Today almost all meaningful apps on mobile devices need access to a rich array of cloud services. But building those services is often an order of magnitude too complicated for anyone focused on merely getting their app into the market. Enter Azure Mobile Services: pre-canned services for authorization and authentication, notification queues, roaming settings and more!

In this episode we sit down to chat with Mike Benkovich to explore the rich world of Azure Mobile Services that can be stood up with just a few clicks from the Azure dashboard, and then extended and customized with either node.js or C# scripting. Your apps need to offer a rich ecosystem of cloud services to compete in today’s app world — find out how Azure Mobile Services makes it dead-simple to do so!

Mike Benkovich is a former Microsoft evangelist who has spent his career helping developers explore and apply new technologies to solving information challenges. His website www.benkotips.com provides developers with resources to get started and work with technologies including cloud, data and devices. Follow him on twitter @mbenko.