backend as a service

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WindowsForum.com discussions on backend as a service focus on Microsoft's Windows Azure Mobile Services, a hosted backend platform that provides app developers with cloud-based data storage, authentication, and push notifications for mobile and Windows Store applications. The tag covers the public preview of Azure Mobile Services, which simplifies adding cloud backends to apps with minimal code. Topics include integrating SQL databases, APIs, and server services to connect devices and apps. This BaaS offering from Microsoft competes in the mobile cloud services space, enabling rapid development of cloud-connected mobile experiences.
  1. Windows Azure Mobile Services Public Preview: Fast Cloud Backends for Mobile Apps

    Microsoft has opened the public preview of Windows Azure Mobile Services, a hosted backend platform designed to give app developers a cloud-ready, code-light way to add data, authentication, and push notifications to mobile and Windows Store applications in minutes. Background Windows Azure...