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March 19th, 2018

Creating Cloud-Connected Mobile Apps with Xamarin + Azure

Craig Dunn

Principal SW Engineer

In Case You Missed It

A few weeks ago, we announced “Your Guide to Azure Services for Apps Built with Xamarin” on the Visual Studio blog to help you identify which cloud-connected services in Azure are most relevant to your apps.

Cloud-Connected Azure Services

In the downloadable poster below, each Azure service is categorized specifically by use case, with links to the appropriate documentation.

Data
Artificial Intelligence
Mobile Back-end as a Service (MBaaS)
Search
Communication
Identity

Cloud Services for Xamarin and Azure — Visual Studio Mobile Poster

Find Out More

Head to the Visual Studio blog to learn more about utilizing Azure cloud services in your Xamarin apps! Download the PDF poster (176Kb) for review, and let us know what you think of this new guide on the Xamarin forums.

Author

Craig Dunn

Principal SW Engineer

Craig works on the Surface Duo Developer Experience team, where he enjoys writing cross-platform code for Android using a variety of tools including the web, React Native, Flutter, Unity, and Xamarin.