http://www.bayazure.org/events/97585082/ Microsoft Office 1/22/2013

1. Sync Sync Sync
Peter Kellner
http://peterkellner.net
Azure Meetup January 22th,
2013

2. What We Plan On Talking About
 What is Sync?
 Microsoft Sync Projects Over the years
 Microsoft Sync FrameWork (<-> SqlServer)
 Deeper Dive Into MS Sync Framework
 Azure Mobile Services (no sync)
 Azure Mobile Services (Gen-X)
 Open Discussion

3. What is Sync
 Simply, Making two things the sames
Worry Points
Consistency
Performance

4. Microsoft Sync Products
Live Mesh (no cloud)
Live Windows Sync (5GB Cloud,RDP)
(Both similar, keep directories in Sync)
Live Mesh + Live Windows Sync = Live Sync
Live Mesh Sync
…
SkyDrive!!!

5. Sync Cloud Competitors
 Box
 DropBox
 Carbonite
 Mozy
 SugarSync
 CrashPlan
 S3,Azure Storage,etc.

6. Microsoft Sync Framework
 SyncToy V1, V2
 Sync Framework V1 V2 V4Beta End
Build in Providers
SqlServer
Azure
FileSystem
Building Your Own Providers, Simple
versus Full

7. Sync Framework Technology
 Born in Microsoft Labs
 Problem it Solves (pre internet)

8. Sync Framework Worries
 Conflict Resolution
 Deleted Records (tombstones)
 MetaData (small fast db)
 Not Time dependent
 Locks
 Try Again Scenarios
 Avoiding Race Conditions

9. Sync Framework Flow

10. Sync and Us Building MS Apps
 SqlServer Change Management
 Doing Our Own thing
 Using Sync Framework Built In Providers
 Using Sync Framework Own Own Providers
 What’s next?
 Third Party Sync Tools?

11. Azure Mobile Services
 Simple Todo app With IOS
 Big Plans, Just Talk for me
 Guessing What Is Ahead
 Strategy To Build it Properly

12. MonoTouch
 MWC and SVCC
SqlLite
DEMO

13. How MWC / SVCC Mobile App Works
 SqlLite
 Initial Load
 Lots of Tables

14. How to Improve SVCC
 Sync

15. Improved Sync
 Observable Collection (No Database)
 Persist Observable Collection
 Sync Observable Collection
 Benefits of Skipping Database

16. Summary Slide
 Sync Landscape
 Microsoft Sync Products (API and Cloud)
 Mobile Sync Services (Microsoft)
 Device Integration Strategies
 MonoTouch and IOS

17. References
 http://winsupersite.com/cloud/windows-live-
essentials-2011-windows-live-sync
 http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/13/376352
8/microsoft-ending-support-windows-live-
mesh
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sync/default
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/sync/bb821992

18. My Background AND Open
Discussion Time
Peter Kellner
• Silicon Valley Code Camp Guy
• 2007-2013 MVP, ASP.NET
• Development including publishing 4 MSDN Articles on
ASP.NET 2.0
• Organized Silicon Valley Code Camps 7X! (going on 8)
• Complete Custom Insurance Co. Management s/w to run
$200M business.
• 1986 – 2001 President Tufden Inc. Built and Delivered:
500 doctor office turnkey computer systems; University
Clinic Scheduling System;
• . Cornell University BS,MS Engineering