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Microsoft Sync Framework is a data synchronization platform from Microsoft that can be used to synchronize data across multiple data stores. Sync Framework includes a transport-agnostic architecture, into which data store-specific synchronization providers, modelled on the ADO.NET data provider API, can be plugged in. Sync Framework can be used for offline access to data, by working against a cached set of data and submitting the changes to a master database in a batch, as well as to synchronize changes to a data source across all consumers (publish/subscribe sync) and peer-to-peer synchronization of multiple data sources. Sync Framework features built-in capabilities for conflict detection – whether data to be changed has already been updated – and can flag them for manual inspection or use defined policies to try to resolve the conflict. Sync Services includes an embedded SQL Server Compact database to store metadata about the synchronization relationships as well as about each sync attempt. The Sync Framework API is surfaced both in managed code , for use with .NET Framework applications, as well as unmanaged code, for use with COM applications. It was scheduled to ship with Visual Studio 2008 in late November 2007.

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60-643: The Sync Framework runtime provides synchronization functionality, without being tied to any data store or data transport protocols. By providing data source specific synchronization providers , any data source can be supported. For example, using proper synchronization providers, files can be synchronized across computers, project updates synchronized across project participants, or media synchronized across devices. Sync Framework ships with three providers: Microsoft Sync Services for ADO.NET , Sync Services for File Systems , and Sync Services for SSE . Sync Services can be used to synchronize devices by supplying providers for

120-489: A FeedSync feed and merge the changes back to the data store. Sync Services for FeedSync uses another provider to connect to the data store. Sync Services for FeedSync provides services that can be used to help synchronize the data of a replica with RSS and Atom feeds. (A replica is a particular repository of information to be synchronized.) By using the FeedSync producer service, a synchronization application can work with

180-778: A stand-alone application ; organizations can deploy it as multi-user software (through Microsoft Exchange Server or SharePoint ) for shared functions such as mailboxes , calendars , folders , data aggregation (i.e., SharePoint lists), and as appointment scheduling apps . Other than the paid software on Windows and Mac desktops that this article talks about, the Outlook name also covers several other current software: Outlook has replaced Microsoft's previous scheduling and email clients , Schedule+ and Exchange Client . Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000 offer two configurations: Perpetual versions of Microsoft Outlook include: Includes iOS and Android support Microsoft Outlook

240-524: A "secure" form on Microsoft Azure servers located in the United States. On Exchange accounts, these servers identify as a single Exchange ActiveSync user in order to fetch e-mail. Additionally, the app does not support mobile device management , nor allows administrators to control how third-party cloud storage services are used with the app to interact with their users. Concerns surrounding these security issues have prompted some firms, including

300-1377: A built-in Junk Mail filter. Service Pack 2 has augmented these features and adds an anti- phishing filter. Outlook add-ins are small additional programs for the Microsoft Outlook application, mainly purposed to add new functional capabilities into Outlook and automate various routine operations. The term also refers to programs where the main function is to work on Outlook files, such as synchronization or backup utilities . Outlook add-ins may be developed in Microsoft Visual Studio or third-party tools such as Add-in Express. Outlook add-ins are not supported in Outlook Web App . From Outlook 97 on, Exchange Client Extensions are supported in Outlook. Outlook 2000 and later support specific COM components called Outlook Add-Ins. The exact supported features (such as .NET components) for later generations were extended with each release. In March 2016, Salesforce announced that its relationship intelligence platform, SalesforceIQ , would be able to seamlessly integrate with Outlook. SalesforceIQ works from inside

360-416: A factory floor. This idea was then extrapolated to bins across England , and eventually, bins around the world, reducing the labor required to move waste products from one place to another. Types of recycling bins can vary depending on whether they are intended for personal use or public use. One of the most common types of residential recycling bins is the curbside recycling bin. The city or county where

420-452: A group-style conversation. The app lets users create groups, mention their contacts, share Office documents via OneDrive and work on them together, and participate in an email conversation. The app also allows the finding and joining of other Outlook Groups. It was tested internally at Microsoft and launched September 18, 2015, for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile users. After its initial launch on Microsoft's own platforms they launched

