Microsoft activesync windows 8.1 update#

Nables long running device updates, for example settings transfers or firmware updates, while your app is suspended. More detail on policy enforcement is described later in this topic. Your device must also be connected to or paired with the PC, with active I/O, and is allowed a maximum of 10 minutes of background activity. Syncing your device in the background requires that your user has approved background syncing by your app. Background task triggerĮnables long running sync operations to or from your peripheral device while your app is suspended. For more info about app suspension, see Launching, resuming, and multitasking.

Microsoft activesync windows 8.1 update#

Windows 8.1 provides two new background task triggers that let your app perform long running sync and update operations on your peripheral device safely in the background, even if your app is suspended: DeviceUseTrigger and DeviceServicingTrigger. When this happens, without the help of a device background task, any ongoing device operations like syncing and updating will be interrupted. When an app is suspended, it is resident in-memory and Windows has stopped it from running. This lets another app have the foreground. When users move your UWP app off-screen, Windows suspends your app in-memory. UWP apps can use these APIs to access USB, Human Interface Devices (HID), Bluetooth devices, and more. That means your app doesn't need to be a UWP device app to use them.

Windows Runtime device APIs don't require device metadata.