The Synchronizer

sync for the masses

Sync Designer in VS2008 SP1

I am sure you already know that SP1 Beta for Visual Studio 2008 is available to download. There are...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/30/2008

Metadata is the Hart and Sole of Peer Sync

Occasionally, I receive questions about using SQL Change Tracking with PeerSyncProvider. People who...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/29/2008

HTML5 - The Offline Web

We hear every day that more and more people are coming online with high speed internet connections,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/25/2008

New Release: Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008

Rob Tiffany, the mobile accelerator guy, just announced the new release of Windows Mobile Line of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2008

MIX08 – Unified Web Platform in the Making

Apart from MIX08 big announcements about Silverlight 2.0, Silverlight for mobile and IE 8.0, there...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2008

It is about time: Sync Services for Windows Mobile

I remember the very beginnings when Sync Services came along and I started blogging that people...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/10/2008

Unleash the power of Peer Sync Provider

The term 'peer' or more commonly 'peer to peer' leads people to think about sharing and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/25/2008

The MIX08 Factor

I am not going to miss MIX this year, period. Last year, MIX07 was a phenomenal event....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/12/2008

SQL Server Change Tracking vs min_active_rowversion()

In a bit old post I wrote about min_active_rowversion() as the best way to get the new anchor...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/06/2008

Opportunity Knocks

This blog has been phenomenal. Through it I was introduced to so many of you whom I have...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/28/2008

Change Tracking for the Masses

I admit that writing your own change tracking logic for each table you want to synchronize is a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2008

Sharing Application Samples

I originally authored the offline application line of samples to show off the different features of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/15/2008

Hey You, Care to Share!?

I spent years building sync solutions in Microsoft! I loved it! Sync and replication logic is so...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/05/2008

Year in Review: Social Networking, RIA Frameworks, and iPhone

It is a rather slow week as most people are off on vacations. A quite time at the end of one year...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/27/2007

What’s new in Sync Services for ADO.NET 2.0?

As you know we’ve released the V1.0 of Sync Services for ADO.NET as a standalone package. It is also...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2007

Demo VIII: Batching Changes in Sync Services

I finally got to sit down and prepare my next demo application in the OfflineApplication series....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/06/2007

Synchronizeable Web

Our understanding of the web and its potential seems to be continuously evolving. Initially...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2007

SyncToy: Sync Power Toy for Your Toolbox

You probably have heard about SyncToy already and might have tried it before. Well, if not, you...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/28/2007

Sync Services for ADO.NET RTM

I am sure you know that Visual Studio 2008 is released. That was last week, I know, old news! Well,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/26/2007

Milind Lele on Sync Designer in VS 2008

One of my favorite experiences while building the sync framework is partnering with other teams....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2007

Two Fine Articles

DevConnections attendees got a copy of the code magazine that has two really good articles on the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2007

DevConnections Impressions

As I am writing those lines, I am waiting for my flight to Seattle after attending DevConnections...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2007

Big News: Microsoft Sync Framework is Out!

Today in DevConnections (Vegas) and TechEd (Europe) we are unveiling the complete sync framework. We...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2007

Article updated on Code Project

FYI... I made few updates to my article “Take Data Offline Using Microsoft Synchronization Services...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/21/2007

Updates, updates, updates …

Sync services is evolved pretty rapidly and taken all my time as a result. But in the last few days...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/17/2007

Sync Services Hit Beta 2.0 Milestone

You might have heard about this already, but in case you did not, we have released the beta 2.0 bits...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/31/2007

Stay Away From Auto Increment Columns

I had few conversations on the sync services forum about that ability to synchronize a table with...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2007

When It Comes to Data, SQL Server CE is A Life Saver!

In not so distant past there used to be a product called SQL Mobile. As the name implies, or...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2007

Katmai is Slowly Becoming the Best Platform for Building Offline Applications

Katmai is the code name of the next release of SQL Server slated for next year. Last week, CTP3 was...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/12/2007

Sync Events for Conflict Handling, Progress Reporting, Business Logic …

Let me just say that synchronization services eventing model is so rich. It is designed to enable...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2007

Sync Services in TechEd

If you are going to TechEd this year, don’t miss the synchronization services presentation and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/31/2007

Demo VII: Tombstone Cleanup and Detecting Stale Offline Clients

Ready for a new offline application demo? This one is really cool. In this demo I tried to show off...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/28/2007

Sync Services Demos Refresh

The annoying comilation errors that you see when trying to build OfflineAppDemo projects with beta 1...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/16/2007

Just Published! Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET Beta 1.0

The same bits released with Orcas Beta 1.0 are now available as a standalone package. The...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2007

Avoiding False Conflicts Resulting From Interrupted Sync

A great thread on the sync services forum yesterday brought up this interesting question on what...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/08/2007

Sync Services Documentation and Samples Refresh

An updated documentation and samples for Sync Services has been posted couple of days ago. The...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2007

Update to My Sync Services Article at Code Project

For those of you who sent me feedback on my article at code project...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2007

SaaS = Web Component + Desktop Component + Sync

I tuned to Mix07 yesterday to listen to the keynote from Ray Ozzie. Ray draws the picture for the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/01/2007

Sync Services: When should you author your own table schema for your offline clients?

The question of creating the schema on the client store always pops up in almost any sync related...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/25/2007

Sync Services: How to partition data for your offline clients?

Offline clients are not born equal; one client would like to sync a lot of server data while another...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2007

Demo VI: Decoupling of Change Tracking Metadata

New demo for sync lovers! This one is interesting though as it is an attempt to address a critical...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2007

Deep in Sync: Handling PK-FK Constraints

Roger Jennings in his most recent blog post asked an interesting question on how sync services deal...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2007

Sync Designer in Orcas

Cool stuff gets attention from everyone! This is especially true with the Sync Designer in Orcas....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/22/2007

CodeProject Article on Sync Services

I thought about introducing the sync framework to a wider audience of developers. CodeProject is my...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2007

Demo V: OfflineApplication – Oracle Backend

One of the design goals of Sync Services framework is to enable heterogeneous database in the...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2007

Sync Demos Write Up

Now that you have seen the sync services demos and hopefully enjoyed them, it is time to add some...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/01/2007

Sync Services: Thoughts on Schema Creation

In typical database to database sync scenarios where the backend database is SQL Server, the sync...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/28/2007

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