Integrating SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Tile Notifications

Version: 1.0.0

Description

Windows Phone 7 applications can use Windows Push Notification Services to notify users of custom events. Windows Phone 7 applications integrating with SharePoint can use notifications to alert users of changes in SharePoint data sources. Tile notifications can display a count of events such as the number of changes to a SharePoint list.

Overview

Windows Phone 7 applications can use Windows Push Notification Services to notify users of custom events. Windows Phone 7 applications integrating with SharePoint can use notifications to alert users of changes in SharePoint data sources. Tile notifications can display a count of events such as the number of changes to a SharePoint list.

Objectives

In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to create a list event handler that will send tile notifications with count information. You will learn how to to register for notifications and bind the phone and application to a tile notification. You will learn how to manage counts for each subsciber.

  • Learn how to use a SharePoint list event reciever to create tile notifications with count information.
  • Learn how register a device with a custom WCF service to subscribe to notifications.
  • Learn how to manage event counts per registration.

Prerequisites

The following is required to complete this hands-on lab:

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See Setting Up A SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Development Environment Module for instructions that describe how to set up the SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 developer machine.

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The following prerequisites are not included in the Setting Up A SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Development Environment Module installation instructions. If you are using a development machine built according to the Setting Up A SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Development Environment Module instructions you must install these components.

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Note: This lab requires the firewall be turned off to enable connection to the Push Notification Service.