This document discusses building cloud connected Xamarin apps using Microsoft Azure App Services. It provides an overview of App Services capabilities including automatic scaling, continuous integration/deployment, offline sync functionality, and secure authentication options. It also demonstrates creating an Azure mobile backend, securing the app, pushing notifications, and going offline using App Services features.

1. Building Cloud Connected Xamarin Apps
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9. http://bit.ly/XamPerformance

12. Demo: New App Experience

15. API Apps
Easily build and
consume APIs in the
cloud
Mobile Apps
Build Mobile apps
for any device
LOGIC Apps
Automate business process
across SaaS and on-
premises
One Integrated Offering
Web Apps
Web apps that scale
with your business
Functions
Listen and react to
events across your
stack

16. App Service Features &
Capabilities
All features and capabilities are shared across all of App Service application (Web, Mobile, and API)
Enterprise grade
Designed for secure mission-critical applications
Premium Tier
App Service Environments
Hybrid Connections / VPN Support
Scheduled Backup
Azure Active Directory Integration
Site Resiliency, HA, and DR
Web Jobs
Role Base Access Control
Audit / Compliance
Enterprise Migration
Client Certs
Redis Caching
IP Restrictions/ SSL
Web Sockets
SQL, MySQL, DocDB, & Mongo
Fully managed
Optimised for Availability and Automatic scale
Automated Deployment
AutoScale
Built-in Load Balancing
WW Datacenter Coverage
End Point Monitoring & Alerts
DR Site Support
WildCard Support
Dedicated IP address
HTTP Compression
WebJobs
Premium WordPress
Sticky Sessions
App Service Environment
Built for DevOps
Agility through Continuous Deployment
Remote Debugging w/ Visual Studio
Site Staging Slots
Traffic Routing
Continuous Integration/Deployment
Git, Visual Studio Online and GitHub
App & Site Diagnostics
OS & Framework Patching
Site Extensions Gallery
NET, PHP, Python, Node, Java
Framework Installer
Browser-based editing
Auto-Healing
Logging and Auditing
Admin-Site
Support Site Extension

17. Offline sync
Windows
iOS
Android
HTML 5/JS
Xamarin
PhoneGap
Sencha
Mobile SDKs
SQL MongoTables O365
Data Sync
Salesforce Dynamics On-Premises
Mobile
Apps Data Connections
WindowsChromeiOS OSX In-AppKindle
RESTAPI User Authentication
Push Notifications
Android
Facebook Twitter Microsoft Google Azure Active
Directory
Backend
Code

18. Demo: Creating an Azure Mobile App

19. Locking the door
Securing your App

21. Authentication Options
Google
Facebook
Twitter
Microsoft
Active Directory
AAD B2C

22. Demo: Securing our App

23. Push Notifications

25. Demo: Pushing to our App

26. the internets are down!
Going Offline

28. Demo: Going Offline

29. Benefits of
App
Services
• Automatic OS patching
• Enterprise-grade security
• High availability
• Automated scale out/in
• Built-in load balancing
• Supports many languages and platforms
• .NET, Node.js, Python, Ruby and many more
• Easy continuous deployment
• Continuous delivery from third-party source control
providers
• Built-in Git repo

31. Light-weight CPU Intensive Tasks
run.cmd, run.bat run.exe run.ps1 run.sh run.php run.py run.js
BlobTrigger, TableTrigger, QueueTrigger,
ServicebusTrigger
Scale: Singleton, Multi-instance
Job Type: On-Demand, Scheduled, Continuous
WebJobs SDK Feature:
Deployment: Portal, Visual Studio, CLI, Git

33. AutoScale

34. AutoScale

35. AutoScale

36. Demo: Site Slots

37. Other Azure
Services for
Xamarin Apps
• Azure Notification Hubs
• Azure Storage Library
• Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL)
• Office 365 / SharePoint SDKs
• Visual Studio Team Services
• Cognitive Services APIs
• HockeyApp

39. Try App Service Today
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https://tryappservice.azure.com

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Chris Risner
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