Win8 SkyDrive function

Windows 8 implements cloud storage via SkyDrive (TechWeb map)

What will Microsoft's "cloud age" look like? The answer is the SkyDrive feature built into Windows 8. Take a look at Microsoft SkyDrive team project manager Mike Torres and Omar Shahine in their blogs about Win8 cloud storage.

With the help of SkyDrive, users can realize the file cloud storage anytime and anywhere. SkyDrive's WIN8 Metro version will provide users with a friendly, touch-oriented SkyDrive file access with the help of WINDOWS8 's new user experience advantage. SkyDrive applications also use the Charms menu and allow Third-party Metro applications to store data to SkyDrive, and to share documents and pictures through additional programs.

SkyDrive's design idea is that its desktop version will provide users with Windows Explorer's cloud Access. Desktop Edition SkyDrive allows Windows7, Vista, and WINDOWS8 users to drag and drop, as well as upload and download data, similar to familiar Windows Resource management interfaces. Microsoft uploaded file size limit to 2gb,skydrive folder will automatically sync, similar to Dropbox.

Microsoft also launched a new way for computer users to access SkyDrive folders using SkyDrive accounts. This feature is available in Windows 8, where users can access documents on any computer by connecting SkyDrive. Microsoft also mentions the "Forget Things" feature, which allows users to browse and retrieve files that have been uploaded and forgotten.

In addition, Microsoft uses dual authentication to add additional protection and is required to enter a CAPTCHA (sent to a cell phone or an alternate mailbox) when accessing SkyDrive via a Windows Live account on an untrusted computer.