Azure app service

[sawhney-kartik]

@lediur, @JBB, we would like to try out Azure app services for the backend. Can you advise on how to proceed?

[lediur]

I can help you out with that. Do you want to start immediately or can you wait until next quarter?

[sawhney-kartik]

We were hoping to do this before the Munich presentation, so it'll be great if we could do this sometime this week.

[sawhney-kartik]

@lediur any update on this?

[lediur]

Hi, sorry I thought I replied to this email but it didn't send properly. I'm currently in Memphis on business. Is your team able to Skype or something tonight? Worst case scenario, you can just make a throwaway Azure trial, which gives you $200 free credit, build your service using Git continuous deployment, and then redeploy when we give you student access later.

[sawhney-kartik]

Sounds good, we'll use the trial for now.

[sawhney-kartik]

Derrick, do you think it would be possible to set this up for us now?

[lediur]

Yes, indeed!

We’ve set up an Azure account for team Cargi with $1000 in it, available immediately. If you need more money, just let us know.

Sign in at: http://portal.azure.com

We’ve given you a CS210 account that you can sign in with. If you see “work or school account” or “organizational account” on a Microsoft website, you can sign in with your CS210 account.

Your CS210 account is: Username: cargi@cs210.org Temporary Password: Cugu3079

Please note: you will be asked to change your password when you sign in for the first time.

We’ll be setting up the computers in the Loft so you can sign in with your CS210 credentials on any of them.

If you have urgent questions, please text or call 707-533-4871.

[taragb]

@lediur We were wondering if you have time to sit down with us early this week and look into our Azure set up to see if we're on the correct track? Since none of us have previous experience with it, we're not sure if we're using it in the best way.

[lediur]

Sure. Do you want to meet in person or do a Skype call? I don’t want to burden anyone with unnecessary meetings, and I’m pretty busy myself all next week.

Alternatively, if you want, you could just send me an email with the stuff you’ve done so far, and what you want to achieve, and I can take a look that way. I have access to your resources through the Azure portal.

[taragb]

@lediur can we do an in person meeting? I think we're all fairly confused about how Azure works and would gain the most from meeting in person for an hour.

We're free the following times:

1. Tomorrow (Sunday) anytime after 12pm noon.
2. Monday from 12-3pm
3. Tuesday before 1:30pm and after 3pm

Is there anytime in there that works for you? If not we can definitely find another time. Thank you so much! -Team Cargi

[lediur]

Can we meet in the Loft after your SGM? Would 5:30pm work?

[lediur]

I can also meet you at 4:30pm, and then continue the discussion after your SGM.

[taragb]

Thanks @lediur, this sounds good to us! Most of us will be in the Loft by 4pm so tentatively 4:30pm & continuing the discussion after our SGM works. However, we're still waiting on a response from BMW about our meeting time on Tuesday - and in the event that they want to meet at 4:30pm, we may only be able to meet after our SGM. We'll definitely let you know as soon as we hear back from them, if this is the case.

Thanks!

[lediur]

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app-service-mobile-node-backend-how-to-use-server-sdk/

[lediur]

If you don't want to use the Mobile App SDK to store your data, you can use Table Storage manually - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-nodejs-how-to-use-table-storage/