Mobile Services Recap

Windows Azure Mobile Services

Multi-Platform Apps

You don’t need a different Mobile Service for each platform!

Connect them all!

Cross-Platform Support

Multi-Device Push

Single Platform Push Notifications

Multi-Platform Push Notifications

Don’t forget to check the response on error (or getFeedback for APNS) Also, check out Delivering Push Notifications to Millions of Devices –

Virtual Tables

Create a table Use it’s endpoint Don’t call request.Execute

Custom API

Custom API Demo

Talking to Azure Storage

It’s doable It’s not perfect Scripts and the Azure module

Reading Tables

Reading Table Rows

Creating Containers

Reading and “Creating” Blobs

Storage Demo

Talking REST

ActionHTTP VerbURL Suffix CreatePOST/TodoItem RetrieveGET/TodoItem?$filter=id%3D42 UpdatePATCH/TodoItem/id DeleteDELETE/TodoItem/id

JSON ValueT-SQL Type Numeric values (integer, decimal, floating point) Float BooleanBit DateTimeDateTimeOffset(3) StringNvarchar(max)

Postman & Runscope Demo

Sending s

Sending an

Setting up SendGrid Demo

The CLI

It’s awe SOME

CLI Demo

Service Filters and DelegatingHandlers

Client side Intercepts requests Intercepts responses

Sending Version Info with Each Request

DelegatingHandlers are Service Filters

Script Versioning

Checking the Version in Scripts

For more on versioning, check out Going Live and Beyond with Windows Azure Mobile Services 10:30 am

Talking Twitter

v1 is dead v1.1 is hard

Part 1: The Helpers

Part 2: The Work (part 1)

Part 2.2: The Work

That was terrible Do this

The Easy Way

Script Source Control

Enable on dashboard Creates Git repo Changes push from client

Shared Scripts

require(‘jsfile.js'); *Need a config change on update (for now)

Auth Part 1: Custom

Pass creds in Validate Hash your salt Create a JWT

Part 1: The Helpers

Part 2: The Work

Part 3: Signing In

…or just use Auth0 Check out Who’s that User? – 2pm

Auth Part 2: Identity Caching

Storing Credentials in.NET

Getting and Setting Credentials

Auth Part 3: Expired Tokens

DelegationHandlers (again)

ServiceFilter (iOS)

Auth Demo

One-to-Many

Client Server

Client

Server 1

Server 2

Remember API call #s when considering client side one-to-many

Paging Data

Client Server

Client

Server Scripts

On-Prem

Secure Site-to-Site Network Connectivity Windows Azure Virtual Network Data Synchronization SQL Data Sync Application-Layer Connectivity & Messaging Service Bus Secure Point-to-Site Network Connectivity Windows Azure Virtual Network

On-premises Your datacenter Individual computers behind corporate firewall Route-based VPN Windows Azure Virtual Network DNS Server VPN Gateway

On-premises Your datacenter Hardware VPN or Windows RRAS Windows Azure Virtual Network DNS Server VPN Gateway Extend your premises to the cloud securely On-ramp for migrating services to the cloud Use your on-prem resources in Azure (monitoring, AD, …)

Pricing

$ Preview No availability SLA Shared (multitenant environment) Small instance is the only size available; multiple may be purchased First 10 Mobile Services are free, with no plans to start charging Reserved (private VM) Small instance is the only size available; multiple may be purchased Charge for Preview will be at the same reduced rate as Web Sites Up to 100 Mobile Services

$ General Availability 99.9% FreeStandardPremium PriceFree (up to 10 services/month) $25 USD/mo (per unit*) $199 USD/mo (per unit*) API Calls500K (per subscription) 1.5M (per unit) 15M (per unit) Active Devices100 (per subscription) 5K (per unit) 100K (per unit) ScaleN/AUp to 6 Standard units Up to 10 Enterprise units Scheduled JobsLimitedIncluded 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