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Agenda

What is Mobile Services?

Structured Storage

The REST API ActionHTTP VerbURL Suffix CreatePOST/TodoItem ReadGET/TodoItem?$filter=id%3D42 UpdatePATCH/TodoItem/id DeleteDELETE/TodoItem/id

JSON to SQL Type Mappings JSON ValueT-SQL Type Numeric values (integer, decimal, floating point) Float(53) BooleanBit DateTimeDateTimeOffset(3) StringNvarchar(max)

Server Side Scripts Customizing logic on the server

Node Modules Extensibility through numerous included modules

Push Notification Lifecycle Overview Windows Phone (1) (2) (3) (1)

Push Notifications

Auth*

The User object

Custom API Non-table based scripts Accessible from Get Post Put Patch Delete Same permissions as tables

Using the Scheduler Execute scripts on a schedule Execute scripts on demand Frequency and length of execution based off of service level Ideal for backend data processing

Script Source Control Handled through GIT repo Access to table, scheduler, custom API, shared scripts, and permissions Shared Scripts Make scripts accessible from other scripts Just like creating Node.js modules NPM Ability to use ‘npm install module’ to download NPM modules

Command Line Tools Scriptable control from PowerShell / Bash

Diagnostics, Logging, Scale

Service Scale Free 500K API calls per subscription per month Standard 1.5M API calls per unit per month Premium 15M API calls per unit per month

Mobile Services Tiers $ General Availability 99.9% FreeStandardPremium Usage Restrictions Up to 10 services, Up to 500 Active Devices* N/A API Calls500K (per subscription) 1.5M (per unit) 15M (per unit) ScaleN/AUp to 6 Standard units Up to 10 Enterprise units Scheduled Jobs LimitedIncluded 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

Windows Azure Mobile Services

Resources Get a Windows Azure Free Trial Account Videos, Tutorials, and More Source code on GitHub Contact Details Feature Requests

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API Authorization RESTAPIRESTAPI SCRIPTSSCRIPTS SECURITYSECURITY AdminApp KeyEveryone APP Key? Master Key? 403 on deny

Authenticated Users APP RESTAPIRESTAPI SCRIPTSSCRIPTS SECURITYSECURITY Valid User ID + Token

OAuth Authentication Flow