Windows Azure Mobile Service was just announced. This service adds more capabilities to Windows Azure.
The new capabilities:
- Easily store structured data
- Integrate user authentication
- Use push notification to update clients
Since this is part of the Windows Azure family. The standard dashboard can be used to administator the Mobile Services.
The following quote jumped out at me.
“Windows Azure Mobile Services now allows every Windows Azure customer to create and run up to 10 Mobile Services in a free, shared/multi-tenant hosting environment (where your mobile backend will be one of multiple apps running on a shared set of server resources). This provides an easy way to get started on projects at no cost beyond the database you connect your Windows Azure Mobile Service to (note: each Windows Azure free trial account also includes a 1GB SQL Database that you can use with any number of apps or Windows Azure Mobile Services).” - Announcing Windows Azure Mobile Services
The announcement can be found at Announcing Windows Azure Mobile Services plus there is a Channel 9 video of Scott Gu (Introduction to Windows Azure Mobile Services)