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# Synchronized Data Sources

Use Synchronized Data Sources with Marketing Cloud Connect for Marketing Cloud Engagement to access data from Sales and Service Clouds in Engagement for use in your marketing activities. As changes occur in the Sales or Service Cloud, Engagement receives those updates.

To use this feature, enable these prerequisites:

- Marketing Cloud Connect installed and configured using version 5.493 or later
- Updated Salesforce System user

#### See Also

- [Create Synchronized Data Sources in Contact Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_cab_creating_and_interacting_with_synchronized_data_sources.htm&language=en_US)
- [Synchronized Data Sources in Contact Builder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_cab_data_integration_for_your_account_with_synchronized_data_sources.htm&language=en_US)
- [Edit Synchronization Settings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_cab_edit_synchronization_settings.htm&language=en_US)