Starting Soon, Windows 8 Major Improvements to Revolutionize File Access in Branch Offices

Last Updated on Monday, 20 July 2009 09:59 Written by Mire_B Wednesday, 15 April 2009 02:05

 Windows 8 improvements and innovative features designed to reinvent the file access wheel for branch offices are planned to debut soon, according to Microsoft. Planning for Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7,  is already well under way, but there’s no way to tell yet if Microsoft will start the actual work on the DFSR (Distributed File System Replication ) file replication engine in Windows 8, or if the features will debut into the planning stage. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, already offer companies with branch offices BranchCache which streamlines access to content. Cached content is available either in Distributed Cache mode (peer-2-peer clients) or in Hosted Cache mode (hosted on a Windows 7 Server). 

“For the upcoming version of Windows, new critical features are being worked on including cluster support and support for one way replication. The core engine is also being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements. We will also soon be starting major improvements for Windows 8 where we will be including innovative features which will revolutionize file access in branch offices,” reads an excerpt from a Microsoft job posting for the position of Lead Software Development Engineer in Test – Date Posted: 04/14/2009.