IMPORTANT NOTE:  A minimum of 5 licenses is required

Microsoft Groove Server 2010 is a pair of cooperating applications for managing Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 usage and optimizing communications. Groove Server 2010 provides the following functionality:

• Integrates SharePoint Workspace user management with Active Directory.
• Automates SharePoint Workspace account configuration.
• Distributes usage policies to SharePoint Workspace users.
• Enhances support for global SharePoint Workspace communications.
• Supports secure SharePoint Workspace management.

Open licensing is for small to mid-sized organizations that have less than 250 desktop PCs and who order as few as five licenses.  Benefits of Open License include, discounts off the retail price of software, the ability to track and manage licenses by using online tools, and the rights to create a standard image and deploy it on multiple machines, and rights to transfer licenses from one machine to another.