Kryptiva's Teambox™ is centered around the Teambox Manager. The Teambox Manager is the main interface for accessing and managing the content of Teamboxes in a desktop environment -- users invited by a Teambox subscriber have access to Teamboxes through the web interface provided by the Teambox Web Portal Service. The Teambox Manager launches at user login and remains hidden as a Windows tray icon on the bottom right-hand-side of the screen.

Most operations conducted by the Teambox Manager are done in conjunction with the Teambox Main Application Service for sharing information with others and receiving the data shared by others -- files, ongoing screen sharing, IM, etc. In order to tie into users' existing habits, the Teambox Manager is also connected to the Teambox Connector, which ties into Microsoft Outlook in order to provide the necessary interface for allowing users to create and join Teamboxes.

The provisioning and federation of both internal and external users is made possible by the use of the Kryptiva Mail Operator (KMO) and the Teambox Sign-On Service. The latter can be tied to an organization's existing directory service (typically ActiveDirectory) through LDAP -- it can also manage its own user-set using an internal database -- and ensures that only authorized internal users can use the Teambox services and therefore create and join Teamboxes. In conjunction with the Sign-On Service, the KMO enables internal users to securely invite other parties, typically external users, to Teamboxes managed by the local Main Application Service.

While the above figure illustrates all components as being deployed in a local environment, there is nothing precluding users from subscribing to Teambox servers hosted by 3rd party service provides in a cloud/SaaS configuration. As such, organizations can enjoy all Teambox benefits while using outsourced infrastructures.