My company has corporate offices around the country and I have been hired under contract to work in one office while the rest of my team works in another.  We are in the same time zone, but definitely remote.  I have not met the team yet, but will be flying up there soon.What is your best advice for integrating and developing with this team?  What are the most important priorities?  Standard versioning control, e-mail, phone, conference call and IM are all available resources, however Google apps, Skype and the like are not for security reasons.
Tips for developing with a remote team?
communication;teamwork;telecommuting
An excellent IM tool.  My team uses MS Office Communicator (and are currently migrating to Lync.  You need something that's faster than email to ask those QQs.  A video/audio chat tool (like Lync or the newest Skype) that supports multiple users having video/audio chat at the same time.  This provides for faster meetings overall as there's less fumbling to switch who is presenter.A remote desktop application.  Many times you may be asked to look over someone's code, or vice versa.  Having a quick remote desktop application integrated with audio is a must to quickly solve problems. We actually use this when my entire team is in the office because it's quicker and easier than walking to someone's desk.  We can invite the whole team and do a quick tutorial.