---
title: "SharedView might be the remote-collaboration tool I was looking for"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/2/17/sharedview-might-be-the-remote-collaboration-tool-i-was-look.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/2/17/sharedview-might-be-the-remote-collaboration-tool-i-was-look.html"
published: "2008-02-17T12:36:55"
updated: "2008-02-17T12:36:55"
tags: ["Cool Tools", "General Software Devel..."]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Thanks to Scott I've found out about MS SharedView - which allows you to share your screen with up to 15 users. Currently in beta 2 and free, you can download it here . \"Connect with up to 15 people in different…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# SharedView might be the remote-collaboration tool I was looking for

By Roy Osherove February 17, 2008 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools), [General Software Devel...](https://osherove.com/blog/category/general-software-devel)

**Historical article** · Originally published February 17, 2008; technical details may be outdated.

[Thanks to Scott](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScottHanselman/~3/236399271/KnowingWhenToAskForHelpMicrosoftSharedView.aspx) I've found out about [MS SharedView](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bbdbd839-9597-4133-9b86-6d440fe9522b&displaylang=en&tm) - which allows you to share your screen with up to 15 users. Currently in beta 2 and free, [you can download it here](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bbdbd839-9597-4133-9b86-6d440fe9522b&displaylang=en&tm).

> "Connect with up to 15 people in different locations and get your point across by showing them what's on your screen. Share, review, and update documents with multiple people in real time.A Windows Live ID (Passport, Hotmail, or MSN) is required to start sessions, but not to join sessions. New in Beta2: now even easier to use, with group chat and performance improvements!"

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- Jan 15, 2008

    ### [BitDiffer, anyone?](https://osherove.com/blog/2008/1/15/bitdiffer-anyone.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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