By Thilak May 14, 2007

Microsoft SharedView Beta (formerly Codenamed Tahiti)

SharedviewMicrosoft SharedView, which was previously known as Tahiti is now available for public beta. Back in March, when Tahiti was first leaked, it created a lot of buzz around the blogosphere, but Microsoft quickly pulled it’s plug.

Microsoft SharedView is a free screen sharing application which can handle upto 15 users in real time, making it one of the best tools for collaborative needs. You’ll also be able to share files among your group using a feature called as Handouts. In future versions, you’ll also be able to talk and chat, just like how you do at normal meetings. This software is not just useful for business, but it can also be used to help out your friends, when they run into trouble.

To start a session in Microsoft SharedView, you’ll need to sign in using a Windows Live ID. However, no Live ID is necessary to join a session started by someone else. Amit Agarwal points out a strange clause which says that this service may only be used within United States of America, though I was able to successfully try the software here in India.

Download Microsoft SharedView | SharedView Home

I wasn’t able to try the previous version of SharedView (a.k.a Tahiti), but from what I read in Download Squad, it seems like Microsoft has polished the interface of the share sharing tool. I’m pretty excited to see the future version of the application with more collaborative features like chat or voice conversation.

 

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Discussion

Comments for “Microsoft SharedView Beta (formerly Codenamed Tahiti)”

  • No doubt, it should be an excellent tool. I will looking forward to try it asap.

    Gili
  • Unless Silverlight clicks, Microsoft is in deep trouble. Slowly but steadily they are becoming irrelevant.
  • An interesting and useful idea that is bound to capture a strong following in time.

    As far as the "only in the USA" clause, I am guessing that's more of the USA's archaic cryptography laws at work. For a live network collaborative tool such as this to be feasible, I am quite sure all data transmission needs to be heavily encrypted to protect the privacy of these exchanges. That would mean that the software includes encryption and decryption technology, possibly of a high order of complexity ("bits"). That would mean it would be classified, along with all other complex encryption software, under the same category as weapons and other threats to "national defense". So the American company (Microsoft) might not be allowed to "export" such technologies outside the country.

    Anyone remember the mess with PGP encrytion technology in the 90s?
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