I love to see when users take the products we have created and add extensions to it to suit their specific needs. Earlier this week I talked about how Hilton Giesenow's extended SQL Azure Data Sync to create a custom synchronization application using...

When we introduced SQL Azure Data Sync , one of the primary goals was to reduce the complexity of getting started with synchronization using the Sync Framework. Using the "SQL Azure Data Sync Tool for SQL Server" users can launch a wizard that configures...

We recently added a new case study of a solution built by GoGrid on the Windows Azure platform to allow customers to develop, test, deploy, and back up Windows Azure applications. GoGrid partnered with Blue Star Infotech , a global provider of IT and...

Hilton Giesenow has created a short video webcast that demonstrates how to take an on-premises application and extend it to the cloud using SQL Azure and the Microsoft Sync Framework. As he points out, this gives "all the benefits of distributed, on-premises...

I wanted to point you to a great blog post that Steven Murawski wrote on how to use PowerShell along with the Microsoft Sync Framework. In the post he shows how he used PowerShell to create an "exploratory environment" for testing Sync Framework and he...

With the recent release of Sync Framework 2.0, we have added the ability to target SQL Express on the client. For many developers, there are a handful of features such as stored procedures, XML support, and advanced profiling capabilities that are must...

http://bit.ly/5uVf2Y Openness is an important aspect of the Sync Framework and one of our jobs is to knock down as many walls as possible, empowering developers to synchronize data between any two stores. We would love for you to use the Sync Framework...