Introduction to Microsoft Azure IoT

Name: Introduction to Microsoft Azure IoT
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Learn to build cool Internet of Things (IoT) Projects using Microsoft Azure Cloud services.

Created byVenkatesh Varadachari, Betanabotla Kaushik

Last updated 6/2022

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What you'll learn

Microsoft Azure Cloud services
Internet of Things (IoT)
Raspberry Pi
SparkFun ESP32 Thing
Python
Arduino IDE

Course content

5 sections • 22 lectures • 3h 1m total length

Introduction to the Course6:28
Learn to connect microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi to the Azure cloud, explore Azure IoT architecture, telemetry, and secure IoT solutions through hands-on projects and a clear roadmap.
Microsoft Azure IoT Architecture15:20
Explore the five core IoT building blocks—things, connect, collect, learn, and do—and how Azure IoT implements them with devices, hub, stream processing, and storage.
Creating & Exploring your Microsoft Azure free account10:10
Road-map of our Course ahead5:49
Outline the Azure IoT course roadmap, from a warm-up with an IoT hub to four activities: triggering actuators, scheduling actions, sending alerts, and visualizing telemetry.
Quiz-1

Getting started with your Azure IoT Hub & Setting up your SparkFun ESP32 Thing10:04
Code & Understand your Arduino sketch for sending data to your Azure IoT Hub11:55
Important Update - Azure IoT Python SDK Version 1.X.X is deprecated2:29
Setting up your R-Pi & Hook-up the HC-SR04 Ultra-Sonic sensor to your R-Pi9:56
Set up a Raspberry Pi and wire the HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor to measure distance with a 1:2 voltage divider, then connect to Azure IoT Hub via Python modules and SDK.
Code &Understand your Python script and View the Sensor data in the Azure portal7:22
Learn to run a Python script on a Raspberry Pi to measure distance with an ultrasonic sensor and view telemetry in the Azure portal via MQTT.
Quiz - 2

Working with Azure services11:39
Learn to build an Azure IoT pipeline using service bus topics and subscriptions and Azure Stream Analytics to trigger a Raspberry Pi LED based on temperature and humidity telemetry.
Setting up your Raspberry Pi to subscribe to your Service Bus Topic4:39
Creating a Shared Access Policy/Key for the Service Bus Namespace1:16
Code & Understand the Python script for implementing Triggering of an LED7:37
Scheduling an Action Part - 17:35
Create an Azure logic app with a recurrence trigger that fires at a specified time and sends a flag value 1 to a Service Bus topic.
Scheduling an Action Part - 25:19
Learn to schedule actions with the cron scheduler on a Raspberry Pi by linking a Python script to cron, configure crontab, and verify via Azure Logic Apps run history.
Quiz - 3
Assignment

Sending User Notifications Part - 18:25
Set up an Azure Service Bus queue and configure an Azure Stream Analytics job to route IoT Hub messages with temperature above 27 degrees to the queue, enabling user notifications.
Sending User Notifications Part - 210:05
Visualizing the Sensor data Part - 17:51
Visualize real-time IoT sensor data by configuring an Azure Stream Analytics job to stream telemetry to a Power BI dataset, using a custom IoT hub consumer group.
Visualizing the Sensor data Part - 28:01
Quiz - 4

Understanding the Security aspects of Microsoft Azure IoT Hub8:01
Explore how Azure IoT Hub secures device communication through permissions and SAS token-based authentication, with shared access policies, identity registry credentials, and protocol-specific tokens.
Understanding the Security Tokens8:18
Set up X.509 Security in your Azure IoT Hub13:30
Learn to secure anAzure IoT Hub with X.509 certificate authentication by generating OpenSSL certificates, registering a device with SHA-1/SHA-256 thumbprints, and sending telemetry via MQTT.
Quiz - 5

Requirements

Basic knowledge of working with the Raspberry Pi & the SparkFun ESP32 Thing.
Basic knowledge about the Linux shell commands & Python programming language
Familiarity with programming in the Arduino IDE

Description

UPDATE JUNE 2022

Azure IoT Python SDK Updated Installation

Hello learners, Welcome to MAKERDEMY’s "Introduction to Microsoft Azure IoT" course. If you are looking for that one course that will help you gain the confidence to learn Microsoft Azure IoT, you have come to the right place.

With numerous custom made illustrations and animations, we have set the standard in terms of production quality. All so that you can have a terrific learning experience.

This course is meant for anyone who wants to build real-world IoT applications using Microsoft Azure Cloud services.

If you are an engineer who wants to start working with one of the most popular cloud-based IoT platforms or a hobbyist looking to enter the world of the Internet of Things, you will find this course very useful. This is because we have tailored this course by giving equal importance to both the projects as well as the concepts.

So come join me in this introductory course on Microsoft Azure IoT. I am looking forward to being your instructor and hearing about all the wonderful projects you were able to build leveraging the cloud services provided by Microsoft Azure.

What are the requirements or prerequisites for taking your course?

Basic knowledge of working with the Raspberry Pi & the SparkFun ESP32 Thing.

Basic knowledge about the Linux shell commands & Python programming language

Familiarity with programming in the Arduino IDE

Who this course is for:

An engineer who wants to start working with, one of the most popular cloud-based IoT platforms.
A hobbyist looking to explore the world of the Internet of Things.
A student who wants to build projects in IoT using Microsoft Azure Cloud services.
Anyone with basic programming experience and an interest to learn.

Introduction to Microsoft Azure IoT

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Getting started with Microsoft Azure IoT4 lectures • 38min

Getting started with our Warm-up Project5 lectures • 42min

Getting started with our Course Project Part - 16 lectures • 38min

Getting started with our Course Project Part - 24 lectures • 34min

Understanding the Security aspects of Microsoft Azure IoT Platform3 lectures • 30min

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