Azure Mobile Services Documentation

Azure Mobile Services has been deprecated. This documentation is a copy of the documentation at the point at which the service was deprecated. No further updates will be made to these documents.

This service has been superseded by Azure App Service Mobile Apps. We recommend using Azure Mobile Apps for all new mobile backend deployments. Read this announcement to learn more about the pending deprecation of this service.

Learn about migrating your site to Azure App Service. Get started with Azure Mobile Apps, see the Azure Mobile Apps documentation center.

List of documents (from the original left-hand navigation)

Additional documents can be accessed by browsing the directory.

• Get started

  • Get started with iOS
  • Get started with Xamarin Android
  • Get started with Xamarin iOS
  • Get started with Android
  • Get started with Windows

• Store data

  • Connect your app to Table storage
  • Connect your app to DocumentDB
  • Connect your app to an on-premise SQL Database
  • Connect your app to an existing SQL Database

• Enable offline & Sync

  • Sync your app data and work offline
  • Handle conflicts with offline data Sync

• Authentication users

  • Add Active Directory authentication to your app
  • Add Facebook, Google or Twitter authentication to your app
  • Add custom authentication to your app

• Send push notifications

  • Add push notifications to your app
  • Send push notifications to authenticated users
  • Send personalized and localized push notifications
  • Troubleshoot sending push

• How to manage

  • Define a custom endpoint
  • Use multiple clients with a single mobile service
  • Build scalable apps that talk to Azure SQL database
  • Prepare for disaster recovery

• Automate

  • Deploy and manage a mobile service using command-line Tools
  • Deploy a mobile service using source control
  • Execute backend tasks on a schedule