Internet Of Things

Deploy Azure IoT Hub using Terraform DevOps Infrastructure Automation

by Chris Pietschmann | Mar 9, 2023

HashiCorp Terraform is popular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool used to automate infrastructure deployments. Terraform is great for deploying...

AZ-220: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Specialty Certification and Exam

by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 16, 2023

The Microsoft Azure IoT Developer certification exam (AZ-220) tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Internet of Things (IoT) Developer....

What is the Internet of Things?

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 19, 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing market that is bringing an ever increasing amount of connected devices and innovative solutions that mix...

Azure IoT Development Tools for Visual Studio Code

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 18, 2022

You can use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to develop Azure Internet of Things solutions using Azure services; like Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Edge, and...

Top 5 IoT Messaging Protocols

by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 21, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT) solutions employ some kind of messaging protocol for each individual IoT device to communicate in the system. These...

VS Code Gets Linux ARMv7 and ARM64 Support

by Chris Pietschmann | Oct 12, 2020

With the release of the v1.50 (September 2020) update of Visual Studio Code comes official support for Linux ARMv7 and ARM64. This means that...

NVIDIA Releases Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit

by Chris Pietschmann | Oct 5, 2020

NVIDIA released a lower cost 2GB version of the NVIDIA Jetson Nano Development Kit that also includes Wifi. This new Jetson Nano Developer Kit is...

Top Azure IoT Announcements and Sessions from Microsoft Ignite 2020

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 23, 2020

There have been a few great Azure IoT announcements and session made available by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Ignite 2020 virtual conference....

Azure Bicep: Create IoT Hub and Device Provisioning Service (DPS)

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 12, 2020

All Azure IoT solutions are built starting with Azure IoT Hub as the cloud-base message broker for the Internet of Things (IoT) solution. This...

Introduction to Azure Sphere – Secure IoT Development Platform

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 29, 2020

Azure Sphere is Microsoft's Internet of Things (IoT) platform for building more highly secured IoT solutions. Azure Sphere incorporates components...

Terraform: Create Azure IoT Hub and Device Provisioning Service (DPS)

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 24, 2020

At the core of any Internet of Things (IoT) solution built with Microsoft Azure is the need to connect IoT devices to the cloud and send/retrieve...

Raspberry Pi 4 Available in 2, 4, and 8 GB Options

by Chris Pietschmann | Jun 14, 2020

The Raspberry Pi is a popular single board computer with many different uses from Internet of Things (IoT) to learning about computer science and...

Top 11 Azure IoT Announcements from Build 2020

by Chris Pietschmann | May 27, 2020

Microsoft made a ton of announcements at and around the Microsoft Build 2020 conference. Included in all the announcements was a tone of news...

Azure Announcements from Microsoft Build 2020

by Chris Pietschmann | May 19, 2020

Microsoft made a lot of announcements with their Microsoft Build 2020 event that kicked off today. The event included TONS of updates and...

Microsoft Azure Sphere’s $100K IoT Hacker Bounty Challenge

by Chris Pietschmann | May 8, 2020

Microsoft has begun a 3-month long Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge to find security vulnerabilities in its Azure Sphere OS for building...

Microsoft Azure IoT Developer (AZ-220) Certification is now LIVE

by Chris Pietschmann | Apr 14, 2020

The Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification (and exam AZ-220) is now LIVE and out of Beta. This is the first cloud-based...

Administrator’s Introduction to Azure IoT

by Chris Pietschmann | Apr 10, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) industry has continued to grow and become more pervasive in people's everyday lives these last few years. There are...

AZ-900 Exam: Azure IoT Product Overview from Tim Warner

by Chris Pietschmann | Apr 5, 2020

For some time now, Tim Warner, a fellow Microsoft MVP, has been posting short videos that methodically go over all the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals...

Azure CLI: Manage Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service (DPS)

by Chris Pietschmann | Mar 25, 2020

One of the services within Microsoft Azure for building out IoT solutions is the Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service (DPS). Just as with other...

Azure + AI Conference – Apr 2020 in Orlando, FL – Chris Pietschmann Speaking on Azure IoT

by Chris Pietschmann | Feb 25, 2020

This year at the Microsoft Azure + AI Conference co-produced by Microsoft and DEVintersection, Chris Pietschmann (the founder of BuildAzure.com) will be presenting. The topics of his sessions at the conference will center around Microsoft Azure and the Internet of Things (IoT) with topics including Azure Sphere and Real-time IoT Stream Processing in Azure.

This edition of the Azure + AI Conference is being held November 18th through 21st, 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also, in partnerships with the Azure + AI conference, we are pleased to announce that you can register for the conference with the discount code “BUILDAZURE” to receive a $50 discount.