Azure IoT Services

ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B)

by Chris Pietschmann | May 15, 2019

Espressif There are certainly lots of different boards that can be used for building and prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. I've posted...

Azure IoT DevKit Simulator (MXChip AZ3166)

by Chris Pietschmann | May 6, 2019

The Azure IoT DevKit (MXChip AZ3166) is a really cool board for prototyping Azure IoT solutions. However, it's a physical board and having the board...

Internet of Things (IoT) Messaging Architecture

by Chris Pietschmann | Jun 30, 2018

Internet of Things (IoT) architecture requires a different kind of message queue based communication than other types of software systems or big...

Microsoft Azure IoT Extension for Azure CLI 2.0

by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 19, 2018

Microsoft has been investing heavily in the pretty much every aspect of Microsoft Azure, and the IoT (Internet of Things) space is not being left...

Azure IoT DevKit: Upgrade Firmware – MXChip, AZ3166

by Chris Pietschmann | Nov 8, 2017

The Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) board is built for prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and getting started quickly and...

Azure IoT DevKit: Configure Wifi Connectivity – No Wifi?

by Chris Pietschmann | Nov 7, 2017

The Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) board is a great prototyping board that is easy to get started with and use. Setting up and configuring the...

Order Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) on Amazon with FREE Shipping

by Chris Pietschmann | Oct 5, 2017

The Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) is a really amazing little IoT (Internet of Things) prototyping board with lots of sensors, buttons, OLED...

Azure IoT Developer Kits (AZ3166) Have Arrived

by Chris Pietschmann | Oct 4, 2017

The Azure IoT Developer Kit is an Arduino compatible Internet of Things (IoT) board with quite a few sensors, buttons, and display all built-in. The...

Azure Event Grid vs Azure IoT Hub: Which is better for IoT?

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 26, 2017

Both Azure Event Grid and Azure IoT Hub are massively scalable messaging services in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. There's a lot of talk about Azure...

Azure IoT Developer Kit (AZ3166) Manufacturing Delayed, Shipping pushed to Sept 21

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 8, 2017

The new Azure IoT Developer Kit is a pretty nice IoT prototyping board with tons of sensors and things built-in. On Aug 11, 2017, Microsoft, MXChip...

A Tour of Azure Messaging Services (Queues, Event Grid, IoT Hub, and More)

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 7, 2017

In the early days of Microsoft Azure, there were only a couple message queue service; Azure Storage Queue and Service Bus. This was way back in...

Azure IoT Developer Kit Ready for Pre-Order

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 11, 2017

The new Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit board is pretty amazing! It is Arduino compatible and includes many sensors, buttons, and an OLED display...

Azure IoT Developer Kit: Sensor Overview

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 8, 2017

The Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Kit is an Arduino compatible board built for helping with prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The key...

Raspberry Pi Device Simulator for Azure IoT

by Chris Pietschmann | Aug 2, 2017

One of the long time frustrations with Raspberry Pi development is that you needed a physical device and hardware (sensors, buttons, etc) to fully...

Azure IoT Developer Kit Preview Started Shipping

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 25, 2017

A couple months ago Microsoft announced the availability of the new Azure IoT Developer Kit Board. This is a board that has integrated sensors,...

Deciding PaaS or SaaS for Building IoT Solutions in Microsoft Azure

by Chris Pietschmann | Jun 28, 2017

Building out an IoT (Internet of Things) solution can be a difficult problem to solve. It sounds easy at first, you just connect a bunch of devices,...

Azure IoT DevKit Preview built with Arduino and VSCode

by Chris Pietschmann | May 19, 2017

There have been a number of Azure IoT Starter Kits available for some time now. I've written about the Starter Kits in the past. Some of these...

Microsoft IoT Central Enables SaaS-based IoT Solutions

by Chris Pietschmann | May 18, 2017

Many software systems can become fairly complex with many different interconnected and communicating components. Internet of Things (IoT) solutions...