480-556: A large number of different e-mail services and platforms, including Exchange , iCloud , Gmail , Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), Outlook.com , and Yahoo! Mail . The app supports multiple email accounts at once. Emails are divided into two inboxes: the "Focused" inbox displays messages of high importance, and those from frequent contacts. All other messages are displayed within an "Other" section. Files, locations, and calendar events can be embedded into email messages. Swiping gestures can be used for deleting messages. Like

540-568: A more standards-compliant email client since the release of Outlook 2007. Outlook and Exchange Server internally handle messages, appointments, and items as objects in a data model which is derived from the old proprietary Microsoft Mail system, the Rich Text Format from Microsoft Word and the complex OLE general data model. When these programs interface with other protocols such as the various Internet and X.400 protocols, they try to map this internal model onto those protocols in

600-591: A proprietary Microsoft communications protocol that was formerly used by Hotmail. Recycle Bin A recycling bin (or recycle bin ) is a container used to hold recyclables before they are taken to recycling centers . Recycling bins exist in various sizes for use inside and outside of homes , offices , and large public facilities. Separate containers are often provided for paper , tin or aluminum cans , and glass or plastic bottles , with some bins allowing for commingled, mixed recycling of various materials. Bins are sometimes in different colors so that

660-461: A recycling bin. More recently, in 2022, a Massachusetts woman named Barbara Novaes's dead body was found inside a recycling bin. Although her death was determined to be accidental, her family has disputed this claim, believing her death to be a homicide. Although more commonly referred to as Trash , the term recycling bin is sometimes used to discard files in computer software systems. In 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95 , which introduced

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720-465: A rename operation caused the files to get the same name, both are retained by renaming one of them. Any deletes can be configured to move the file to the Recycle Bin , so that it can be recovered if necessary. The Sync Services for File Systems provider also provides a preview mode which enumerates the actions that will be taken for a sync operation, without actually performing the operations, with

780-545: A service licensing program that makes Office programs available as soon as they are developed). Outlook for Mac 15.3 improves upon its predecessors with: The "New Outlook for Mac" client , included with version 16.42 and above, became available for "Early Insider" testers in the fall of 2019, with a public "Insider" debut in October 2020. It requires macOS 10.14 or greater and introduces a redesigned interface with significantly changed internals, including native search within

840-510: A set of operation for the Knowledge object for a replica: Contains which determines if the store contains a specified change, Union to merge two knowledge sets, Project to project out the knowledge for a subset of the items, and Exclude to create a new knowledge set without the changes for a subset of the items. The metadata is managed by the metadata storage service which uses an in-process SQL Server Compact database to store

900-434: A synchronization provider to create a list of items from a replica and put them in an RSS or Atom XML stream. These items can then be published to interested subscribers. Similarly, the FeedSync consumer service helps a synchronization application take an input RSS or Atom XML stream, extract items from it, and then use a synchronization provider to apply only the appropriate changes to a replica. Because Sync Framework underlies

960-470: A twenty-six-year-old male in California was crushed to death in a recycling bin by a recycling ram. In 2011, a sixty-two year old Ohio woman was found wedged face first in a recycling bin. She fell off of her porch and into the recycling bin and presumably asphyxiated to death. Also in 2011, the body of a forty-four-year-old man was found in a recycling plant after he was crushed to death crawling into

1020-445: A variety of waste. The dispersal of these bins help to contribute to the beautification of public areas by encouraging the proper disposal of waste products. Placement of these bins can be done either through private entities or different government agencies. Though rare, there have been some fatal accidents involving recycling bins. Since its invention, The recycling bin has caused many controversies, including various deaths. In 1995,

