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So say my kids . . . and what they say goes . – Bruce Johnson. www.it-ebooks.info ABOUT THE AUTHOR BRUCE JOHNSONɄis a partner at ObjectSharp Consulting and a 30-year veteran of the computer industry. ॡ e fi rst third of his career was spent doing “real work,” otherwise known as coding in the UNIX world. But for almost 20 years, he has been working on projects that are at the leading edge of Windows technology, from C++ through Visual Basic to C#, and from thick client applications to websites to services. As well as having fun with building systems, Bruce has spoken hundreds of times at conferences andbuser groups throughout North America. He has been a Microso॑ Certifi ed Trainer (MCT) for the past three years and he is a co-president of the Metro Toronto .NET User Group. He has wri॔ enbcolumns and articles for numerous magazines. 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Azure To create your mobile service, look for the Mobile Services icon and click it 9 www.it-ebooks.info   CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS At the time of writing, Windows Azure Mobile Services was still in preview mode So if you can’t find the Mobile Services icon, you need to activate the feature first Navigate to https:// account.windowsazure.com/PreviewFeatures, locate the Mobile Services. .. the Windows Azure series of books that is published by Wiley) is to change that perception By presenting a soup-to-nuts look at what Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) has to offer, the goal is to provide you with enough information to either start using it immediately, or to put it into your development toolbox WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Windows Azure Mobile Services is for any developer who is new to Windows. .. answering any questions I had — Bruce Johnson www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE WINDOWS AZURE BOOK SERIES INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE MOBILE SERVICES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS What Is Azure? xv xvii 1 2 A Brief History of Azure 2 Windows Azure Features 3 Execution Model Data Storage Connectivity Authentication Messaging 3 5 6 7 8 And Now, Back to... Services by Bruce Johnson, MVP, Partner, ObjectSharp Consulting ➤ Windows Azure Web Sites by James Chambers, Product & Community Development Manager, LogiSense www.it-ebooks.info INTRODUCTION TO THE WINDOWS AZURE BOOK SERIES ➤ Windows Azure Data Storage Simon Hart, So ware Architect, Microso ➤ Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud by Danny Garber, Windows Azure Solution Architect, Microso; Jamal Malik, Business Solution... information you need to put Windows Azure to use for you But as you continue to look to other Azure components to add to your infrastructure, don’t forget to check out the other books in the series to see what topics might be helpful e books in the series are: ➤ Windows Azure and ASP.NET MVC Migration by Benjamin Perkins, Senior Support Escalation Engineer, Microso ➤ Windows Azure Mobile Services by Bruce... platforms, you might find the classes provided by the SDK useful You can download the SDKs from http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/ downloads xviii www.it-ebooks.info INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE MOBILE SERVICES Along with these tools, you also need to have a Windows Azure account in order to create your mobile service You can find the necessary steps to get a trial account (presuming you don’t already have... Introduction and Fundamental Concepts IN THIS CHAPTER: ➤ Learn how Windows Azure evolved from its early days as a moderately useful product to become the collection of services that form the heart of Microsoft’s online functionality ➤ Understand the different products and services that exist under the Windows Azure banner ➤ Create your first Windows Azure Mobile Service e concept of “cloud computing” has taken... one topic As you go further into Azure, you can pick and choose what makes sense for you from the other books that are available Constructing your knowledge using these books is like building blocks Which is just the same manner that Azure was designed Bruce Johnson Azure Book Series Editor xvi www.it-ebooks.info INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE MOBILE SERVICES WINDOWS AZURE has had a brief, yet interesting... Directory domain? Even that is easily within reach WHAT IS AZURE? From that brief introduction, it’s readily apparent that a number of components make up Windows Azure is section discusses where Azure has come from and what the pieces of Azure actually are A Brief History of Azure It all started in a small 5000-wa radio station… No, that’s not it Windows Azure was first announced at PDC 2008 Initially, it... through Windows Azure eues ough it is not exclusively an Azure concept (and that should not be a surprise to you), queues do form the backbone of the computational elements in Cloud Services eues are used to pass messages between the Web and Worker roles, which fits nicely into the scalability model that Cloud Services supports Service Bus e Windows Azure Service Bus performs a function similar to Windows . 126 www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Windows Azure ® Mobile Services www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Windows Azure ® Mobile Services Bruce Johnson www.it-ebooks.info Windows Azure ® Mobile Services Published. 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