This document discusses using cloud backends for mobile apps. It promotes Azure Mobile Services and Telerik Backend Services as options. Azure Mobile Services allows adding a cloud backend in minutes to reach users on any mobile platform and send push notifications at scale. Telerik Backend Services provides cloud-based RESTful services for storing relational data and files, sending cross-platform push notifications, and social authentication. Demos are presented on using Azure Mobile Services and Telerik Backend Services for backend functionality in mobile apps.

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2. Cloud Backend for your Mobile Apps!
Samidip Basu .. Jeez, just Sam
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3. Z Why Cloud?

4. Z Why Cloud?

5. Z Cloud Computing Offerings
Always evaluate your needs | Compare providers

6. Z BaaS

7. Z Azure Mobile Services
Why ZuMo? – Azure + Mobile
Thin veneer over most things you already do on Azure!

8. Z Azure Mobile Services – Benefits!
Add a cloud backend in minutes
Reach every user on any Mobile platform
Push Notifications to millions
Make your app social
Scale on demand with global availability & reach

9. Z Zumo – Under the covers
REST API
Connected Apps
Windows Store
iOS
Android
Windows Phone 8
iOS
Android
HTML 5/JS

10. Z Zumo – The BreakDown!
Data
Users
Push
Services

11. Z Demos!
Why use Azure + Mobile Services
Let’s dig into some BaaS goodness!

12. Telerik Backend Services
 Cloud-based RESTful services to augment your mobile apps
 Store relational data + files with ease
 Easy X-Plat Push Notifications to iOS, Android, Windows 8/Windows Phone
 Social auth through MSFT/Google/Facebook/Twitter or ADFS
 Built-in data connectors for on-premise DB
 Cloud code for server execution
 Supports any platform with SDKs
 Responsive images
 One portal

13. Telerik Backend Services

14. Telerik Backend Services – Demo!

15. Thank you!
Cloud Backend | Questions?
Samidip Basu Microsoft MVP, MS, MCPD, CAPM
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