synchronization provider

By providing data source specific synchronization providers, any data source can be supported.

A synchronization session synchronizes data across two synchronization providers - one for the source data store and the other for the destination.

For example, using proper synchronization providers, files can be synchronized across computers, project updates synchronized across project participants, or media synchronized across devices.

Microsoft Sync Services for ADO.NET is the synchronization provider for synchronizing across databases using ADO.NET.

By using the FeedSync producer service, a synchronization application can work with a synchronization provider to create a list of items from a replica and put them in an RSS or Atom XML stream.

Similarly, the FeedSync consumer service helps a synchronization application take an input RSS or Atom XML stream, extract items from it, and then use a synchronization provider to apply only the appropriate changes to a replica.