azure mobile services .net backend
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Azure Mobile Services
Mobile Services <3 Web API
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Filip EkbergC# MVP
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Agenda› Quick re-cap: What is Azure Mobile Services?
› The .NET Backend for Mobile Services
› Offline Data
› Alternative Data Stores
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What is Azure Mobile Services?
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Scalable backend in the cloud› Runs in Azure
› Backed by Node.JS
› Dynamic data schema
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Cross-platform capabilities› iOS
› Android
› .NET
› REST API
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Push Notifications› Windows Store
› Windows Phone
› Android
› iOS
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Authentication & Authorization› Microsoft Account
› AD
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The .NET Backend for Mobile Services
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Powerful backend with WebAPI
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Host Anywhere
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Cross-Platform capabilities
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Debugging in the cloud
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DemoUsing WebAPI and Mobile Services
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Going Offline
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Different connectivity patterns› Always connected with High-Speed Internet
› Always connected with Mobile Internet Connection
› Occasionally Connected
› Barely Connected
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We need to cater for all connectivity patterns
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Delivering data costs money!
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Managing Offline Data
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Out of the box support for SQLite
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Synchronizing Data
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Handling concurrency
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Who wins in a collision?
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Concurrency Strategies
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Optimistic Concurrency› No locks!
› Notified about conflicts
› Ask the end-user which version to take?
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Advanced Conflict Resolution› Can we merge data?
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DemoTaking Data Offline
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Alternative Data Stores
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Use your on-premises solution
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Supports a wide range of stores
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DemoGoing offline with SQL Server &
MongoDB
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Summary› Mobile Services just got a whole lot more powerful
› Create a powerful backend using WebAPI
› We can easily debug our WebAPI once in the cloud
› Offline data let’s us cater for all usage patterns
› Support for a wide range of different data stores
› Synchronization problems(collisions) can be handled
in multiple ways
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Questions?
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Thank you!
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