1080-743: A view to letting the users review the changes that will be made. The synchronization is performed in a peer-to-peer manner. Neither Sync Framework or the Sync Services for File Systems provider perform any authentication before accessing the files; so any authentication is the job of the application using the Sync Framework API. The files are transferred without encryption. To use encryption in transit, custom providers that uses an encrypted TCP connection needs to be used. The Sync Services for File Systems provider also supports static filters to exclude files based on wildcards or attributes. In

1140-557: A way that can be reversed if the ultimate recipient is also running Outlook or Exchange. This focus on the possibility that emails and other items will ultimately be converted back to Microsoft Mail format is so extreme that if Outlook/Exchange cannot figure out a way to encode the complete data in the standard format, it simply encodes the entire message/item in a proprietary binary format called Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) and sends this as an attached file (usually named "winmail.dat") to an otherwise incomplete rendering of

1200-458: Is a personal information manager software system from Microsoft , available as a part of the Microsoft 365 software suites. Though primarily being popular as an email client for businesses, Outlook also includes functions such as calendaring , task managing , contact managing , note-taking , journal logging , web browsing , and RSS news aggregation . Individuals can use Outlook as

1260-556: Is an email and personal information manager software primarily used in professional settings. As part of the Microsoft Office suite , it offers email management, contact storage, calendar scheduling, and task tracking. Outlook can function independently or as part of a larger Microsoft ecosystem, including integration with SharePoint for file sharing. While it stores email data locally for offline access, newer versions restrict link opening to Microsoft's own browsers. Privacy

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1320-620: Is cached locally. The application works against the cached data, and the changes are uploaded in a batch. In addition, the provider can also be used for collaborative applications, where each application will work against its local dataset, which will be synchronized periodically in a peer-to-peer manner with the other participants. Locally, the datasets can be stored either by using the SQL Server Compact database or any other database server supporting ADO.NET. Sync Services for ADO.NET allows incremental change tracking, which allows only

1380-721: Is designed to consolidate functionality that would normally be found in separate apps on mobile devices, similar to personal information managers on personal computers . It is designed around four "hubs" for different tasks, including "Mail", "Calendar," "Files" and "People". The "People" hub lists frequently and recently used contacts and aggregates recent communications with them, and the "Files" hub aggregates recent attachments from messages, and can also integrate with other online storage services such as Dropbox , Google Drive , and OneDrive . To facilitate indexing of content for search and other features, emails and other information are stored on external servers. Outlook mobile supports

1440-425: Is maintained for every instance of the data store ( replica ) that the provider is attached to. The metadata maintained includes the replica ID, tick count (representing progression in time), conflict log, tombstone log , and the set of the changes the data store has seen ( knowledge ). A replica ID and tick count pair makes up a version and encodes the state of the data store until that time. Sync Framework defines

1500-412: Is not documented nor guaranteed; the format saw over 10 versions released since version 1 in 2008. The standard .eml format replicates the format of emails as used for transmission and is therefore compatible with any email client which uses the normal protocols. Standard-compliant email clients, like Mozilla Thunderbird , use additional headers to store software-specific information related e.g. to

1560-653: Is severely degraded in latest versions, as new Outlook sends passwords, mails and other data to Microsoft. Outlook 2002 introduced these new features: Outlook 2003 introduced these new features: Features that debuted in Outlook 2007 include: Features that debuted in Outlook 2010 include: Features that debuted in Outlook 2013, which was released on January 29, 2013, include: Features that debuted in Outlook 2016, include: Features that debuted in Outlook 2019, include: Microsoft made several versions of Outlook for older Mac computers, but only for email accounts on specific company servers ( Exchange ). It wasn't part of

1620-554: Is the first native version of Outlook for MacOS . Outlook 2011 initially supported Mac OS X's Sync Services only for contacts, not events, tasks or notes. It also does not have a Project Manager equivalent to that in Entourage. With Service Pack 1 (v 14.1.0), published on April 12, 2011, Outlook can now sync calendar, notes and tasks with Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. On October 31, 2014, Microsoft released Outlook for Mac (v15.3 build 141024) with Office 365 (a software as

