Talk at DevLink 2013 This session will cover the basics of creating a mobile service, exposing the data through the service and consuming this data in a Windows Store application. We will cover CRUD operations and push notifications as well as securing of the services. Learning objectives 1. Create a mobile service that exposes data to the applications 2. Securing the data 3. Using services for push notifications.

1. AZURE MOBILE SERVICES
USING AZURE MOBILE SERVICES IN WINDOWS STORE XAML APPLICATIONS
SERGEY BARSKIY
ARCHITECT, TYLER TECHNOLOGIES
MICROSOFT MVP

2. CONCEPT
• FAIRLY NEW CONCEPT - BAAS
• BACKEND AS A SERVICE

3. WHY / VALUE PROPOSITION
• SIMPLIFIES SERVICES HOSTING AND DEVELOPMENT
• CLIENT CROSS PLATFORM SUPPORT
• CLIENT SIDE TOOLING AND LIBRARIES

4. PRICING
• FREE (SHARED) HOSTING
• RESERVED
• AZURE DATABASE FEES SEPARATE
• FREE 20 MB DATABASE INCLUDED

5. KEY FEATURES
• BACKED BY AZURE – SCALABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY
• STORAGE (BACKED BY AZURE DATABASE, AKA SQL SERVER IN THE CLOUD)
• INTEGRATION WITH BLOB STORAGE
• AUTHENTICATION / SECURITY
• PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

6. ADDITIONAL FEATURES
• BATCH JOBS
• CUSTOM SERVICES / API
• EMAILS (SENDGRID)
• CUSTOMIZE SERVER SIDE CODE, IF NECESSARY

7. WALKTHROUGH
• CREATE NEW SERVICE
• CREATE TABLE(S)
• DOWNLOAD PROJECT
• CRUD OPERATIONS
• AUTHENTICATION
• PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
• EMAIL

8. QUESTIONS
• MORE INFORMATION
• HTTP://WWW.WINDOWSAZURE.COM/EN-US/DEVELOP/MOBILE/
• SERGEY@BARSKIY.COM
• HTTP://DOTNETSPEAK.COM