Cloud computing, as a model of renting computing resources, presents an innovative approach of developing applications that can be applied to mobile applications development as well. Using cloud computing in contrast to using mobile device resources, can greatly affect the satisfaction of customers who today have high expectations of mobile applications. Therefore, this paper presents the theoretical and practical basics of using Windows Azure platform while developing Windows Phone 7 mobile applications and puts an emphasis on the use of data stored in SQL Azure database. The paper also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using this platform. |