Session Objectives and Takeaways
What is Mobile Services?
What are the components?
Where to get the tools
How to get started
Why Mobile Services?
• Apps are everywhere• Where’s the Data• Who’s using it• Minimize custom code• Speed to market
Where does it run?
• Web• Windows• Android• iOS• Windows Phone• etc…
Data Svc
Data
Identity
Connected Patterns
• Create a Data Store• Add services• Host it somewhere• Make it work
Data Svc
Data
Identity
Data Services
Scenarios
• Modern Mobile ApplicationsWindows Store, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, HTML
• Common ScenariosReduce the friction and work required by providing solutions to patterns to work with authentication, push notification, structured storage and more
• Rapid DevelopmentProvision and deploy solutions in minutes rather than days or weeks
What is Mobile Services?
AuthData
Server Logic
Scale
Logging
Diagnostics
Notifications
To get started…
• Windows Azure subscription• Database for storing information– SQL Azure for rapid provisioning and
deployment– Dynamic Schema
• Service configuration and scaling– Scripting on data– Identity and notifications
• SDK to enable identity and notifications
Get the toolsProvision a mobile
serviceNew application
Code to instantiate Mobile Services
• In Application object add code to create an instance of your Mobile Service
• Call methods to operate on the service…i.e.
public static MobileServiceClient MobileService = new MobileServiceClient( "https://demoapp123.azure-mobile.net/", "OxxAAAAbbbCCCCCddEEEfffGGGh12345" );
private void ButtonSave_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { var todoItem = new TodoItem { Text = TodoInput.Text }; InsertTodoItem(todoItem); }
Storage
• SQL Database partitioned by schema–Appx.ToDoItem–Appy.ToDoItem
• Manage data by standard SQL tools– SQL Management Studio– Portal–REST API–CLI Tools
Work with SQL
• Tables created in portal• Dynamic SQL Enabled• Create poco classes and
persist as tables
Working with Data
Identity
• Use existing identity providers like Oauth– Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.
• Authorize to work with data • Table options– Everyone– With application key– Authenticated users– Admins
Add code to trigger authentication
private MobileServiceUser user; private async System.Threading.Tasks.Task Authenticate() { while (user == null) { string message; try { user = await App.MobileService .LoginAsync(MobileServiceAuthenticationProvider.Facebook); message = string.Format("You are now logged in - {0}", user.UserId); } catch (InvalidOperationException) { message = "You must log in. Login Required"; } MessageBox.Show(message); } }
Working with Identity
Server logic
• Scheduled jobs• Notification services• Diagnostics, logging and scale
Diagnostics, Logging and Scale
• Diagnostics– API calls– CPU Time– Data Out
• Logging– console.error(…)– console.log(…)– …
Scale - ComputeScale out instance countScale up VM size
Scale - StorageScale out mobile service tenant to dedicated SQL DBScale up SQL DB
Pricing during Preview
reserved mode
service level agreements
PreviewNo availability SLA*
General Availability99.9%
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 Database
Private VM - Small instance is the only size available
Free - unlimited inbound data. 165MB outbound data/day, excess charged.
Pay - SQL Database, Compute same reduced rate as Web Sites i.e 33% discount, excess outbound transfers starting at $0.12/GB
Up to 100 applications
shared mode
Summary
• Learn and understand the patterns for connected applications
• Use available tools and technologies to make it simpler
• Try Azure Mobile Services today for FREE!http://aka.ms/AzureTrialMB
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