Azure Mobile Services Team Blog
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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NOTE: this post is out of date.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