Summary
You have many decisions to make before building an occasionally connected system. Choosing the right synchronization framework is only the beginning. SQL Azure Data Sync offers an attractive solution for building an application with robust synchronization features. As you have learned in this chapter, SQL Azure Data Sync requires minimal coding and effort and works in a variety of scenarios.
The data synchronization story using SQL Azure Data Sync is still taking shape at Microsoft. Even at this early stage, it packs enough features to meet a wide array of synchronization scenarios. However, until it supports synchronization with mobile clients, you can use WCF Data Services as we’ve demonstrated in this chapter to fill that gap.
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