Building iOS Apps with Windows Azure Mobile Services Chris Risner Technical Evangelist Microsoft

Windows Azure Mobile Services Data Push Notifications Auth Scheduler Diagnostics & Scale Agenda

Windows Azure Mobile Services are ideal for: Modern mobile apps Reduces the friction associated with repeating common tasks such as user authentication, push notifications, and structured storage Rapid Development Time is money. Get your app up and running sooner when you use Mobile Services to configure a straightforward and secure backend in less than five minutes. Apps requiring structured data Seamlessly connect to a Windows Azure SQL database for simple data management and dynamically created tables. Easy to set and manage permissions.

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Supported Modules + Globals mssql request console push tables statusCodes mssql.query('select top 1 * from statusupdates', { success: function(results) { console.log(results); } );

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

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Pricing during Preview Shared Instance Small instance is the only size available Free - 10 applications with unlimited inbound data. Capped max of 165MB outbound data/day Pay - SQL

Pricing Example: 10 x Mobile Services on shared instances 100MB SQL Database $5 / Month Note: Free Egress is per subscription, not per mobile service

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