A new SkyDrive application makes files stored in the SkyDrive cloud visible via Explorer for machines running Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, meaning that files up to 2GB can be dragged and dropped into and out of SkyDrive.

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Management features of Windows Explorer work with SkyDrive files and folders, and that need to work with folders can tap folders stored in SkyDrive as well as those on the machine itself, according to a .

These features will help SkyDrive compete against Dropbox, the Web-based file hosting service that doesn't have some of the synching features of the new SkyDrive client.

Using requires downloading the application, now in its preview form. It creates a folder on the device and syncs it continually as users make changes. If a file is deleted from SkyDrive.com, it is also deleted from the folder. If a file is created on the device, it appears in the folder.