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The Azure IoT Handbook

By : Dan Clark
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The Azure IoT Handbook

By: Dan Clark

Overview of this book

With the rise of cloud-based computing, deploying IoT systems has become more cost-effective for businesses. This transformation has led to developers and architects shouldering the responsibility of creating, managing, and securing these systems, even if they are new to the IoT technology. The Azure IoT Handbook is a comprehensive introduction to quickly bring you up to speed in this rapidly evolving landscape. Starting with the basic building blocks of any IoT system, this book guides you through mobile device management and data collection using an IoT hub. You’ll explore essential tools for system security and monitoring. Following data collection, you’ll delve into real-time data analytics using Azure Stream Analytics and view real-time streaming on a Power BI dashboard. Packed with real-world examples, this book covers common IoT use as well. By the end of this IoT book, you’ll know how to design and develop IoT solutions leveraging intelligent edge-to-cloud technologies implemented on Azure.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Capturing Data from Remote Devices
7
Part 2: Processing the Data
12
Part 3: Processing the Data

To get the most out of this book

To make the most of this guide, you should possess some prior knowledge of programming languages such as C#, Java, or Python, along with a basic understanding of data processing principles. Some experience with the Azure portal and Visual Studio Code would also be helpful.

Software/hardware covered in the book

OS requirements

C# and Python

Windows 10 or above

Visual Studio Code

The Azure portal

It is expected that you have access to an Azure subscription. This can be a free version available at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/. It is important to delete your resources after each lab. This will ensure you have enough spend to make it through all the exercises in this book.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.