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- P2P Replica Synchronization With Vector Sets
- This paper describes an enhanced replica synchronization mechanism built in Microsoft's WinFS replica management system. The paper introduces a novel bundling mechanisms called VS, which groups together multiple objects and represents their state in a single version-vector. VS provide improved storage and communication overheads over previously known optimistic replication schemes,...
- Tags: WinFS, P2P, Microsoft Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Storage, Internet, Hardware
- White papers 2007-02-13
- No WinFS for Vista.... ever!!!???
- Great... just fracken great! The single thing I was hoping Vista would eventually bring to the market is now "dead" for consumers. Guess the threat of sticking with XP until Vista incorporates WinFS is now a certainty.M$ originally stated "it'll ship later" and now declares "it won't ship...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- WinFS Peer Product Review
- WinFS Peer Product Review DiscussionShare your WinFS experiences with TechRepublic Members here by replying below!REHello,the thing I'm more interested in is WinFS filesystem. This structure seems to be really useful, I've searched to get more info on it and came upon this source http://www.ntfs.com/ You might also give it a...
- Tags: TechRepublic's Peer Produ, WinFS, WinFS Peer Product Review, TechRepublic's Peer Product Review, off-topic, Product Review
- Discussion threads 2006-02-14
- Windows chief fields readers' questions
- Links don't work (1/30/06, 1030 EST)The links to the videos don't go anywhere. Can someone update them?Marketecture TrashAmazing that Allchin does not know his competition a bit better. Handwriting recognition, via INKWELL is built into the MacOS since 2002 and Mac OS X v.10.2 - the year that XP...
- Tags: hardware, Leee, Microsoft Windows, PC, SQL, tablet, vista, windows, Windows Chief, WinFS
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
- WinFS Basics: Working With a Data Store
- WinFS is probably one of the most exciting offerings in the Microsoft pipeline. The next step in information storage on the Windows platform, WinFS is an active storage platform based on a data model that is an organizational framework of WinFS Types. Some of the out-of-the-box types in WinFS are...
- Tags: WinFS, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2006-01-30
- WinFS makes an appearance -- does it matter?
- A test version of WinFS -- which was plucked out of Longhorn/Vista a year ago -- appeared on the Microsoft Developer Network this week (read News.com article). This will be followed up with multiple betas next year. Microsoft is going to be distributing this separately from the OS, similar to...
- Tags: WinFS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2005-08-29
- Get up to speed on Microsoft's coming attractions
- what's up, are you looking forward toAre you holding your breath waiting to see Longhorn? Or, is the thought of turning blue a bit too much for what is looking more and more like a minor upgrade to XP?wellfrom what is says, grc.com's assesment of winders hexp is even more...
- Tags: desktop, Google Desktop, Google Inc., hardware, Microsoft Corp., Tech Locksmith, tool, VERY VERY, WinFS
- Discussion threads 2005-03-21
- New file system has long road to Windows
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Servers, WinFS, Microsoft Longhorn, Bob Muglia, Microsoft Windows, file system, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2004-12-13
- The Longhorn lowdown: What's up with Microsoft Windows 2006?
- Unless you've been in a cave somewhere, you've probablyheard that Microsoft has made some changes to the nextversion of Windows. If you're like most, you're probably wondering whatthis means for application developers. It probably seems like a long way off,but the announcements made earlier this month will have an effect...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows, Robert W. McLaws, WinFS
- Technical articles 2004-11-16
- WinFS Overview - Significant New Storage Innovation for Longhorn
- The presenter of this webcast provides an overview of WinFS, including what benefits it produces, what it is, and how it's put together. The presenter introduces WinFS as a basis for more detailed presentations.
- Tags: Innovation, WinFS, Storage, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Leadership, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- WinFS: Schemas and Extensibility
- This webcast covers the thinking behind the designs of the Windows Schemas and how one can extend the schemas that ship with Windows, create one's own schemas, and extend WinFS.
- Tags: WinFS, Schema, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
Additional Resources
- Windows Vista SP1 gallery (Sneak preview of Windows Vista SP1)
- Your componentsI would love to know what your Graphics card is, what your hard drive is and the memory please.WinFS?Is the new Win File system with this?
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), nigelwarwick@..., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- Windows Vista
- What is the good of Windows Vista without WinFS?
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, dtman, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- Virtual Folders: A Windows Vista Technology Showcase
- Virtual folders are a wonderful addition to the Windows shell and a major step along the way to a drive-letter-less future. Virtual folders will become even more powerful with the advent of WinFS in 2007, though it's unclear what that storage engine will add beyond instant updating and perhaps performance....
- Tags: Folder, Microsoft Windows Vista, Penton Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Storage, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Which Is the Best Desktop Search Tool?
- Desktop search is the holy grail of personal computing. The user needs to be able to find the exact file he wants, when he wants it, without waiting all day for the search to complete and without needing to continually refine the search to drill down for something better. Amazing...
- Tags: Desktop, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Longhorn, Desktop Search, Search, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Book chapters 2005-05-17
- An Overview of Windows Presentation Foundation
- There are several new acronyms that are usually associated with Windows Vista codenamed Longhorn. These acronyms include WinFX, WinFS, WCF (Windows Communication Foundation; codenamed Indigo), and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation; codenamed Avalon). Nowadays there has been a lot of buzz going around WPF, which is one of the core components...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers
- When do you think Windows Vista will be released?
- Microsoft doesn't have the best reputation for hitting its scheduled timelines for new releases of Windows. However, the Redmond software giant continues to insist that Windows Vista will be released in the second half of 2006. Do you think it will happen? Why or why not? What are the Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-09-15
- Vista
- I know that WinFS had been the killer thing in Vista until MS killed it. SO now, with the way Vista is right now, what is the next most valuable thing in the OS? Aside from search....The ability to get rid of it for XP? :DThe next most valuable...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), dtman, Microsoft Windows Vista, valuable thing
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Well. That didn't take long.
- Microsoft is placing a huge emphasis on security on Windows Vista. Withall of the problems that IT professionals have with spyware andviruses, Microsoft knew that it had to do more to make the next versionof Windows secure. Having just released the first beta for Vista, CNET News.com reports that there...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Monad
- Blog posts 2005-08-05
- Will Microsoft Vista/Longhorn Server Deliver?
- The trend for Microsoft releases lately has been lots of glamour and very little content. Many of us in the IT community are likely expecting more of the same of Longhorn, Microsoft's next major operating system OS release. Well, this time we couldn't be more wrong. Longhorn will be so...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, server
- Blog posts 2005-11-14
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