The essential guide to architecting Azure IoT systems—from provisioning and monitoring IoT sensors to analyzing real-time streaming data
Key Features
- Develop a complete IoT system in Azure with the help of hands-on examples
- Discover how to create, secure, and manage an enterprise-wide IoT system
- Learn how to collect, analyze, and visualize streaming data
- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description
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.
What you will learn
- Get to grips with setting up and deploying IoT devices at scale
- Use Azure IoT Hub for device management and message routing
- Explore Azure services for analyzing streaming data
- Uncover effective techniques for visualizing real-time streaming data
- Delve into the essentials of monitoring and logging to secure your IoT system
- Gain insights into real-time analytics with Power BI
- Create workflows and alerts triggered by streaming data
Who this book is for
The Azure IoT Handbook is for cloud developers and architects who want to learn how to establish an IoT solution on the Azure platform. This book is equally valuable for IoT developers transitioning to Azure, encompassing tasks such as aggregating, analyzing, and visualizing real-time data streams. Basic knowledge of the C# and Python programming languages, as well as a practical understanding of data processing will help you make the most of this book. Familiarity with working with cloud-based services is also advantageous.
Table of Contents
- An Introduction to the IoT
- Exploring the IoT Hub Service
- Provisioning Devices with the Device Provisioning Service
- Exploring Device Management and Monitoring
- Securing IoT Systems
- Creating Message Routing
- Exploring Azure Stream Analytics
- Investigating IoT Data with Azure Data Explorer
- Exploring IoT Edge Computing
- Visualizing Streaming Data in Power BI
- Integrating Machine Learning
- Responding to Device Events
Dan Clark is a senior developer and data engineer specializing in Microsoft technologies. He is focused on learning new AI and data technologies and training others on how to best implement those technologies. He has worked as an Azure Technical Trainer (ATT)for Microsoft and has over 25 years of experience as a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Dan has published several books and numerous articles on Microsoft technologies. He is a regular speaker at various developer and database conferences and user group meetings and enjoys interacting with the Microsoft communities.
