Once in a while I get asked if the Sync Framework supports background synchronization based on network states. To this question I usually respond, that there is no direct support within Sync Framework to do this, however there are a lot of existing API...

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 SQL Server 2008 Integrated Change Tracking . The idea behind this...

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 database using the Synchronization Services for ADO.NET library...

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 interest expressed around this particular topic. Specifically, this...

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. In this panel we discussed various concepts including optimizing...

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 Desktops and Servers is now available. These components can be found as...

As Tim commented in my last post (and a number of others at the conference), the Bill Gates Sync keynote was really impressive, however it was somewhat hard to understand exactly what was going on and the components that were involved. I thought I would...

It has been an exciting first day for us at TechEd here in Orlando. The day started out with a demonstration of the Microsoft Sync Framework in Bill Gates keynote. Great work Moe, Lev, Zach, Tim and Lito! Sync Framework Keynote with Bill Gates (6 min...