Customers will continue to need security solutions even after the advent of Windows 8, and Microsoft is working with antivirus makers in order to ensure that their products will play nice with the next major iteration of the Windows client.
I already told you that the software giant was planning to broaden the Windows vNext terter pool, after I received confirmation from one of the top AV vendors worldwide which was expecting to take the successor of Windows 7 out for a spin this spring.
Part of the Windows 8 testing process will be an Early Engagement event reserved for antivirus makers.
Ankur Mittal managed to come across some details about the Early Engagement Anti-Virus Filter Event. The event’s page on Microsoft Connect can no longer be accessed, but a copy of the survey that AV vendors need to fill continues to be available via Google Cache.
