Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime

Microsoft Sync Framework:

A comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices. It features technologies and tools that enable roaming, sharing and taking data offline. Using MS Sync Framework, developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any application, with any data from any store using any protocol over any network.

A key aspect of the Microsoft Sync Framework is the ability to create custom syncrhronization providers. A provider is a software component that represents a replica for synchronization. A replica is a particular repository of information to be synchronized, such as a file system on a handheld device. When representing a data source, a provider enumerates changes from its replica. When representing a destination, a provider applies chnages to its replica. If the data at the source and destination differ in type or schema, each provider performs any necessary mapping or transformation.

The following providers are included:
- Sync Services for ADO.NET - Synchronization for ADO.NET enabled data sources
- Sync Services for File Systems - Synchronization for files and folders
- Sync Services for FeedSync - Synchronization for RSS and ATOM feeds

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