US Patent 9674294 Integrated collaboration environment

A legacy command is received from a legacy application, where the command is for accessing data. The legacy command is processed using an interface, where processing includes converting the legacy command into a collaboration environment command compatible with a collaboration environment server. Data is requested using the collaboration environment command. A collaboration environment result is received based on the collaboration environment command, where the collaboration environment result includes the requested data. The collaboration environment result is converted into a legacy result using the interface, where the legacy result includes the requested data. The legacy result is provided to the legacy application.