Microsoft is a desktop and a Metro app release for its cloud-based SkyDrive deep integration with Windows 8. So need it from other programs may be to communicate directly with the SkyDrive.
Although SkyDrive currently only using the web to access, the new apps make it possible to the stored data from Windows to manipulate, as you can read on the Building Windows 8 Blog. The Metro-app will be optimized for the new interface of Windows 8 and is programmed in a combination of javascript, css and html. The app is designed for touchscreens and has deep integration with Microsoft’s next operating system. Thus will it be possible to from other programs opening and saving files to the Skydrive directly to to speak. The programs do not need to be altered; every app with a file picker dialog works will handle them. Also the share charm of Windows 8, the SkyDrive approach.
The desktop version of the app has large similarities with that of the competitive service Dropbox. After installation a new folder on the system which is constantly synchronized with the SkyDrive. This application will also be compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7, and supports files up to 2GB. According to Microsoft, the constant alter in the background, hardly any impact on the system performance.
SkyDrive gives Windows 8 users the possibility to all the data on their computer remotely to access a feature that intern ‘Forgot Something’. If the app is installed via SkyDrive.com access to all files on the computer, provided that it is turned on of course. Files can not only be downloaded, from this web interface will also be possible to video stream. To prevent abuse works the feature with two step authentication via email or sms. Early test versions of the new SkyDrive apps will work with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview at the end of this month.
