Use the due date to organize your tasks. Use the reminder for tasks that are due.
  • Manage your team by delegating selected tasks to others.
  • Use the tasks lists to organize your tasks. Specify team members who can access selected tasks.
  • Use the recurring tasks functions to keep track of recurring activities.
Learn more:  Tasks 

Drive

Use the file store to centrally manage information or to share information with others.
  • Save any files, notes or Internet links. Give your team read or write access to selected document folders.
  • Create and edit simple text files.
  • Send individual files as email attachments or links.
  • Provide information to external contacts by sharing document folders.
Learn more:  Drive 

Folders and permissions

Folders and their permissions play an important role in exchanging information with other users or external contacts. Each groupware object is saved in a specific folder. The folder view helps to manage folders and permissions.
  • Use personal folders for sorting your emails, and groupware data.
  • Support your team by sharing certain folders with read or write access.
  • Benefit from the information of others by using objects in public or shared folders for your work.
Parent topic:  First Steps