SQL Azure Data Sync

Manage your data movement.

Microsoft® SQL Azure Data Sync CTP is a cloud-based data synchronization service built on Microsoft Sync Framework technologies. It provides bi-directional data synchronization and data management capabilities allowing data to be easily shared across SQL Azure databases within multiple data centers.
Use SQL Azure Data Sync CTP1 to:

* Synchronize data between SQL Azure databases within a data center, to help scale-out data access across multiple databases for elastic demand and usage spikes
* Synchronize data between SQL Azure databases in different data centers, to extend data and provide geo-available data access

Get started using "SQL Azure Data Sync CTP1"
SQL Azure Data Sync CTP2 (Coming soon):

With SQL Azure Data Sync CTP2 we are delivering an update to SQL Azure Data Sync to enable synchronization between on-premises SQL Server and SQL Azure, giving customers greater flexibility in building solutions that span on-premises and the cloud. With SQL Azure Data Sync CTP2, customers can:

* Extend enterprise data to the cloud rather than replace it
* Move workloads to the cloud in stages preserving investment in existing infrastructure
* Extend data to remote offices and retails stores
* Enable new scenarios spanning enterprise and cloud

Top features:

* Elastic Scale: Service scales as resources requirements grow
* No-Code Sync Configuration: Easily define data to be synchronized with easy to use tools
* Schedule Sync: Choose how often data is synchronized
* Conflict Handling: Handle issues where same data is changed in multiple locations
* Logging and Monitoring: Administration capabilities for tracking data and monitoring potential issues
* Data sub-setting: Control of tables to be synchronized between SQL Azure database