Windows Meeting Space

Windows Meeting Space
Developer(s)Microsoft
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
PredecessorNetMeeting
SuccessorMicrosoft Office Live Meeting
LicenseMicrosoft EULA

Windows Meeting Space (codenamed Windows Shared View[1] and formerly Windows Collaboration[2][3]) was a peer-to-peer collaboration program developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista as a replacement for Windows NetMeeting[4] and it enables application sharing, collaborative editing, desktop sharing, file sharing, projecting, and simple text-based or ink-based instant messaging across up to 10 users connected to the same network or across the Internet.[5][6][7] Meeting Space has the ability to automatically set up an ad hoc wireless network if a connection to a network or the Internet are not available and also enables participants to invite other people to meeting sessions.[6] It is the first application for the new peer-to-peer framework in Windows Vista and hence requires IPv6.[5]

NetMeeting features such as microphone support and the ability to set up audio or video conferences are not available. Meeting Space is included in all editions of Windows Vista, but its functionality is unavailable in the Starter edition; in the Home Basic edition, it only allows users to join—but not create—sessions.[8] With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft discontinued Meeting Space and recommended Microsoft Office Live Meeting as a replacement.[9]

  1. ^ "Windows Vista Beta 2 Windows Shared View Step by Step Guide". TechNet. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  2. ^ Thurrott, Paul (October 6, 2010). "Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308) Review, Part 1". Supersite for Windows. Penton. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Thurrott, Paul (October 6, 2010). "Windows Vista December 2005 CTP (Build 5270) Review Part 2: Bundled Applications". SuperSite for Windows. Penton. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Microsoft. "NetMeeting Home Page". Microsoft. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Microsoft. "Windows Vista Windows Meeting Space Step by Step Guide". TechNet. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Shinder, Deb (October 19, 2006). "10 things you should know about Vista's Windows Meeting Space". TechRepublic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Barrett, Ron (May 27, 2008). "Windows Meeting Space: Collaboration on the cheap!". Network World. IDG. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Microsoft. "Windows Vista Windows Meeting Space Step by Step Guide". TechNet. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  9. ^ "Looking for Windows Meeting Space?". Windows Support. Microsoft. Archived from the original on April 22, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2021.