Windows Meeting Space

{{Short description|Discontinued peer-to-peer collaboration program}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Windows Meeting Space

| logo = Windows Meeting Space Vista Icon.png

| logo_size = x64px

| screenshot = Windows Meeting Space Vista.png

| screenshot_size = 300px

| caption = The default view of Windows Meeting Space

| developer = Microsoft

| replaces = NetMeeting

| replaced_by = Microsoft Office Live Meeting

| operating system = Microsoft Windows

| license = Microsoft EULA

}}

Windows Meeting Space (codenamed Windows Shared View{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/8a70907e-9137-4426-a46f-a2d1eeadbd5a.mspx |title=Windows Vista Beta 2 Windows Shared View Step by Step Guide |publisher=Microsoft |work=TechNet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319105402/http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/8a70907e-9137-4426-a46f-a2d1eeadbd5a.mspx |archive-date=March 19, 2006 |access-date=August 29, 2016}} and formerly Windows Collaboration{{cite web |last=Thurrott |first=Paul |date=October 6, 2010 |title=Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308) Review, Part 1 |url=http://winsupersite.com/product-review/windows-vista-february-2006-ctp-build-5308-review-part-1 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |work=Supersite for Windows |publisher=Penton}}{{cite web |last=Thurrott |first=Paul |date=October 6, 2010 |title=Windows Vista December 2005 CTP (Build 5270) Review Part 2: Bundled Applications |url=http://winsupersite.com/product-review/windows-vista-december-2005-ctp-build-5270-review-part-2-bundled-applications |access-date=December 5, 2015 |work=SuperSite for Windows |publisher=Penton}}) was a peer-to-peer collaboration program developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista as a replacement for Windows NetMeeting{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/ |title=NetMeeting Home Page |author=Microsoft |website=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202023021/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/ |archive-date=February 2, 2007 |access-date=April 25, 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721942(v=ws.10).aspx |title=Windows Vista Windows Meeting Space Step by Step Guide |author=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |work=TechNet |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=June 4, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-things-you-should-know-about-vistas-windows-meeting-space/ |title=10 things you should know about Vista's Windows Meeting Space |last=Shinder |first=Deb |date=October 19, 2006 |publisher=CBS Interactive |work=TechRepublic |access-date=November 20, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2344408/microsoft-subnet/windows-meeting-space--collaboration-on-the-cheap-.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071325/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2344408/microsoft-subnet/windows-meeting-space--collaboration-on-the-cheap-.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |title=Windows Meeting Space: Collaboration on the cheap! |last=Barrett |first=Ron |date=May 27, 2008 |publisher=IDG |work=Network World |access-date=December 3, 2015}} Meeting Space has the ability to automatically set up an ad hoc wireless network if a connection to a network or the Internet is not available; it also enables participants to invite other people to meeting sessions. It is the first application for the new peer-to-peer framework in Windows Vista and hence requires IPv6.

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.{{cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721942%28v=ws.10%29.aspx |title=Windows Vista Windows Meeting Space Step by Step Guide |author=Microsoft |author-link=Microsoft |work=TechNet |access-date=May 30, 2015}} With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft discontinued Meeting Space and recommended Microsoft Office Live Meeting as a replacement.{{cite web |url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/looking-for-windows-meeting-space |title=Looking for Windows Meeting Space? |publisher=Microsoft |work=Windows Support |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422115830/http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/looking-for-windows-meeting-space |archive-date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=February 6, 2021}}