Is it possible to use a MS Azure database on a Windows Phone 7?

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Hi,

I am trying to connect from my Windows Phone 7 app to the MS Azure Database.
This database is suppose to also be used on a website that i have did.
Is it possible?
Thanks!

Posted 15-Aug-12 17:46pm

xbolslock

Updated 15-Aug-12 18:32pm

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Steve Maier · Answer 1 · 2012-08-16T10:09:00

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You can (and I do) use SQL Azure as a back end for my phone apps. The issue that you will find is that a setting on SQL Azure is the IP addresses that the database is expecting to get contact from. You probably won't want to open that up for everyone.

What I have done is to make a small WCF service in a compute instance and used EF to talk to the database directly. This way the phone app can just call the service and the service calls into the database. This simplifies many things and also allows you to use that same service on a website or any other phone project as well. I have mine running on iOS, Android, WP7, and Windows 8 now.

Let me know if you want more information, I have given this as a talk in Boston at a code camp before.

Posted 16-Aug-12 10:09am

Steve Maier

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[no name] 16-Aug-12 16:15pm

*cough* article *cough*

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Steve Maier 16-Aug-12 16:25pm

Yea, I should do one on it since I have all the sample code and all of the slides from my presentation. Just have to remind myself to do it later after I resubmit my win8 app with the release bits.

xbolslock 16-Aug-12 19:28pm

Hi! Ya that would be good if U can share with me more! I am having trouble in just connect from the WP to the azure. If there's any faster way pls do share! And I think being able to share with other platform as well could be one future possibility for my app too. So pls share!! Thanks!! :)

Steve Maier 17-Aug-12 10:04am

I started on the article last night and will have it done over the weekend. Want to make sure it is good enough.

xbolslock 20-Aug-12 21:36pm

is it up yet?

xbolslock 17-Aug-12 10:16am

hahas! would be looking forward to it! =D