Azure Mobile Services Team Blog

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We are continually looking for ways to make it easier for you to stay on top of the latest product...

Date: 07/08/2014

Exposing MongoDB collections on the node.js backend

When we released the .NET backend, it came with native support for different kinds of storage layer:...

Date: 06/24/2014

Insert/Update data with 1:n relationship using .NET backend Azure Mobile Services

In the earlier post I have shown how you can read 1:n data from a mobile service. In this post I...

Date: 06/18/2014

Push Notifications to PhoneGap Apps using Notification Hubs Integration

PhoneGap (a distribution of the Apache Cordova project) is a free and open source framework that...

Date: 06/17/2014

Offline data sync in the Mobile Services iOS SDK

NOTE: this post is out of date. Please follow the tutorial Getting Started With Offline Data Sync....

Date: 06/11/2014

Fresh Updates to Azure Mobile Services .NET

Today we are rolling out a new set of updates to Azure Mobile Services .NET including: Better SQL...

Date: 06/07/2014

Enabling paging (with total count) for tables with custom read scripts in the node.js runtime

Quick post today. When we want to display a large number of rows from a table to the user, it’s...

Date: 06/04/2014

Real-time with ASP.NET SignalR and Azure Mobile .NET Backend

We just released an update for Azure Mobile Services .NET backend which enables you to use ASP.NET...

Date: 05/30/2014

Bring Your Own Database with the .NET Backend

Azure Mobile Services helps provision a database for you when you create a new mobile service. But...

Date: 05/27/2014

Retrieving data from 1:n relationship using .NET backend Azure Mobile Services

The .NET backend for Azure Mobile Services makes it easy to expose related tables via Entity...

Date: 05/27/2014

Tables with Integer Keys and the .NET Backend

A question I've seen asked a few times on our internal email lists "how to expose tables that have...

Date: 05/22/2014

Mapping between Database Types and Client Types in the .NET Backend using AutoMapper

Most of the samples showing how to use the .NET Backend have a single type that represents both the...

Date: 05/19/2014

Using Xamarin.iOS preview of Mobile Services offline

Before we start The steps below are for the Xamarin plugin for Visual Studio. If you're using...

Date: 05/13/2014

Offline preview support for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android

You may have seen our new preview feature for offline support for Azure Mobile Services for Windows...

Date: 05/13/2014

Using the Xamarin.Android preview of Mobile Services offline

Before we start The steps below are for the Xamarin plugin for Visual Studio. If you're using...

Date: 05/13/2014

Connecting to an external Database with Node.js backend in Azure Mobile Services

Azure Mobile Services has recently released the new Hybrid Connections feature that provides an easy...

Date: 05/12/2014

Fixing errors when publishing different projects to a .NET backend

Quick post today. A few people in our team (and one in the forums) have hit an issue for which the...

Date: 04/29/2014

Logging with the .NET backend for Azure Mobile Services

On the node.js version of mobile services, logging was done mostly via the node’s console object. In...

Date: 04/24/2014

Autofac and Azure Mobile Services .NET Backend

When creating an Azure Mobile Service .NET backend we automatically set up Autofac to deal with all...

Date: 04/19/2014

Creating MongoDB-backed tables in Azure Mobile Services with .NET backend

One of the advantages of the .NET backend for Azure Mobile Services is that it has out-of-the-box...

Date: 04/14/2014

Azure Mobile Services Managed Client SDK 1.3 alpha2

We released an update to v1.3 of Managed Client SDK. It has following changes: Bug fix for issue...

Date: 04/13/2014

Creating an Azure Mobile Services .NET backend from scratch

When learning a new feature I often like to understand the minimum pieces necessary to get it...

Date: 04/10/2014

Push Notifications Using Notification Hub and .NET Backend

When creating a Azure Mobile Service, a Notification Hub is automatically created as well enabling...

Date: 04/08/2014

Deep dive on the offline support in the managed client SDK

Last week we announced a new feature in the Azure Mobile Service SDK (managed code only for now):...

