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 Framework. However, related entities are not returned by default – for example, if you retrieve the list of...
View ArticleBring Your Own Database with the .NET Backend
Azure Mobile Services helps provision a database for you when you create a new mobile service. But what if you want to connect to your own, existing SQL Azure database with the .NET backend? For...
View ArticleReal-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 SignalR for real-time, bi-directional communications with your mobile applications. SignalR will use...
View ArticleEnabling paging (with total count) for tables with custom read scripts in the...
Quick post today. When we want to display a large number of rows from a table to the user, it’s often impractical to load all of the data at once. Loading it all may strain the device memory, or it may...
View ArticleFresh Updates to Azure Mobile Services .NET
Today we are rolling out a new set of updates to Azure Mobile Services .NET including: Better SQL Azure database initializers, Using local config settings, and Detecting when the service is unhealthy....
View ArticleOffline 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NOTE: this post is out of date.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. We’ve just released a preview version of the Azure Mobile Services SDK for iOS with offline...
View ArticlePush Notifications to PhoneGap Apps using Notification Hubs Integration
PhoneGap (a distribution of the Apache Cordova project) is a free and open source framework that makes it easier to create app for key mobile device platforms using standardized web APIs, HTML and...
View ArticleInsert/Update data with 1:n relationship using .NET backend Azure Mobile...
In the earlier post I have shown how you can read 1:n data from a mobile service. In this post I will show how to insert and update that data. Write operations need more control because you need to...
View ArticleExposing MongoDB collections on the node.js backend
When we released the .NET backend, it came with native support for different kinds of storage layer: SQL (via Entity Framework), Azure Table Storage and MongoDB. The node.js backend has always...
View ArticleWe’re Moving To The Microsoft Azure Blog
We are continually looking for ways to make it easier for you to stay on top of the latest product releases, resources, tools and news around Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure in general....
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