Windows Meeting Space

Windows Meeting Space

The default view of Windows Meeting Space
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Predecessor	NetMeeting
Successor	Microsoft Office Live Meeting
License	Microsoft EULA

Windows Meeting Space (codenamed Windows Shared View^[1] and formerly Windows Collaboration^[2][3]) was a peer-to-peer collaboration program developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista as a replacement for Windows NetMeeting^[4] 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.^[5][6][7] Meeting Space has the ability to automatically set up an ad hoc wireless network if a connection to a network or the Internet are not available and also enables participants to invite other people to meeting sessions.^[6] It is the first application for the new peer-to-peer framework in Windows Vista and hence requires IPv6.^[5]

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.^[8] With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft discontinued Meeting Space and recommended Microsoft Office Live Meeting as a replacement.^[9]