Get up and running with Windows Azure Mobile Services
Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) is a turn-key backend solution for applications, mobile or otherwise, to utilize structured storage in the cloud. It includes basic data access functionality and built-in authentication with Microsoft Account, Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as push notification to the client app. This compact, to the point book gives you just what you need to get up and running with these tools.
Demonstrates how to add, update, delete and retrieve data using standard .NET classes or REST-based requests
Describes how Windows Azure Mobile Services supports authentication of the user and looks at the mechanism used to authenticate the user
Features a number of examples that show how the WAMS scripting capability can be used to meet real-world business needs
Examines the limits of Windows Azure Mobile Services, including scalability, database integration, and redundancy options
This book shows you exactly how to take advantage of the functionality offered by Windows Azure Mobile Services.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE WINDOWS AZUREBOOK SERIES xv INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE MOBILE SERVICES xvii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 1
What Is Azure? 2
A Brief History of Azure 2
Windows Azure Features 3
Execution Model 3
Data Storage 5
Connectivity 6
Authentication 7
Messaging 8
And Now, Back to Our Show 8
Setting Up WAMS 9
Generating a Sample Application 13
Summary 16
CHAPTER 2: CREATING AND MANIPULATING DATA 17
The Data Model 18
Client-Side Functionality 26
Summary 38
CHAPTER 3: MOBILE SERVICES VALIDATION 39
Adding Server-Side Scripts 39
Inserting Data 42
Updating Data 43
Deleting Data 44
Retrieving Data 45
The User Object 47
Common Scenarios 48
Summary 57
CHAPTER 4: AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS IN WAMS 58
Federated Authentication 58
Setting Up the Authentication Providers 61
Configuring Your Service for Authentication 72
Authentication on the Client Side 74
Troubleshooting Authentication 77
Summary 78
CHAPTER 5: USING REST TO ACCESS WAMS DATA 79
Representational State Transfer 79
GET 80
POST 80
PUT 81
DELETE 81
REST and WAMS 82
Authentication in REST 88
Summary 92
CHAPTER 6: PUSH NOTIFICATIONS 93
Registering Your Application 95
Windows Notification Services 95
Google Cloud Messaging 98
Apple Push Notification Services 99
Configuring Your Mobile Service 100
The Mechanics of Push Notifications 101
Requesting a Channel 101
Sending Notifications 104
Summary 106
CHAPTER 7: ADVANCED SCRIPTING 107
Auditing Updates 107
Supporting Other Data Types 109
Supporting Arrays 113
Additional User Information 118
Facebook 118
Google 119
Microsoft Account 120
Twitter 120
Scheduling Tasks 121
Summary 125
CHAPTER 8: ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 126
Scaling WAMS 126
Horizontal versus Vertical Scaling? 127
Using an Existing Database 130
Monitoring WAMS 133
Summary 136
