Changes can be managed through the local Git repository until they are ready to be synchronized to the server. First, it allows for scripts to be edited locally /offline using desktop file editing tools, including Visual Studio. One of the more recent features added to WAMS itself has been the integration of Git-based source control for the server scripts (as of this writing, this feature is currently in Preview.) This integration provides several advantages for managing a WAMS service’s scripts. The expectation is that these integration points are expected to be enhanced as Visual Studio 2013 is updated to its RTM version. These features are detailed in this post on the Visual Studio Blog.

These included a “Connected Services Manager” that will augment an existing project to connect with a new or preexisting WAMS instance, an entry for WAMS in the Server Explorer panel that allows viewing and editing the server-side data table business logic scripts (with access to the other WAMS script elements expected to be added over time), and a Push Notification Wizard that facilitates connecting an existing Windows Store app to a WAMS instance.

At the 2013 Build conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced more than the service’s General Availability date – it also showed that the service had been integrated into the Visual Studio 2013 Preview in several key places. Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) has come a long way in a few short months.

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