facebook and mobile apps on azure

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Presentatino given at the Microsoft Big Picture events

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Page 1: Facebook and Mobile Apps on Azure
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Facebook and Mobile AppsBuild what clients want with Windows Azure

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About me

Tim BuntelAzure Platform Product

Manager@tbuntel

[email protected]

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Almost every new app…

“Social”• Actually a

Facebook app• Utilising FB

features• Utilising another

social network (e.g. Twitter)

Mobile• Smartphone• Tablet• SMS

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Why Azure for Mobile?

Not just B2C…• Internal solutions such as custom LOB

apps for mobile workers• Digital Marketing agencies

• Rapidly built & deployed• Run on multiple devices and

platforms• Integration with back-end systems

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Windows Azure Toolkit for Devices

http://aka.ms/AzureWinPhonehttp://aka.ms/AzureAndroidhttp://aka.ms/AzureIOS

• Visual Studio project templates • Class libraries optimized for use

on the devices • Sample Applications• Documentation

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Why Azure for Social?

• Viral effect = Exponential growth• Popularity can last for hours, days,

or weeks• Must be built and deployed rapidly• Can be simple one page apps or

more complicated• Run on multiple devices and

platforms

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Windows Azure Toolkits for Social

http://acs.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Facebook http://watgames.codeplex.com/

• Facebook as an Identity Provider• Code for common game scenarios• Sample Applications• Documentation

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