SkyDrive Pro

SkyDrive Pro is a professional library—the place to keep your work documents and other files. You can think of SkyDrive Pro as your SkyDrive for business. When you store your files on SkyDrive Pro, only you can see them, but you can easily share them with co-workers and access them from your mobile devices. Your files are safely kept in the cloud with SharePoint Online or on your company’s SharePoint Server 2013 servers, depending on what your company has set up.

Advantages of SkyDrive Pro

• Store and organize your private documents and other files in cloud.
• Share files and folders with other people in your organization and give them permission to review or edit the content.
• Synchronize files and folders in your SkyDrive Pro and other SharePoint libraries with your computer or mobile devices, so you can access your content offline.

Difference between SkyDrive Pro and SkyDrive

Windows 8 Launch to external world

Finally, Windows 8 is launched across world to consumers. Windows 8 comes with a new smooth and intuitive start screen and tiles that are brimming with content, and update in real time. Same look and feel across Tablets, Hybrids, Ultrabooks, Desktops.

Links

Windows Home Page

Official Windows Blogs

Windows YouTuBe Channel

Windows 8 on Wikipedia

New Microsoft Logo

After 25 years, Microsoft company logo was evolved. For more info, read this post ==> Jeff Hansen’s Microsoft blog - Microsoft Unveils a New Look

Windows 8 Release

Microsoft has released Windows 8 OS. It has many features and new UI style. Check following links for more details..
Windows Team blog
Windows 8 on Wikipedia

Job Change

Recently joined to AltiSource Portfolio Solutions. will write more about Robot Framework - An Open Source framework

Silktest2010R2

Silktest 2010R2 has been released in this month and Release notes - SilkTest_ReleaseNotes_en.pdf

Enhancements
Microfocus has improved the support for 64 bit Operating Systems and improved the features for Silk4NET and Silk4J Plugins.

• Java AWT/Swing Application and Applet Record and Replay Support
• Adobe Flex Version 4.x Support
• 64-bit Support for .NET and Windows API-based Applications
• Default Recording Mode for xBrowser Applications is Low-Level Native User Input
• Dynamically Invoke Methods
• SilkTest Workbench - Importing and Exporting Assets, ObjectMaps, Embedded Scripting Language & Integration with Additional Micro Focus Products
• SilkTest Classic - Dynamic Object Recognition Supports Recording Locator Keywords

End-Of-Life (EOL) Components
I am wondering after seeing MSUIA technology in EOL list. Without that I'm sure that no body can support silverlight automation. Are they serious about this?

• Adobe Air 1.x
• Classic OCR
• Firefox 3.0
• IBM JRE 1.5
• Java version 1.5
• MSUIA technology domain (the WPF technology domain is still supported)

This time, Microfocus has developed few more documents and I like the effort for Migrating from the SilkTest Classic Agent to the Open Agent. More details from below links:
Silktest 2010R2 Release materials
Silktest 2010R2 Classic Documentation

Silktest 2010

Microfocus released silktest 2010 last month. It has few additional features and enhancements. First time, release notes are published in PDF format. SilkTest_ReleaseNotes - pdf

Silktest 2010 Features

1. Visual Tests- SilkTest Workbench lets you quickly record and playback visual tests. Visual tests comprise the basic building
   blocks of an automated testing solution. SilkTest Workbench uses visual tests to mimic the actions that are
   performed while testing an application.
2. Embedded Scripting Language - SilkTest Workbench's scripting language is Microsoft's Visual Basic, a robust programming language that gives
   you total control over any application running in the Microsoft .NET framework. .NET scripts contain the functionality of a high-level programming language as well as features designed specifically for software control and testing.
3. Integration with Additional Micro Focus Products- The SilkTest product suite includes two plugins, Silk4NET and Silk4J, which both work with SilkTest Recorder. Additionally, SilkTest Workbench works with SilkCentral Test Manager (SCTM).

I was expecting Silverlight Support in this release. I know that Mirofocus were working for Silverlight support. Microfocus may release the Silverlight support in next version.

Silk4J - Java as scripting language, introduced in Silktest 2008.
Silk4NET - C# or VB.NET as scripting language, introduced in Silktest 2010

End-Of-Life (EOL) Components
Also it has announced End of support for few OS and other features. The following operating systems, features, and integrations are not supported in SilkTest 2010.

1. SilkTest Classic 4Test outline Editor mode Note: SilkTest Classic will continue to be supported. This change will not affect most SilkTest Classic users.
2. Windows XP SP2
3. Windows 2003 Server
4. Java 1.4
5. StarTeam integration
6. PVCS integration