Developing Mobile Solutions with Azure & Windows Phone

Chris WoodruffDirector, Perficient

Level: Intermediate

Who am I?

Chris Woodruff

MVP, Visual C#

Director at Perficient

Co-host of Deep Fried Bytes Podcast

@cwoodruff / cwoodruff@live.com / Skype: cwoodruff

Talk Goals

• Overview of SQL Azure Mobile Services• Understand Benefits of SQL Azure Mobile Services• Introduction to Azure Mobile Services• Demo Azure Mobile Services• Understand Mobile Services Push Notifications• Demo Mobile Services Push Notifications• Why does Windows Azure Mobile Services benefit your projects?• Wrap Up

Overview of SQL Azure Mobile Services

Overview of SQL Azure Mobile Services

Azure MobileServices

SQL Azure Database

Understand Benefits of SQL Azure Mobile Services

Storage

Authentication

Push Notifications

Introduction to Azure Mobile Services

DEMOIntroduction to Azure Mobile Services

Understand Authenticated Storage with Mobile Services1. Request a Shared Access Signature

(SAS) from your service

2. SAS returned from your service

3. Upload blob (image/video/binary data) directly to Blob Storage using the SAS

4. Storage service returns response

Understand Mobile Services Push Notifications

DEMOMobile Services Push Notifications

Why does Windows Azure Mobile Services benefit your projects?

Cross-Platform

Efficient

Simplicity

Reuse

• Use Fiddler to see your Json data from your Azure Services access point.

Best Practice

• For development purposes you can turn table permission to “Everyone” no not to share App Key before production.

• The App Key is not a hashed password so no danger if key is exposed.

Best Practice

WRAP UPIDEAS

Productive

Innovation

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