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Well Microsoft has finally come up with a product that potentially looks like a competitor to Google Gears that was launched earlier this year. Dubbed as Microsoft Sync Framework it will help developers take their web services and Databases offline to work in an environment without being connected to the internet. The Framework will offer P2P synchronization of any file type, including contacts, music, videos, images and settings, and provides built-in support for synchronizing relational databases, NTFS/FAT file systems an RSS feeds.

According to Microsoft,

“The advantage of a synchronization-based solution is that users are no longer required to have a constant network connection to access their information. Since their data is stored locally they are given constant access to their data while offloading processing requirements from the central database. Furthermore, the user is no longer limited by the network speed and can now access the data at the speed of the device. “

Well Microsoft has had a late entry into this field, because Google Gears is picking up steam pretty fast and a lot of popular web services are taking their applications offline. Well Microsoft has a pretty hard task ahead, lets see how they tackle it.

If you are a developer looking to develop apps for Offline Access then you might want to download Microsoft Sync Framework.

Via ZDNet