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Get Started Azure An Introduction to Azure Mobile ServicesSENTHAMIL SELVAN
13 JAN 2015
Agenda
About Me
What is Azure Mobile Services?
Concepts
Supported Platforms
Data Storage & Access
Security & Authentication
How to set up?
Sample Mobile Application
Pricing
Resources
Senthamil Selvan
Microsoft MVP (Windows Consumer Apps)
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What is Azure Mobile Services?
Mobile Services is an Azure service offering designed to make it easy to create highly-functional mobile apps using Azure. Mobile Services brings together a set of Azure services that enable backend capabilities for your apps.
Mobile Services provides the following facilities in Azure to support your apps:
◦ Simple provisioning and management of tables for storing app data. ◦ Integration with notification services to deliver push notifications to your app.◦ Integration with well-known identity providers for authentication.◦ Granular control for authorizing access to tables.◦ Custom business logic on the server.◦ Integration with other cloud services.◦ Supports the ability to scale a mobile service instance.◦ Service monitoring and logging.
Mobile Services provides a client library for each supported platform, which makes it even easier to develop apps on your platform that consume Mobile Services.
Concepts
•This kind of mobile service is implemented as a ASP.NET Web API project. Backend code is implemented as Web API controllers
.NET backend
•A unique value that is generated by Mobile Services, distributed with your app, and presented in client-generated requests.
Application key
•The access token that is generated by Mobile Services after a user is authenticated
Authentication token
•External service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft Account, or Azure Active Directory, that is used to authenticate users of your mobile service
Identity provider
•This kind of mobile service is implemented as a node.js service. Backend code is written as JavaScript
JavaScript backend
•The minimum authentication level needed to invoke a table operation or custom API
Permission
•Service-initiated message that is sent to a registered device or user using Azure Notification Hubs
Push notification
•The ability to add, for an additional cost, more processing power, performance, and storage as your app becomes more popular
Scale
•Custom code that is run either on a pre-determined schedule or on-demand
Scheduled job
•Custom business logic code in a JavaScript backend mobile service. This code is registered to a table operation (read, insert, update, delete), custom API, or a scheduled job
Server script
•User data is stored in tables in a SQL Database. You can create these tables in the Management Portal
Table
Supported Platforms and Features
Platforms
IOS
Android
Windows Phone
Windows 8
HTML/JavaScript
PhoneGap
Xamarin
Features Data and queries Push Notifications Authendication Server-side scripts Custom API Offline sync Mass push Git integration
Data Storage & Access
Data Storage
SQL Database
Use New / Existing Database
Table Structure
Mongo DB
Data Access
REST API
OData Interface
GET, POST,PATCH, DELETE
Client SDK
Security & Authentication
• Application Key
• Master Key
Security
• Microsoft Account
Authentication
Demo – Azure Mobile Service
Signup Azure
Account
Login To Azure Portal
Navigate to
Mobile Services
Create New
Service
Add New Table
Create New App
Update App with
Client Code
Test the App
PricingFREE 1 BASIC STANDARD
Price 2 Free
(up to 10 services / month)
$14.99 / month
per unit
$139.99 / month
per unit
API Calls 2 500 K 1.5 M / unit 15 M / unit
Active Devices 3 500 Unlimited Unlimited
Scale N/A Up to 6 units Unlimited units
Push NotificationsNotification Hubs Free Tier included,
up to 1 M pushes
Notification Hubs Basic Tier
included,
up to 10 M pushes
Notification Hubs Standard Tier
included,
up to 10 M pushes
Real time messaging & Web Sockets Limited 350 / mobile service Unlimited
Offline synchronizations Limited Included Included
Scheduled jobs 4 Limited Included Included
SQL Database 5
(required)
20 MB included,
Standard rates apply for additional
capacity
20 MB included,
Standard rates apply for additional
capacity
20 MB included,
Standard rates apply for additional
capacity
CPU capacity 60 minutes / day Unlimited Unlimited
Outbound data transfer 165 MB / day Included Included
Resources
Documentation◦ http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/mobile-services/
Authentication◦ http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/mobile-services-windows-phone-get-started-
users/
Adding Mobile Service (VS 2013)◦ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/dn263180.aspx
Push Notification◦ http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/mobile-services-javascript-backend-
windows-phone-get-started-push/
