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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 02/25/2008
The MIX08 Factor
I am not going to miss MIX this year, period. Last year, MIX07 was a phenomenal event....
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...
Date: 02/06/2008
Opportunity Knocks
This blog has been phenomenal. Through it I was introduced to so many of you whom I have...
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...
Date: 01/24/2008
Sharing Application Samples
I originally authored the offline application line of samples to show off the different features of...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Date: 12/06/2007
Synchronizeable Web
Our understanding of the web and its potential seems to be continuously evolving. Initially...
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...
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,...
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....
Date: 11/13/2007
Two Fine Articles
DevConnections attendees got a copy of the code magazine that has two really good articles on the...
Date: 11/09/2007
DevConnections Impressions
As I am writing those lines, I am waiting for my flight to Seattle after attending DevConnections...
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...
Date: 11/05/2007
Article updated on Code Project
FYI... I made few updates to my article “Take Data Offline Using Microsoft Synchronization Services...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 06/06/2007
Sync Services in TechEd
If you are going to TechEd this year, don’t miss the synchronization services presentation and...
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...
Date: 05/28/2007
Sync Services Demos Refresh
The annoying comilation errors that you see when trying to build OfflineAppDemo projects with beta 1...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 03/23/2007
Sync Designer in Orcas
Cool stuff gets attention from everyone! This is especially true with the Sync Designer in Orcas....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 02/28/2007