In this presentation you will see how to use Windows Azure Mobile Services to add structured storage, integrated authentication and even Push Notifications to your Windows 8 Store app in minutes. This was presented March 16, 2014 at the Windows Azure Cloud Camp hosted by the London .NET Developers group in London, Ontario, Canada.

2. Agenda

3. What is Mobile Services?

5. Structured Storage
Powered by SQL Database
Same DB – Multiple Mobile Services
Data management in
Windows Azure Portal
SQL Portal, SQL Management Studio
REST API
CLI Tools

6. The REST API
Action HTTP Verb URL Suffix
Create POST /TodoItem
Read GET /TodoItem?$filter=id%3D42
Update PATCH /TodoItem/id
Delete DELETE /TodoItem/id
https://Mobileservice.azure-mobile.net/tables/*

7. JSON to SQL Type Mappings
JSON Value T-SQL Type
Numeric values (integer,
decimal, floating point)
Float(53)
Boolean Bit
DateTime DateTimeOffset(3)
String Nvarchar(max)

8. Server Side Scripts
Customizing logic on the server

9. Node Modules
Extensibility through numerous included modules

11. Push Notification Lifecycle Overview

12. Push Notifications

14. Auth*

15. The User object
User.level
User.userId
User.getIdentities()

17. More on script options: Custom API
Non-table based scripts
Accessible from
Get
Post
Put
Patch
Delete
Same permissions as tables

19. Diagnostics, Logging, Scale
Diagnostics
API calls
CPU Time
Data Out
Logging
console.error(…)
console.log(…)
Scale - Compute
Scale - Storage

20. Service Scale
Free
500K API calls per subscription per month
Standard
1.5M API calls per unit per month
Premium
15M API calls per unit per month

22. Mobile Services Tiers
General Availability
99.9%
Free Standard Premium
Usage
Restrictions
Up to 10 services,
Up to 500 Active Devices*
N/A N/A
API Calls 500K
(per subscription)
1.5M
(per unit)
15M
(per unit)
Scale N/A Up to 6
Standard units
Up to 10
Enterprise units
Scheduled
Jobs
Limited Included Included
SQL Database
(required)
20MB Included,
Standard rates apply
for more capacity
20MB Included,
Standard rates apply
for more capacity
20MB Included,
Standard rates apply
for more capacity

23. Windows Azure Mobile Services

24. Resources
Videos, Tutorials, Code Samples and More
http://www.windowsazure.com/mobile
Microsoft Virtual Academy
http://bit.ly/1hYwvaq
Get a Windows Azure Free Trial Account
http://www.windowsazure.com
Help with Mobile Services
Windows Azure Mobile Services Forum
mobileservices@microsoft.com

25. Questions?
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