I have installed Office 365 and set up some Document Libraries that I want to sync to my team member's machines. There are so many names for different bits and pieces I'm having trouble understanding what the different pieces of software are, which ones
I actually need, and where to go to solve any problems. Can someone point me to a succinct outline of these different pieces or explain which ones I should care about and which not?
* **Office 365** - This is the service I'm signed up to.
* **Sharepoint** - when I interact via a web browser the url starts with _myorg_.sharepoint.com. Is this Sharepoint 2013, e.g. should I post questions about all the things below in Sharepoint 2013 forums?
* **Skydrive Pro** - when I click the SYNC link from a sharepoint document library it's _usually_ Skydrive Pro that pops up to sync my files. There's also an icon in my systray called 'Skydrive Pro' with status messages ... separate from the icon and status messages for the Upload Center. When there are problems syncing _folders_ (not files) they show up via this icon. Right-click on the icon > View Sync Problems opens Microsoft SkyDrive Pro. A button 'View File Upload Errors' from that window opens the Upload Center to view _file_ problems.
* **Microsoft Office Upload Center** - An icon for this sits in my systray. When there are problems syncing _files_ (not folders) this prompts me with a message in the notifications area. If I click on it I get the Upload Center. From what I can tell, the Upload Center only lets me act painfully slowly on one file problem at a time - is there a tool that lets me select multiple files and resolve the problem on all at the same time?
* **Sharepoint folder** - When I sync a sharepoint document library to my machine it creates a windows explorer folder called 'Sharepoint' in the location of my choosing. These are the folders I'm using for team filesharing.
* **Skydrive folder** - when I sync a personal document library from _sharepoint_-my to my workstation it gets put in a folder called 'Skydrive @ _my org_'. I'm not using these folders for team filesharing.
* **Microsoft Office Document Cache** - sometimes I'm prompted that this has become corrupted and it needs to make a new one.
* **Microsoft SharePoint Workspace** - this now opens when I restart my machine and wants me to 'create a new account'. Without this everything seems to work. Do I need this and if not how do I get rid of it? In the past when I'd created an account, when I clicked the SYNC link from a sharepoint document library in Google Chrome, an MS Sharepoint Workspace window would open _instead_ of Skydrive Pro. Doing the same thing in IE opened SkyDrive Pro. Odd.
* **MSOSYNC.EXE** - this process runs at startup and takes 25-50% of my cpu at all times, even though all my libraries are synced. What is it doing? Which product is it part of?
* **GROOVE.EXE** - this process runs less frequently and also takes 25%-50% of my cpu, e.g. when I open a word document.
* **Skydrive** - When I choose File > Save As in MS Word one of the options is to save to Skydrive. I'm prompted to enter my email address and then told 'This type of account doesn't work with this particular service. Please enter an email address associated with a different account.' Nice. I guess this is related to the similarly named product 'skydrive' which is totally different from 'skydrive pro'.
I'm sure there are a few other bits and pieces I'm forgetting but I'll add them in as I encounter them again.
* **Office 365** - This is the service I'm signed up to.
* **Sharepoint** - when I interact via a web browser the url starts with _myorg_.sharepoint.com. Is this Sharepoint 2013, e.g. should I post questions about all the things below in Sharepoint 2013 forums?
* **Skydrive Pro** - when I click the SYNC link from a sharepoint document library it's _usually_ Skydrive Pro that pops up to sync my files. There's also an icon in my systray called 'Skydrive Pro' with status messages ... separate from the icon and status messages for the Upload Center. When there are problems syncing _folders_ (not files) they show up via this icon. Right-click on the icon > View Sync Problems opens Microsoft SkyDrive Pro. A button 'View File Upload Errors' from that window opens the Upload Center to view _file_ problems.
* **Microsoft Office Upload Center** - An icon for this sits in my systray. When there are problems syncing _files_ (not folders) this prompts me with a message in the notifications area. If I click on it I get the Upload Center. From what I can tell, the Upload Center only lets me act painfully slowly on one file problem at a time - is there a tool that lets me select multiple files and resolve the problem on all at the same time?
* **Sharepoint folder** - When I sync a sharepoint document library to my machine it creates a windows explorer folder called 'Sharepoint' in the location of my choosing. These are the folders I'm using for team filesharing.
* **Skydrive folder** - when I sync a personal document library from _sharepoint_-my to my workstation it gets put in a folder called 'Skydrive @ _my org_'. I'm not using these folders for team filesharing.
* **Microsoft Office Document Cache** - sometimes I'm prompted that this has become corrupted and it needs to make a new one.
* **Microsoft SharePoint Workspace** - this now opens when I restart my machine and wants me to 'create a new account'. Without this everything seems to work. Do I need this and if not how do I get rid of it? In the past when I'd created an account, when I clicked the SYNC link from a sharepoint document library in Google Chrome, an MS Sharepoint Workspace window would open _instead_ of Skydrive Pro. Doing the same thing in IE opened SkyDrive Pro. Odd.
* **MSOSYNC.EXE** - this process runs at startup and takes 25-50% of my cpu at all times, even though all my libraries are synced. What is it doing? Which product is it part of?
* **GROOVE.EXE** - this process runs less frequently and also takes 25%-50% of my cpu, e.g. when I open a word document.
* **Skydrive** - When I choose File > Save As in MS Word one of the options is to save to Skydrive. I'm prompted to enter my email address and then told 'This type of account doesn't work with this particular service. Please enter an email address associated with a different account.' Nice. I guess this is related to the similarly named product 'skydrive' which is totally different from 'skydrive pro'.
I'm sure there are a few other bits and pieces I'm forgetting but I'll add them in as I encounter them again.