A comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services, and devices with support for any data type, any data store, any transfer protocol, and any network topology.
Learn about Sync Framework database synchronization providers, which enable developers to easily synchronize information among ADO.NET-enabled databases.
Learn about the Sync Framework file synchronization provider, which enables developers to easily synchronize files between folders on servers, desktops, and devices.
Learn about the variety of Sync Framework components, and select the ones that best meet your synchronization needs.
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Sync Framework Toolkit is available for download Sync Framework Toolkit extends the Sync Framework 2.1 capabilities for building offline applications, making it easier to expose data for synchronization to applications running on any client platform. This toolkit allows other Microsoft platforms to be used for offline cl...
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Tuesday, Oct 23
SQL Server to SQL Azure Synchronization This article shows how to use Sync Framework 2.1 to write a console application to synchronize SQL Azure with on-premises SQL Servers. Sync Framework takes care of all the messy details for you, letting you tie the pieces together with very few lines of code.
Wednesday, Oct 13
Windows Azure Sync Service Sample This sample shows you how to implement and deploy a Windows Azure Hosted Service to synchronize between a SQL Azure database and a SQL Server Compact database. This allows your users to take data offline and store it in a client database, such as SQL Server Compact, so tha...
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Friday, Oct 8
SQL Data Sync Preview December Service Update Is Now Live! Many of you have asked us when SQL Data Sync would be made available as part of the Windows Azure portal. Here is the good news: as of last weekend, SQL Data Sync is now live as part of the latest Wi...
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Sunday, Dec 23
SQL Data Sync now available in the East and West US Data Centers! We are excited to announce that we have just completed the deployment of SQL Data Sync into the East and West US data centers. Now, what does that mean to you? For those who intend to have their sy...
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Tuesday, Oct 30
Where in the world is SQL Data Sync? During this past weekend, the new Windows Azure portal was officially released. Windows Azure subscribers are now directed to the new portal once they log in. Now, you may have noticed that SQL Data...
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Sunday, Oct 28
SQL Data Sync Preview October Service Update Is Now Live! We have just released the October service update for SQL Data Sync Preview. In this update, users can now create multiple Sync Servers under a single Windows Azure subscription. With this feature, us...
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Thursday, Oct 18
Lastest Client Agent Upgrade Notification We plan to deploy the next Preview release (SU6) during the week of 8/13. For the release, there will be a new agent. The current client agent (SU5) will expire on 8/31/2012. Please upgrade your ag...
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Thursday, Aug 2