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Introducing the Microsoft Sync Framework CTP2 – a comprehensive synchronization platform enabling collaboration and offline for applications, services and devices with support for any data type, any data store, any transfer protocol, and network topology.

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Microsoft Sync Framework CTP2 Now Available for Download
Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline scenarios for applications, services and devices. Developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any application, any type of data, using any protocol over any network. The CTP2 reflects the final API changes that will be used in the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) release and has greatly improved performance and simplification of APIs and core patterns.
Introduction to the Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime
Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices. Using Microsoft Sync Framework runtime, developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any application, with any data from any store using any protocol over any network. This document will help you understand how the Microsoft Sync Framework enables synchronization to build a synchronization topology.
Introduction to Occasionally Connected Applications using Sync Services for ADO.NET
The ability to support mobile and remote workers is becoming more and more important for organizations every day. It is critical that organizations ensure users have access to the same information they have when they are in the office. This document explains how Sync Services for ADO.NET which is a part of the Microsoft Sync Framework (MSF) enables synchronization of information between database systems and how Sync Services for ADO.NET helps developers avoid many of the common issues associated with taking data offline.
Introducing Microsoft Sync Framework: Sync Services for File Systems
Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices. Sync Services for File Systems is one of the providers included out-of-the-box that enables synchronization of files between devices. This document will explain the File Systems provider and provide a basis of understanding to learn how to build new providers to synchronize new data stores.

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Using SQL Server 2008 Integrated Change Tracking to Optimize Data Synchronization
I thought I would take the chance to talk to you a little bit about a major enhancements we have made with synchronization in SQL Server 2008.  The feature I am referrring to is called... more
Sample - SQL Express Client Synchronization using Sync Services for ADO.NET
We have just posted a new sync sample to our Code Gallery that demonstrates how to enable offline data collection applications to synchronize a SQL Express client database to another SQL Server... more
Extending Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Sync Designer to Support Bi-Directional Synchronization
The following is an excerpt from the documentation updates that will be occurring for Visual Studio 2008 sp1.  We have decided to post this content early due to the significant amount of i... more
Video - Building Offline Enabled Applications
At TechEd 2008 Developers in Orlando a number of our mobility specialists and Microsoft MVP's got together to discuss the concept of building offline applications for mobile and remote users.&n... more
Announcing Sync Framework v1.0 RC0 and Sync Services for ADO.NET v2.0 RC0 [Updated]
With the completion of TechEd 2008 for Developer we have one last big announcement to make.  A Release Candidate (RC0) of Sync Framework v1.0 and Sync Services for ADO.NET v2.0 for... more

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