Azure Mobile Services

1. Get Started Azure
An Introduction to Azure
Mobile Services
SENTHAMIL SELVAN
13 JAN 2015

2. 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

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4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Security & Authentication
• Application Key
• Master Key
Security
• Microsoft Account
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Google
Authentication

9. 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

10. Pricing
FREE 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 Notifications
Notification 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

11. 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/