BANGALORE, INDIA: Microsoft, on its Building Window 8 blog, reveals plans to integrate its cloud service SkyDrive to Windows 8.
"As we developed Windows 8, we thought deeply about how these services can take an even more active role in completing the experience—offering a cloud service for each and every Windows 8 customer and all their PCs (and phones), should you choose to use it," write Mike Torres and Omar Shahine, Group Program Managers for SkyDrive, on an update on how to deliver their vision for Windows 8, in the blog.
The integration will include SkyDrive files integrated into Windows Explorer on the desktop, the ability to fetch remote files through SkyDrive.com and SkyDrive as a Metro style app for Windows 8.
"We think what people want in personal cloud storage is a single drive that’s available across all of their devices, tailored to the experiences they’re using, providing instant, secure, and private access to their files, and sharing files and folders with people they choose. To bring this to billions of people, our approach is to seamlessly connect the files (and behaviors) that people have today on the PC with the app and device experiences that they will use in the future," they add.
SkyDrive as a Metro style app for Windows 8
"With Windows 8, we wanted to make sure that your files would be instantly available and up-to-date as you move between PCs – without configuring add-ons or using a USB drive."
"Enter the new SkyDrive app. With the SkyDrive app, an early version of which will be available at Consumer Preview, we focused on two things: 1) designing a fast, fluid, touch-first version of SkyDrive that makes it quick, easy, and even fun to browse and access your files, and 2) making your SkyDrive available for use from any Metro style app via the file picker (open/save) and the new Share charm in Windows 8," they add.
Together, this will bring a file cloud to every Metro style app, allowing users to open files in SkyDrive and save them right back to your SkyDrive.
"The best part about building this on the Windows 8 platform is that any Metro style app that enables its users to open and save files will get SkyDrive integration for free. Without adding a single line of code, users of the app will be able to access and store files on SkyDrive. So essentially, SkyDrive is one touch away from any Windows 8 app," the duo adds.
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