1680-567: The European Parliament , to block the app on their Exchange servers. Microsoft maintains a separate, pre-existing Outlook Web Access app for Android and iOS. Outlook Groups was a mobile application for Windows Phone , Windows 10 Mobile , Android and iOS that could be used with an Office 365 domain Microsoft Account, e.g. a work or school account. It is designed to take existing email threads and turn them into

1740-457: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was formed by President Richard Nixon . The United States was not the only country concerned about the effects of landfilled waste. In 1972, Dutch activists Babs Riemens-Jagerman and Miep Kuiper-Verkuyl, installed a container in Zeist to collect glass . In 1974, Missouri , the first recycling bin designed to collect paper, “The Tree Saver”,

1800-481: The Outlook inbox providing data from CRM , email, and customer social profiles. It also provides recommendations within the inbox on various aspects like appointment scheduling , contacts, responses, etc. Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector (formerly Microsoft Office Outlook Connector ), is a discontinued and defunct free add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, intended to integrate Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail) into Microsoft Outlook. It uses DeltaSync ,

1860-400: The application for Android and iOS on September 23, 2015. Outlook Groups was updated on September 30, 2015, that introduced a deep linking feature as well as fixing a bug that blocked the "send" button from working. In March 2016 Microsoft added the ability to attach multiple images, and the most recently used document to group messages as well as the option to delete conversations within

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1920-426: The application programme. Outlook Groups was retired by Microsoft on May 1, 2018. The functionality was replaced by adding the "Groups node" to the folder list within the Outlook mobile app. Outlook 2007 was the first Outlook to switch from Internet Explorer rendering engine to Microsoft Word 2007 's. This meant that HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) items not handled by Word were no longer supported. On

1980-484: The blue box recycling system, as well as similar systems are in place in hundreds of cities around the world. The modern Blue-Box recycling bin was invented by Jack McGinnes nearly one hundred years after Poubelle's idea to sort types of waste by type. The proliferation of curbside blue-bin recycling containers coincided with the increase in municipal recycling rates which increased from just over 6% in 1960 to over 35% in 2017. In 1980, Woodbury , New Jersey became

2040-424: The changes to be replicated rather than replicating the entire copy. The Sync Services for File Systems provider is used to synchronize two file system locations, which can either be local folders or network shares. In addition to mirroring new files, changes to existing files are also synchronized. Changes to files are detected by using timestamps, or optionally, by hashing the file contents. Conflicting changes to

2100-679: The client that no longer depends on macOS Spotlight . Some Outlook features are still missing from the New Outlook client as it continues in development. To date, the Macintosh client has never had the capability of syncing Contact Groups/Personal Distribution Lists from Exchange, Microsoft 365 or Outlook.com accounts, something that the Windows and web clients have always supported. A UserVoice post created in December 2019 suggesting that

2160-485: The desired effect. Some HTML attributes help achieve proper rendering of e-mails in Outlook, but most of these attributes are already deprecated in the HTML 4.0 specifications (1997) . In order to achieve the best compatibility with Outlook, most HTML e-mails are created using multiple boxed tables, as the table element and its sub-elements support the width and height property in Outlook. No improvements have been made towards

2220-527: The desktop Outlook, Outlook mobile allows users to see appointment details, respond to Exchange meeting invites, and schedule meetings. It also incorporates the three-day view and "Interesting Calendars" features from Sunrise. Files in the Files tab are not stored offline; they require Internet access to view. Outlook mobile temporarily stores and indexes user data (including email, attachments, calendar information, and contacts), along with login credentials, in

2280-510: The destination provider sends the knowledge set of the store. The source provider compares the knowledge of the destination with the change set in the source to enumerate the changes and then transfer it to the destination. The destination provider makes sure the changes are not conflicting and merges the changes and updates the knowledge. Microsoft Sync Services for ADO.NET is the synchronization provider for synchronizing across databases using ADO.NET . ADO.NET Datasets are synchronized between