Date: 04/07/2014

Announcing Azure Mobile Service managed client SDK 1.3 alpha with Offline support

Today we’re pleased to announce pre-release version 1.3 of Azure Mobile Service managed client...

Date: 04/03/2014

What’s new in the Azure Mobile Services client SDKs 1.1.5 (and 1.1.4)

Last week we released the version 1.1.5 of all platforms of our client SDKs. Since we did not have a...

Date: 04/02/2014

Mobile Services node.js backend updates – Mar 30 2014

Here’s a list of some changes to the node.js runtime which went to production, in the version...

Date: 03/30/2014

Mobile Services .NET Backend Updates -- Mar 29 2014

We are pushing ahead hard with new features for the Mobile Services .NET backend – here are some of...

Date: 03/29/2014

Making it Yours: Configuring Mobile Services .NET Backend

The Azure Mobile Services .NET backend has a lot of flexibility in how you can configure and use it....

Date: 03/28/2014

Changes in the Azure Mobile Services JWT Token

When you authenticate with your Mobile Service using SDK, the server backend issues a Json Web Token...

Date: 03/19/2014

The .NET Backend Help Page and Test Client

When developing a .NET backend service for your Mobile Azure Service, it is often useful to be able...

Date: 03/16/2014

Debugging .NET Backend in Visual Studio

It’s good to be back blogging! We have been busy working on Azure Mobile Services and as you may...

Date: 03/14/2014

What’s new in Azure Mobile Services - 2014-02-24

Here’s what has been added in Azure Mobile Services: node.js runtime (version 0.1.6.2973)...

Date: 02/24/2014

Take advantage of native integration with Notification Hubs

SDK 1.1.4 has just been released for Windows Store and Phone 8, with support for push notifications...

Date: 02/21/2014

Mobile Services .NET support + Source Control

Yesterday we launched preview support for a .NET based Mobile Services backend (for more information...

Date: 02/21/2014

Source control credentials issue & fix

This is to inform you about a possible impact on "Windows Azure Mobile Services - source control...

Date: 02/13/2014

What’s new in Azure Mobile Services 0.1.6.2905

Those are some changes included in this week’s release: Synchronous version of the...

Date: 02/11/2014

What’s new in the Azure Mobile Services client SDKs 1.1.3

The version 1.1.3 for the following platforms have been released: Managed (C# / VB) New...

Date: 02/11/2014

Azure Active Directory Preview Updates

We would like to announce some updates relating to the preview of Windows Azure Active Directory as...

Date: 02/07/2014

What’s new in Azure Mobile Service 0.1.6.2830

These are the new features included in this week’s release: Package.json support with this you don’t...

Date: 01/20/2014

Support for package.json in Azure Mobile Services

If you have Source Control preview feature enabled then you can install custom npm modules in the...

Date: 01/20/2014

Changes to getIdentities()

Azure Mobile Services offers some great features for authenticating users of your application. After...

Date: 01/16/2014

What’s new in Azure Mobile Services 1.6.4461

These are the changes added to this week’s release: Startup scripts [preview] An extensibility point...

Date: 01/14/2014

New Startup Scripts Preview Feature in Azure Mobile Services

Azure Mobile Services today allows you to rapidly build mobile apps using table scripts and custom...

Date: 01/14/2014

What's new in Azure Mobile Services SDK 1.1.2

The major highlights for the 1.1.2 release are: iOS SDK: - Now is built to include the arm64...

Date: 01/14/2014

What’s new in Azure Mobile Services 1.6.4392

These are the new features enabled this week: Enhanced users feature [preview] Table and custom API...

Date: 12/16/2013

What's new in Azure Mobile Services SDK 1.1.1

These are the major highlights for 1.1.1 SDK: iOS SDK: - Now has built in support for retrieving the...

Date: 12/06/2013

Operation Logs

Operation Logs is a Windows Azure Management portal feature which allows you to view historical logs...

Date: 11/26/2013

Add Column

With the latest update, you can now add columns to your tables through the portal. To add a column...

Date: 11/25/2013

What's new in Azure Mobile Services 1.6.4247

These are the new features enabled this week: New table format: string id, system properties,...

Date: 11/24/2013

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