Microsoft Sync Framework is a powerful tool for synchronizing data across multiple databases or devices. You'll need to write some C# code that defines the synchronization logic to use it. Here's an example of using the Sync Framework to synchronize two SQL Server databases.

First, you'll need to add a reference to the Sync Framework assemblies in your C# project. You can do this by right-clicking on your project in Visual Studio, selecting "Add Reference", and then browsing to the location of the Sync Framework assemblies (usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Sync Framework\2.0\Runtime).

Second, you'll need to define the databases you want to synchronize. In this example, we'll assume you have a "local" SQL Server database on your computer and a "remote" database on a server somewhere. Here's some sample code that defines these databases:

SqlSyncProvider localProvider = new SqlSyncProvider("LocalConnectionString");
SqlSyncProvider remoteProvider = new SqlSyncProvider("RemoteConnectionString");

In this code, "LocalConnectionString" and "RemoteConnectionString" should be replaced with the actual connection strings for your local and remote databases.

Next, you'll need to define the tables you want to synchronize. Here's some sample code that defines a single table called "Customers":
SyncTable customerTable = new SyncTable("Customers");
customerTable.SyncDirection = SyncDirection.Bidirectional;
customerTable.CreationOption = TableCreationOption.DropExistingOrCreateNewTable;
customerTable.Columns.AddRange(new string[] { "CustomerId", "FirstName", "LastName", "Email" });


This code creates a SyncTable object for the Customers table, sets the synchronization direction to bidirectional (meaning changes in either database will be synchronized to the other), and specifies that the table should be dropped and recreated if it already exists. Finally, it adds the four columns that we want to synchronize.

Now that we've defined our local and remote providers and Customers table, we can create a SyncOrchestrator object to handle the synchronization. Here's some sample code that does this:
SyncOrchestrator orchestrator = new SyncOrchestrator();
orchestrator.LocalProvider = localProvider;
orchestrator.RemoteProvider = remoteProvider;
orchestrator.Direction = SyncDirectionOrder.UploadAndDownload;
orchestrator.Synchronize();


This code creates a SyncOrchestrator object, sets the local and remote providers, sets the synchronization direction to upload and download (meaning changes in both databases will be synchronized), and then calls the Synchronize method to start the synchronization process.

This is just a simple example, and there are many more options and settings that you can use to customize the synchronization process. But hopefully, this gives you a good starting point for using the Microsoft Sync Framework in your C# applications.

HostForLIFEASP.NET SQL Server 2019 Hosting