Keep everything in sync with Windows Vista's Sync Center
Sync Center provides a front end to Offline Files and displays a progress bar so you can monitor the synch operation.
Centralized synchronization
Building on all their past synchronization efforts, while recognizing the plethora of external devices that can now be connected to a computer for the purposes of synchronizing data, Microsoft developed Sync Center for Windows Vista. Sync Center isn't really a synchronization application per se, but it is designed to work hand in hand with the synchronization applications that come with various devices. Because of that, you'll still install the native synchronization application that comes with your device. When you do, Sync Center will establish a behind-the-scenes working relationship with the application to allow you to initiate synchronization operations from within the Sync Center interface. In addition, Sync Center will provide an iconic representation of the device, display a progress bar, report on the results, and alert you to any conflicts that may arise.
An example: Offline Files
To illustrate how Sync Center works as a centralized interface, let's take a look at how Offline Files works in Windows Vista. Using Windows Vista's Offline Files interface, I set up a connection to a folder on another computer. As soon as I did, Offline Files began synchronizing the files and gave me the option to switch to Sync Center to monitor the operation. Upon doing so, the View Sync Partnerships page appeared and I saw connection and its progress, as shown.
Building on all their past synchronization efforts, while recognizing the plethora of external devices that can now be connected to a computer for the purposes of synchronizing data, Microsoft developed Sync Center for Windows Vista. Sync Center isn't really a synchronization application per se, but it is designed to work hand in hand with the synchronization applications that come with various devices. Because of that, you'll still install the native synchronization application that comes with your device. When you do, Sync Center will establish a behind-the-scenes working relationship with the application to allow you to initiate synchronization operations from within the Sync Center interface. In addition, Sync Center will provide an iconic representation of the device, display a progress bar, report on the results, and alert you to any conflicts that may arise.
An example: Offline Files
To illustrate how Sync Center works as a centralized interface, let's take a look at how Offline Files works in Windows Vista. Using Windows Vista's Offline Files interface, I set up a connection to a folder on another computer. As soon as I did, Offline Files began synchronizing the files and gave me the option to switch to Sync Center to monitor the operation. Upon doing so, the View Sync Partnerships page appeared and I saw connection and its progress, as shown.
