WinFS
RSS WinFSP2P Replica Synchronization With Vector Sets
White Paper This paper describes an enhanced replica synchronization mechanism built in Microsoft's WinFS replica management system. This dramatically improves the complexities described in a preliminary write-up of the WinFS replication scheme. [23 May 2007]
Exclusive: Latest Windows Vista, Longhorn Server, WinFS, SQL Server 2005 Timelines Revealed
White Paper The author has come across the release schedules for Windows Vista (codenamed "Longhorn"), WinFS, and SQL Server 2005 (codenamed "Yukon"). According to internal Microsoft documentation, the software giant is planning an aggressive release schedule... [06 Dec 2006]
Leader: Why Vista's going to be a hard sell
Leader It is this rush to get Vista out in a reasonable timescale, after all the false starts, that has forced Microsoft to drop some of the more important features originally promised, such as the WinFS file system. [30 Nov 2006]
Avoid 'clean break' Vista upgrade - Gartner
News But if you're on XP, then you can take it much more leisurely; you can wait till Vista ships and then migrate through hardware attrition or through a big bang upgrade or even wait for point release in mid-2008 which should have WinFS. [22 Jun 2006]
Vista's successor gets new code name
News However, there are several features that were pulled out of Vista that could conceivably become part of Vienna, most notably a new file storing mechanism known as WinFS. Although Microsoft is hard at work trying to ship Windows Vista this year, the... [23 Jan 2006]
Microsoft dishes up test version of new file system
News The company made the test version of the system, called WinFS, available to Microsoft Developer Network subscribers. The software giant had originally planned to release WinFS - which it said would make for better desktop file searching - as part... [30 Aug 2005]
Windows Vista beta due
It has also delayed a new file system, known as WinFS, that had been slated to be part of the OS. Microsoft plans to release a test version of the next version of Windows on Wednesday morning, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. [27 Jul 2005]
Windows Vista: Beta due today
News It has also delayed a new file system, known as WinFS, that had been slated to be part of the OS. Microsoft plans to release a test version of the next edition of Windows this morning, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. [27 Jul 2005]
Apple to unleash Tiger on 29 April
Microsoft originally had planned to include new search features in Longhorn based on a new file system, called WinFS. But it has pushed back delivery of WinFS to 2007, at the earliest. Until now, Apple had said only that the upgrade would be ready... [13 Apr 2005]
Will Longhorn be worth the pain?
WinFS was very compelling, but Longhorn is still changing every six months so it's a bit early to say whether it will be very different to XP. The three pillars of the software giant's next generation Windows OS, due to ship in late 2006... [18 Mar 2005]
Indigo Community Technology Preview released
Under the new plan, Indigo, a new graphics subsystem called Avalon and a new file system called WinFS are being retooled to work with the existing Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems, in addition to Longhorn. [16 Mar 2005]
Wicked conundrum for Microsoft
For example, Burgum said the second wave will take advantage of the all-new WinFS file system to allow companies to track business information when it heads beyond the realm of structured data and into things like email. [08 Mar 2005]
Longhorn preview due in April
The company pulled out the new WinFS file system feature, while changing the Indigo Web services and Avalon graphics engines so that they would work with both Longhorn and Windows XP. In an email to developers on Wednesday, Microsoft said it would... [17 Feb 2005]
Microsoft lifts the lid on Longhorn
News The company pulled out the new WinFS file system feature, while changing the Indigo web services and Avalon graphics engines so that they would work with both Longhorn and Windows XP. Microsoft plans to offer developers an updated test version of... [17 Feb 2005]
Longhorn beta to arrive 'by June'
The third major component, a reworking of the Windows file system known as WinFS, has been delayed past Longhorn's release and is expected to be in beta testing when Longhorn ships. It is unclear when WinFS will be integrated into Windows itself. [08 Feb 2005]
