Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Fundamental Concepts -- What is Azure? -- Windows Azure Features -- And Now, Back to Our Show -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Creating and Manipulating Data -- The Data Model -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Mobile Services Validation -- Adding Server-Side Scripts -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Authentication Options in WAMS -- Federated Authentication -- Setting Up the Authentication Providers -- Configuring Your Service for Authentication -- Authentication on the Client Side -- Troubleshooting Authentication -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Using REST to Access WAMS Data -- Representational State Transfer -- REST and WAMS -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Push Notifications -- Registering Your Application -- Configuring Your Mobile Service -- The Mechanics of Push Notifications -- Sending Notifications -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Advanced Scripting -- Auditing Updates -- Supporting Other Data Types -- Supporting Arrays -- Additional User Information -- Scheduling Tasks -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Advanced Configuration -- Scaling WAMS -- Using an Existing Database -- Monitoring WAMS -- Summary -- Introduction.