Groove Networks

{{Short description|Former software company based in Beverly, Massachusetts}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2019}}

Groove Networks was a software company based in Beverly, Massachusetts. Founded by Ray Ozzie, the creator of IBM's Lotus Notes application, the privately held company specialized in productivity software that allows multiple users to work collaboratively on computer files simultaneously.

On March 10, 2005, Microsoft announced that they had purchased Groove Networks for $120 million.{{cite news |title=Microsoft Buys Talko, Another Ray Ozzie Startup |url=https://fortune.com/2015/12/21/microsoft-buys-ray-ozzie-talko/ |work=Fortune |language=en}}{{cite web |url=http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Processes/Groove-Networks-Redmond-Drafts-a-Team-Player |title=Groove Networks: Redmond Drafts a Team Player | publisher=Baseline | date=2005-05-04}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-to-buy-groove-networks/

| title = Microsoft to buy Groove Networks

| work = CNet

| author = Martin LaMonica

| date = 2005-03-11

| access-date = 2016-09-13

}} Microsoft has first used the collaboration software as Microsoft SharePoint Workspace, which is discontinued. The technology is now used in OneDrive within Microsoft 365.

{{as of|2013|February}}, the servers hosting Groove 2.5n, a DropBox-like application, were still operational.