Microsoft could be planning to update its cloudopslagplatform SkyDrive the recovery keys from Bitlocker encryptiemechanisme to go save them. Also, the service can handle the OpenDocument files.
In the past weekend there were rumours that Microsoft in the next Wave 5-upgraderonde SkyDrive clients are going to offer for Windows and OS X users. Also would SkyDrive, against payment, more space to offer than what the default is offered.
Meanwhile, reports the website LiveSide, Microsoft added functionality to the cloudopslagdienst want to add. So future Windows 8 users can choose to put the recovery key for Bitlocker-encryption to save it. If a user key from an encrypted Bitlocker partition losses, then the recovery key on SkyDrive on request, so that the user is allowed to access.
SkyDrive would be after the roll out of Wave 5 upgrade is also compatible with OpenDocument files. This file format is used among other things in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice. Currently it is only possible for documents to be created according to Microsoft’s own Open XML format. Microsoft would also be the url shortener for the links to documents on SkyDrive have been improved. As is now, among other Twitter supported. Additionally, the maximum permitted file size be increased from 100 to 300MB.