2340-426: The device. Similarly, PIM software such as Microsoft Office Outlook and media libraries such as Windows Media Player can also be supported by providing suitable providers. The providers are used to enumerate the items in a data store, each identified by an Item ID. In addition, they also have to maintain synchronization metadata and the state of the data store, so that changes can be enumerated quickly. The metadata

2400-466: The exchange of feed items, two feeds can be cross-subscribed and easily synchronized with one another as peers in a synchronization community. (A synchronization community is a set of replicas that keep their data synchronized with each other.) Microsoft Sync Framework is free on Windows and Windows Mobile devices. Support for other platforms is available through commercial licensing and porting kits. Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Outlook

2460-473: The first CTP release, however, the Sync Services for File Systems provider does not sync either NTFS security descriptors or Alternate Data Streams . The Sync Services for FeedSync provider can be used to help synchronize replicas by creating a FeedSync enabled feed , either in RSS or ATOM formats, which can then be subscribed to by interested parties. The provider can also be used to extract items from

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2520-588: The first municipality to mandate recycling; other cities soon followed, and the blue box curbside recycling system became a staple of late 20th and 21st century life.   As of the end of 1988, there were approximately 1,050 curbside recycling programs in the United States . By the end of 1991, this number had increased by more than 250% to 3,955 programs. Wheels on recycling bins are a relatively new invention. First introduced by Frank Rotherham Mouldings in 1968, wheels on bins were used to move waste around

2580-609: The idea of separate receptacles according to type of waste. Recycling has become far more commonplace since the mid 20th century. Originally, the majority of households disposed of their wastes into land. In 1942, during World War II , President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the War Production Board , which had people and companies focus on prioritizing the distribution of materials to war needs. Nazi Germany also implemented recycling techniques, not motivated by nature conservation but for resource allocation for

2640-616: The local storage of the email, while keeping the file plain-text, so that it can be read in any text editor and searched or indexed like any document by any other software. As part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft took corrective steps to fix Outlook's reputation in Office Outlook 2003. Among the most publicized security features are that Office Outlook 2003 does not automatically load images in HTML emails or permit opening executable attachments by default, and includes

2700-882: The mail/item. If the recipient is Outlook/Exchange it can simply discard the incomplete outer message and use the encapsulated data directly, but if the recipient is any other program, the message received will be incomplete because the data in the TNEF attachment will be of little use without the Microsoft software for which it was created. As a workaround, numerous tools for partially decoding TNEF files exist. Outlook does not fully support data and syncing specifications for calendaring and contacts, such as iCalendar , CalDAV , SyncML , and vCard 3.0. Outlook 2007 claims to be fully iCalendar compliant; however, it does not support all core objects, such as VTODO or VJOURNAL. Also, Outlook supports vCard 2.1 and does not support multiple contacts in

2760-417: The manufacturer, but are all produced with the goal of collecting recyclable waste. Commonly seen in public places such as parks and universities, public recycling bins can vary in shape and size. These bins are placed in areas easily accessible to the public to help facilitate recycling. Many of these recycling bins are accompanied by a compost and waste bin to allow the public to conveniently dispose of

2820-452: The metadata on a per-provider basis. The Sync Services API operates by creating a synchronization session, represented by a Session object. A synchronization session synchronizes data across two synchronization providers - one for the source data store and the other for the destination. Instances of both the providers are passed to the Session object. During a synchronization session,

2880-498: The missing functionality be added has shown a "Planned" tag since October 2020. In March 2023, Microsoft announced that Outlook for Mac will be available for free. This means that users no longer need a Microsoft 365 subscription or an Office licence to use the program. First released in April 2014 by the venture capital -backed startup Acompli , the company was acquired by Microsoft in December 2014. On January 29, 2015, Acompli

2940-568: The other hand, HTML messages composed in Word look as they appeared to the author. This affects publishing newsletters and reports, because they frequently use intricate HTML and CSS to form their layout. For example, forms can no longer be embedded in an Outlook email. Outlook for Windows has very limited CSS support compared to various other e-mail clients. Neither CSS1 (1996) nor CSS2 (1998) specifications are fully implemented and many CSS properties can only to be used with certain HTML elements for

