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

Time: 14:40 EST/19:40 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

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).