You must have Administrator rights or Advanced Author rights on a Windows SharePoint Services site to create a Groove mobile workspace from that site (912822)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Professional Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Project Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Professional Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Project Edition
  • Groove Workspace 2.5 Professional Edition
  • Groove Workspace 2.5 Project Edition

INTRODUCTION

You must have Administrator rights or Advanced Author rights on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site to create a Groove mobile workspace from that site. If you try to create a mobile workspace without the required Windows SharePoint Services rights, Groove Virtual Office and Groove Workspace return an authorization error message. Earlier versions of Groove return a more general error message.

MORE INFORMATION

If you try to create a Groove mobile workspace as a Windows SharePoint Services author or browser, you receive an error message.

In Groove Virtual Office, you receive the following error message:
Create Mobile Workspace
ERROR: Groove cannot make a connection to STS URL. because it cannot be validated as a Sharepoint site.
UNAUTHORIZED: You have not provided appropriate authentication information to perform this request. Press the Back button and try re-entering the URL and authentication information. If you're still having trouble connecting, see your SharePoint site administrator.
In Groove Workspace, you receive the following error message:
Create Shared Space

ERROR: Unable to read the schema for the listname list from site STS URL.

UNAUTHORIZED: You have not provided appropriate authentication information to perform the request. Press the Back button and try re-entering the URL and authentication information. If you are still having trouble connecting, see the SharePoint site administrator.
Earlier versions of Groove do not return a specific error message for this scenario. Instead, you receive the following general validation error message:
Create Shared Space

ERROR: Groove cannot connect to STS URL because it cannot be validated as a SharePoint Team Services Web site. Press the Back button, enter a different URL, and try again. If you are still having trouble connecting, see the SharePoint site administrator.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/6/2006
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