Microsoft surprises developers with a test release of WinFS, a new file system for Windows.

In the tweet embedded above, you can see the new dialog option available during a fresh install of Windows 11 Build 27823 (Canary). Another image shared by PhantomOfEarth reinforces feelings that ...

Microsoft's long-awaited new Windows file system is still a work in progress. Although Microsoft hopes to ship a test version of WinFS in late 2006, it could be several more years before the ...

Windows continues to be the most widely used operating system in the world, powering over a billion devices from personal ...

A new file storage system designed to be backward compatible with today's Windows machines but also to move data-storage technology forward has been a long time coming from Microsoft. According to ...

Microsoft Monday released a test version of its next-generation file system, WinFS, well ahead of schedule. The software giant made the first beta of the new file system available to Microsoft ...

In its upcoming "Longhorn" version of the Windows .Net Server, Microsoft plans to pour a lot of innovation into the file system to allow such things as richer types of search and synchronization.

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