ANN ARBOR – If you are building mobile apps that needs to interact with a Backend service, you don’t want to miss the talk Feb. 29 at Mobile Monday Ann Arbor.

With the recent announcement of Parse winding down their backend services, the need for alternative backend services for mobile apps is greater than ever. Come and hear how Microsoft’s Azure Services can satisfy the need from David Giard, Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft.

NOTE: Due to logistical reasons, we are having our March meeting on the 29th of Feb.
Abstract
Microsoft Azure Mobile Apps provides a straightforward way to expose backend data to multiple applications on multiple devices.

In this presentation, he will show how to expose cloud data access and other processes via a REST interface and connect to that data from applications running on Windows, Windows Phone, iOS and Android. You will also learn how to secure these services; how to scale these services to meet volatile demand; how to push notifications to client apps; and how to manage Mobile Services from within Visual Studio.


Speaker Bio
David Giard is a former accountant and a former biochemist, who has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies for over 2 decades.

Currently, David helps people build solutions in his role as a Microsoft Technical Evangelist. David has been very active in the developer community, speaking at numerous major conferences, code camps, and user groups around the world; helping to lead user groups; and helping to organize conferences and other geek events.
He is the host and producer of the mildly popular online TV show 
Technology and Friends
. He is the co-author of the Wrox book 
Real World .NET, C#, and Silverlight
. You can read his latest thoughts at 
www.DavidGiard.com
.  His hobbies include video, photography, sports, and embarrassing his sons.

Monday, February 29 – 
6:30 to 8 pm.

Follow signs posted – Arbormoon Software at Lower Level

Arbormoon Software, 123 N Ashley St #9, Ann Arbor, MI 48104