Synchronize data with Telerik backend services

You can configure Sitefinity CMS to work with Telerik Backend Services and store dynamic module content items in the cloud. The cloud synchronization is two ways.

Telerik Backend Services are a set of cloud-based services that enable developers to build and manage mobile apps in significantly faster, easier, and more scalable way. Telerik Backend Services can greatly speed-up the development process by providing your app with data storage, user management and server-code execution. Telerik Backend Services are the integrated cloud backend provider for all Telerik products. For more information, refer to Telerik Backend Services product documentation. You can find the documentation when you login to Telerik Backend Services.

To connect you Sitefinity CMS to Telerik Backend Services, perform the following:

1. In the main Sitefinity CMS menu, click Administration » Connectivity » Telerik BaaS.
2. Enter your Telerik credentials and click Connect.
3. Select the dynamic modules that you want to sync.
   If you do not see the checkboxes of the dynamic modules, it means you have no active dynamic modules. 
   For more information, see Overview: Dynamic modules and the Module Builder.
4. In the dropdown box, select the interval of the synchronization.
5. Click Save.

Under Cloud Services, you can see the amount of space and traffic that you have consumed.

At any time, you can change the connection with another account by clicking Change connection or you can disconnect by clicking Disconnect.

You can create a mobile application for a dynamic module that is synchronized with Telerik Backend Services.
For more information, see Overview: Mobile apps builder.

By default, the mobile application uses Sitefinity CMS for authentication. If your Sitefinity CMS server is not public and is behind a firewall, you can handle the authentication in the following ways:

• You can make only the STS site public and bring it in front of the firewall. 
  The STS handles claims authentication. For more information about claims authentication and configuring the STS, see Authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO).
• You can use Telerik Backend Services for authentication. 
  In this scenario, you have to create and configure all users and setup the login pages in Telerik Backend Services. For more information, refer to Telerik Backend Services product documentation. You can find the documentation when you login to Telerik Backend Services.
  

To use Telerik Backend Services authentications, in Sitefinity CMS backend, click Administration » Settings » Advanced » EverliveConnector.
Select UseEverliveAuthentication checkbox and click Save changes.