3000-430: The regular Microsoft Office package for Mac. Microsoft Entourage was Microsoft's email app for Mac. It was similar to Outlook but didn't work well with Exchange email at first. Over time, it got better at handling Exchange, but it was always a different program than Outlook. Entourage was replaced by Outlook for Mac 2011, which features greater compatibility and parity with Outlook for Windows than Entourage offered. It

3060-479: The residence is located usually provides a curbside recycling bin to each household. The actual type of recycling bin can vary; common colors of residential recycling bins are green or blue in the United States . The size of the curbside recycling bin can also vary depending on the county as well, but is usually around 90-96 gallons (340-363 liters). Other recycling bins in the household are sold privately and can take many different forms These bins vary based on

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3120-408: The same file are detected and can be set to be automatically resolved. For conflicting updates to a same file, the newer edit will be kept. If a file is deleted in one replica but updated in another, the update will take precedence over the delete. If two files with different content are created with the same name across two replicas, during the sync operation, the one created later will be persisted. If

3180-419: The source and the destination, which are then persisted to a database server. It can also support data sources other than a relational database , like an XML database or web service as long as a proxy is provided to abstract the data source and a data provider is available for the proxy. The Sync Services for ADO.NET provider is intended for use in offline applications, where data from the central database

3240-511: The user can differentiate between the types of materials specified for each bin. While there is no universal standard color for recycling, the color blue is commonly used to indicate recycling in public settings. Other regions also use the color green to differentiate between types of recyclable materials. Recycling bins, cans, or wheeled carts ( toters ) are common elements of municipal kerbside collection programs, which frequently distribute eye-catching bins to encourage participation. The idea of

3300-451: The vCard format as a single file. Outlook has also been criticized for having proprietary "Outlook extensions" to these Internet standards. Outlook (both the web version and recent non-web versions) promotes the usage of a proprietary .msg format to save individual emails, instead of the standard .eml format. Messages use .msg by default when saved to disk or forwarded as attachments. Compatibility with past or future Outlook versions

3360-478: The war effort. Their recycling policy involved separating waste into three containers: general waste, metal-containing waste, and food waste. Nazi policies were met with resistance by the countries they occupied. Notably, the Dutch cross contaminated the waste to reduce its efficiency. After World War II , people in the United States were becoming more aware of the landfill effects. In response to public concern,

3420-483: The waste bins is believed to have been conceived by Eugène-René Poubelle (15 April 1831- 15 July 1907), French lawyer who introduced waste containers to Paris . In 1883 “Poubelle law” was established in Paris which implemented the usage of closed containers that separated waste by type. His decree provided for the sorting of waste into three categories: compostable materials, paper and cloth, and glass, which gave way to

3480-577: Was introduced. While beneficial in some respects, the "Tree Saver" had limitations, as it required people to transport the materials or leave them in front of their homes for pickup. Also, in 1974, Jack McGinnes, an American expat living in Toronto who enjoyed roaming the beaches and picking up cans and bottles, founded the Five Foundation, the first curbside multi-material pickup of recycling materials serving Toronto and its suburbs. Today,

3540-465: Was re-branded as Outlook Mobile—sharing its name with the Microsoft Outlook desktop personal information manager and Outlook.com email service. In January 2015, Microsoft released Outlook for phones and for tablets (v1.3 build) with Office 365 . This was the first Outlook for these platforms with email, calendar, and contacts. On February 4, 2015, Microsoft acquired Sunrise Calendar ; on September 13, 2016, Sunrise ceased to operate, and an update

3600-558: Was released to Outlook Mobile that contained enhancements to its calendar functions. Similar to its desktop counterpart, Outlook mobile offers an aggregation of attachments and files stored on cloud storage platforms; a "focused inbox" highlights messages from frequent contacts, and calendar events, files, and locations can be embedded in messages without switching apps. The app supports a number of email platforms and services, including Outlook.com , Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) among others. Outlook mobile

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