Presentation to a chapter of Professional Association for SQL Server users demo'ing creating a Windows Phone 7 app connectiong to a SQL Azure database using a WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) service.

1. By Dean Willson Presented to fwPASS on 5/24/2011 Windows phone 7, WCF, and SQL Azure

2. Agenda Register as a WP7 developer in the App Marketplace SQL Azure database – Azure management WCF Service/Entity Framework WP7 client Putting it all together

4. Marketplace $99/year developer account Azure/ SQL Azure pay to play or MSDN subscription 3-5 day certification process for submittal 1-5 day certification process for update Paid apps can’t switch to free after approval

5. SQL Azure SQL Azure Migration wizard http://sqlazuremw.codeplex.com/ SSMS (limited functionality) SQL Azure Management Console

6. wCF WCF .net version 3.5 Silverlight 3 supports basicHTTPBinding (not wsHTTPBinding) Updating ServiceReference (contract changes) is a pain add Aspnetdb provider config

7. WP7 Client No direct database calls (web services, WCF, REST) Asynchronous calls (performance)

9. login page .Net Membership provider

10. gymnast list page Binding ObservableCollection list<Gymnast>

11. Resources http://cloud.dzone.com/news/how-use-wcf-services-access-0 http://breathingtech.com/2011/how-to-use-wcf-services-to-access-sql-azure-database-from-windows-phone-7-app-part-2/ http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/18/async-operations-in-wcf-event-based-model/ http://blah.winsmarts.com/2008-4-Writing_the_WCF_Hello_World_App.aspx http://robtiffany.com/windows-phone-7/windows-phone-7-line-of-business-app-dev-consuming-an-azure-wcf-rest-json-service http://www.africangeek.com/ http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/UrmimalaPal/1858/ http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2009/07/07/day-7-using-wcf-web-services-with-silverlight-and-linq/

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