Windows 8 starts to come into focus
>> Sunday, December 13, 2009
Some users wonder whether will Microsoft’s next version of Windows be cloud-based? Will it be Midori with the Windows name slapped on it?
I get questions periodically about whether Windows 7 marks the finish of the Microsoft operating technique road.
No & no. The bottom line: Windows isn’t completed when Windows 7 is released to manufacturing (most likely in late fall 2009). Windows 8 has been on the drawing board/planning stages for a while now. & as the “Codename Windows” blog recently reported, Microsoft is beginning to hire developers specifically for Windows 8.
Codename Windows highlighted last week a Microsoft job posting from April 14, seeking someone to help with the next generation of the Distributed File Technique Replication (DFSR) storage technology inside the next version of Windows:
There’s another Windows 8 job posting from April 16 that focuses on Windows 8 Server (a k a Windows Server 2011 or whatever it ends up being called). It’s for another job focused on the Windows file technique:
“For the upcoming version of Windows, new critical features are being worked on including cluster support & support for five way replication. The core engine is also being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements. They will also soon be beginning major improvements for Windows 8 where they will be including innovative features which will revolutionize file access in branch offices.”
“As the team moved to Windows 8, you will have 2 main responsibilities - (i) put on the customer/design critique hat as they plan our next version file server management experience (i) participating in the architectural design, & development & driving automated testing for managing the next generation file server. Our current automation does not meet the multi-machine paradigm requirement & so you will contribute significantly in the development of check automation to validate setup/configuration of the new server, managing configuration changes, performing diagnostics & reporting using Power Shell, Command line, Object Model, UI.”
“In Windows Server 2008 R2 release, the Server UX Check team (under the File Server Management organization) is finalizing the MMC [Microsoft Management Console] based User eXperience (UX)/Interfaces for the File Server Role. Currently the team owns DFS [Distributed File System] Management, Share & Storage Management, FSRM [File Server Resource Manager] & Classification UI, Disk Management, SMFS. For Windows 8, the SSD organization is working on the next version of the file server.
If Microsoft sticks to the kind of schedule to which it's adhered with Windows 7, Windows 8 will be released around 2011 (with Microsoft publicly promising a 2012 delivery target). While it’s way early to speculate what kinds of features will be in it, it definitely is in the works….
Any early requests for features/functionality you’re hoping makes it in to Windows 8 client & server?
I get questions periodically about whether Windows 7 marks the finish of the Microsoft operating technique road.
No & no. The bottom line: Windows isn’t completed when Windows 7 is released to manufacturing (most likely in late fall 2009). Windows 8 has been on the drawing board/planning stages for a while now. & as the “Codename Windows” blog recently reported, Microsoft is beginning to hire developers specifically for Windows 8.
Codename Windows highlighted last week a Microsoft job posting from April 14, seeking someone to help with the next generation of the Distributed File Technique Replication (DFSR) storage technology inside the next version of Windows:
There’s another Windows 8 job posting from April 16 that focuses on Windows 8 Server (a k a Windows Server 2011 or whatever it ends up being called). It’s for another job focused on the Windows file technique:
“For the upcoming version of Windows, new critical features are being worked on including cluster support & support for five way replication. The core engine is also being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements. They will also soon be beginning major improvements for Windows 8 where they will be including innovative features which will revolutionize file access in branch offices.”
“As the team moved to Windows 8, you will have 2 main responsibilities - (i) put on the customer/design critique hat as they plan our next version file server management experience (i) participating in the architectural design, & development & driving automated testing for managing the next generation file server. Our current automation does not meet the multi-machine paradigm requirement & so you will contribute significantly in the development of check automation to validate setup/configuration of the new server, managing configuration changes, performing diagnostics & reporting using Power Shell, Command line, Object Model, UI.”
“In Windows Server 2008 R2 release, the Server UX Check team (under the File Server Management organization) is finalizing the MMC [Microsoft Management Console] based User eXperience (UX)/Interfaces for the File Server Role. Currently the team owns DFS [Distributed File System] Management, Share & Storage Management, FSRM [File Server Resource Manager] & Classification UI, Disk Management, SMFS. For Windows 8, the SSD organization is working on the next version of the file server.
If Microsoft sticks to the kind of schedule to which it's adhered with Windows 7, Windows 8 will be released around 2011 (with Microsoft publicly promising a 2012 delivery target). While it’s way early to speculate what kinds of features will be in it, it definitely is in the works….
Any early requests for features/functionality you’re hoping makes it in to Windows 8 client & server?
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