Synchronizing Custom Data Stores

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The topics in this section provide information on how to develop applications by using the Microsoft Sync Framework.

In This Section

• Sync Framework Overview
  Describes the architecture of Microsoft Sync Framework.

• Sync Framework Core Participant Types
  Describes the type of participants that can synchronize data using Sync Framework, from full participants able to host the Sync Framework runtime to simple participants that can do nothing more than store item data.

• Fundamentals of Custom Data Synchronization
  Describes the basics of using Sync Framework to synchronize data in any format on any type of store.

• Understanding Synchronization Knowledge
  Provides a high-level view of the knowledge structure and how it is used in synchronization.

• Metadata Management
  Describes the metadata structures used in synchronization, strategies for properly managing metadata in a replica, and the metadata storage service.

• Synchronization Providers
  Describes the tasks that are required of a synchronization provider, and provides links to topics that show how to create a simple provider.

• Synchronization Applications
  Describes the tasks that are required of a synchronization application, and provides links to topics that show how to create a simple application.

• Custom Data Synchronization Samples
  Describes the samples that are provided with Sync Framework.

Reference

• Sync Framework Unmanaged Reference
  Provides reference topics for the unmanaged interfaces, functions, and data types in Sync Framework.

• Microsoft.Synchronization
  Provides reference topics for the managed classes, interfaces, and data types in Sync Framework.