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 Windows Azure portal updates! Please check out Scott Guthrie...

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 sync hubs in the East or West US, you can now provision...

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 Sync is not in the new Windows Azure portal. Don't worry...

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, users intending to create multiple sync groups with sync...

The most recent Service Update for SQL Data Sync Preview has been successfully released to production. In this release, there are 2 major improvements: Enhance overall performance on initial provision and sync tasks Enhance sync performance between...

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 agent accordingly. For upgrade steps, please refer to http...

The latest Service Update 5 has just been released! SU5 delivers 2 major features designed to improve sync experience: Sync support for Spatial data type Ability to cancel an on-going sync process SU5 also includes various fixes that provide...

A new service update (SU5) for SQL Data Sync will be deployed from June 6 US PST to June 7 US PST. A new Client Agent (version 4.0.46.0) will be available for download. All prior versions of the Client Agent will need to be upgraded. Please follow the...

A new service update (SU4) for SQL Azure Data Sync service is now live! The most noteworthy new feature in SU4 is to allow users to edit existing sync groups to cater for schema changes. For step-by-step guidance on how to edit sync group for different...

We updated the service again at the end of January. Details about that update, a summary of changes in previous updates, as well as pointers to introductory videos can be found on this post to the Windows Azure blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure...

Thanks for trying out our Preview version and sending us suggestions and feedback. We released a minor service update a few days ago based on the input we have received so far. Some of the important changes in this update are: Log-ins with either...

A quick note to let you know that there are two more webcasts posted on Channel 9! We've also created a series on the Channel 9 web site so you can easily see all our available webcasts by using the following URL - http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/SQL...

I've just posted the first in a series of webcasts for SQL Azure Data Sync over on Channel 9 here . This first webcast provides a high-level overvew of the service. There's a couple of slides to introduce the service, but most of the webcast is a demo...

We are pleased to announce the availability of SQL Azure Data Sync Preview. The Preview does not require a registration code and is available to anyone who has a SQL Azure account. Improvements for the Preview release include: Now hosted on the...

The Sync Framework Toolkit extends the Sync Framework capabilities for building offline applications, making it easier to expose data for synchronization to applications running on any client platform. Sync Framework 2.1 required clients to be based on...

It’s been a while since we announced SQL Azure Data Sync CTP2 and I wanted to provide an update on how CTP2 is progressing as well as an update on the service in general. Late last year at PDC we announced CTP2 and started accepting registrations...

Performance is an important factor when you synchronize databases that consist of large number of tables. One way to improve performance is to identify tables that have no data to synchronize and exclude them from the synchronization process. SqlCeClientProvider...

http://j.mp/hpmQ4c Sync Framework and SQL Server Compact install with several versions of Visual Studio and SQL Server, and each version of Sync Framework is compatible with different versions of SQL Server Compact. This can be pretty confusing! ...

http://j.mp/f1TQLi I've started an article on the Technet Wiki that collects usage tips and troubleshooting for Sync Framework. This can be the first place you look when you have a nagging question that isn't answered anywhere else. Some tips already...

We just refreshed the Sync Framework 4.0 CTP bits to add the following two features: Tooling Wizard UI: This adds a UI wizard on top of the command line based SyncSvcUtil utility. This wizard allows you to select tables, columns, and even rows...

The Sync Framework 4.0 CTP documentation on MSDN library ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg299051(v=SQL.110).aspx ) has been updated. It now includes the documentation for the SyncSvcUtilHelper UI tool, which is built on top of the SyncSvcUtil...

Earlier this week I mentioned that we will have one additional sync session at PDC that would open up after the keynote. Now that the keynote is complete, I am really excited to point you to this session “ Introduction to SQL Azure Data Sync ”...

We are extremely happy to announce the availability of Sync Framework 4.0 October 2010 CTP . To learn more about this release please take a look at our PDC session recording " Building Offline Applications using Sync Framework and SQL Azure ". The...

http://j.mp/9eWpJq We have improved the Sync Framework 2.1 documentation. This update includes new and better information in the following database synchronization topics: Provisioning Scopes Intercepting and changing data during synchronization...

The Professional Developer Conference (PDC) is fast approaching and I wanted to point you to a few sync related sessions that we have at the event. This year's conference will include live streaming of the keynotes, as well as concurrent live streaming...