{"id":2395,"date":"2019-11-13T17:20:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2020-07-07T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:40:07","slug":"desktop-client-2-6-release-native-virtual-file-system-on-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/blogs\/desktop-client-2-6-release-native-virtual-file-system-on-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Desktop Client 2.6 Release \u2013 Native Virtual File System on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"headline-wrap\">\n<p class=\"excerpt bold\">First a look back into history: with version 2.5, the ownCloud client introduced the Virtual File System. Never before could ownCloud users have their files available that conveniently. Since version 2.5, there has been steady work on the Virtual File System, user experience, stability, bugfixes, performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Now, the ownCloud Desktop Client 2.6 brings the first new feature for Virtual File System Windows users: native integration with the Windows File Explorer.<\/p>\n<h2>Virtual Files on Windows 10<\/h2>\n<p>OneDrive already has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2017\/05\/11\/introducing-onedrive-files-on-demand-and-additional-features-making-it-easier-to-access-and-share-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Files on-Demand<\/a>\u00a0for a while, with certain behavior optimized for saving disk space while storing all necessary files locally. The behavior of the ownCloud client is now aligned with OneDrive as a tech preview \u2013 we have been working with the team at Microsoft to bring you this feature.<\/p>\n<p>This means, you can now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access your ownCloud files directly from the Windows File Explorer, without burdening the disk space on your PC<\/li>\n<li>Select files and folders you want to keep on your PC permanently<\/li>\n<li>Free up disk space with two clicks \u2013 while the files are still available in the cloud<\/li>\n<li>Share files with a simple right click in the File Explorer. Changes you make locally will be synced to other collaborators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is possible because of two specific improvements:<\/p>\n<h3>Temporary vs. Permanent Downloads<\/h3>\n<p>This means that you can select whether you want to save disk space or network bandwidth. If you ask for a temporary download policy, you download files as usual in the Virtual File System. Only if your disk space is low, Windows will clean them up.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to save network bandwidth instead and don\u2019t want that Windows cleans up the files, you can choose the permanent download policy. This way, your files stay on your hard disk even if you run out of disk space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19693\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ownCloud-desktop-client-native-virtual-files-context-menu-1024x653.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ownCloud-desktop-client-native-virtual-files-context-menu-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ownCloud-desktop-client-native-virtual-files-context-menu-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ownCloud-desktop-client-native-virtual-files-context-menu-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ownCloud-desktop-client-native-virtual-files-context-menu.jpg 1069w\" alt=\"ownCloud desktop client native virtual files context menu\" \/><figcaption><em>With the native integration, you can control disk usage from the context menu.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Native Windows File Explorer Integration<\/h3>\n<p>Apart from this permanent\/temporary distinction, you can now better see in the Windows File Explorer whether a file is physically available or virtual. This is because the client uses native File Explorer APIs now, which were designed for OneDrive.<\/p>\n<p>Also some right-click actions have a\u00a0user interface consistent with OneDrive\u00a0now. This way, you don\u2019t have to get used to a new software when migrating from OneDrive.<\/p>\n<p>Both these improvements need the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2018\/01\/11\/windows-10-fall-creators-update-1709-fully-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709<\/a>, so you might need to install the latest Windows updates to benefit from these features.<\/p>\n<h2>Switch to Virtual File System<\/h2>\n<p>You want to make use of these improvements, but your account is still using a traditional folder connection? Don\u2019t worry, you can convert your folder sync connection to virtual files easily:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19723\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ownCloud-client-convert-virtual-file-system.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud client convert virtual file system\" \/><figcaption><em>With these few clicks you can add all your non-downloaded files as virtual files.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Rewritten File Discovery Algorithm<\/h2>\n<p>There is a lot of candy for Windows users in this release, but not only: also the Linux and MacOS users get a piece of the cake. One example is the rewritten File Discovery Algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>The ownCloud Desktop Client regularly synchronizes your local files with the server \u2013 with each sync, the file\/folder structure on Server and Client need to be discovered and compared. The algorithm responsible for non-virtual folder sync connections was long due for a rewrite \u2013 the result is part of this release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ogoffart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olivier<\/a>\u00a0started this team effort to achieve more performance; the\u00a0file discovery before syncing is faster now, because discovery on your device, on the server, and the merge of both structures, happen in parallel now.<\/p>\n<p>It is also a lot softer on the RAM \u2013 before these improvements, having complex folder structures and many files could mean hundreds of megabytes of occupied RAM during synchronization.<\/p>\n<p>You can expect more improvements on this in 2.7: the download\/upload could already start while the folder scan is still running.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Faster Connections Through HTTP\/2 Support<\/h2>\n<p>And there are even more performance improvements in the 2.6 release: with this version, the\u00a0connections of the Desktop Client will be faster.\u00a0That\u2019s because the Client supports the HTTP\/2 standard for its connections now, which is more performant than HTTP\/1.1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19718\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-04_11-48-24-1024x760.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-04_11-48-24-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-04_11-48-24-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-04_11-48-24-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/owncloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_2019-09-04_11-48-24.png 1086w\" alt=\"ownCloud client HTTP\/2 support\" \/><figcaption><em>You can see whether HTTP\/2 is supported by the server in this context menu.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is good news, but not only for the ownCloud Client: we contributed our patches\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/codereview.qt-project.org\/c\/qt\/qtbase\/+\/254111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upstream to Qt<\/a>, to fix it for everyone else, too.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">SAML Support Removed<\/h2>\n<p>A change which is important for admins of the ownCloud Enterprise edition: the 2.6 Client doesn\u2019t support authentication with SAML identity providers like Shibboleth anymore.\u00a0It is dropped in favor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/news\/introducing-oauth2-secure-authorization-flow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OAuth2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you need help with migrating from SAML, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.owncloud.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"contact the ownCloud support (opens in a new tab)\">contact the ownCloud support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Install Now!<\/h2>\n<p>Apart from these changes, there are over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/changelog\/\">50 small changes and bugfixes<\/a>. We can\u2019t talk about every single one of them, of course \u2013 only that the technology is getting more mature with each release.<\/p>\n<p>So make sure your client is upgraded to version 2.6! The\u00a0auto-updater will take care of that\u00a0for you. If you don\u2019t have the Desktop Client installed yet \u2013 try it out! Nothing is more convenient if you want to work on your files: <a class=\"button-oc\" href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/get-started\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get the Desktop Client now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you think about these improvements? Share this post on social media!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virtual File System makes big steps \u2013 and is now natively integrated into Windows. 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