ConnectTheDots will help you get tiny devices connected to Microsoft Azure, and to implement great IoT solutions taking advantage of Microsoft Azure advanced analytic services such as Azure Stream Analytics and Azure Machine Learning.

This lab is stand-alone, but is used at Microsoft to accompany a presentation about Azure, Windows 10 IoT Core, and our IoT services. If you wish to follow this on your own, you are encouraged to do so. If not, consider attending a Microsoft-led IoT lab in your area.

The FEZ hat connected to the Raspberry Pi 2 device

In this lab you will use a Raspberry Pi 2 device with Windows 10 Iot Core and a FEZ HAT sensor hat. Using a Windows 10 Universal Application, the sensors get the raw data and format it into a JSON string. That string is then shuttled off to the Azure IoT Hub, where it gathers the data and is then displayed in a chart using Power BI. The JSON string is sent to the IoT Hub in one of two ways: packaged into an AMQP message or in a REST packet. If you use AMQP, which is the recommended approach, you will need to have the AMQP port open on your firewall/router.

Note: Although AMQP is the recommended approach, at the time this lab was written that protocol was not supported by the Azure IoT Core SDK for UWP (Universal Windows Platform) applications. However, it is expected to be implemented in a short time, since it's currently under development.

Overview of the Hands-on Labs

This lab includes the following tasks:

1. Setup: Software & Device
2. Setup Azure
   1. Azure account and services
   2. Device Registration
3. Create a Universal App: Read sensor data from FEZ HAT
4. Send telemetry data to Azure IoT Hub
5. Consume the IoT Hub data
   1. (Optional) Using Power BI
   2. From a Website
6. Send commands to your device
7. Summary
8. Further Resources

UWP Developer Center

Windows on Devices

Windows Embedded/IoT

###Important Raspberry Pi Links

Raspberry Pi downloads page

###Important Azure IoT Suite Links

Note that these are Azure IoT Suite documents. The labs do not currently use IoT Suite, but much of the information is relevant, and can be used to build upon what you have learned in these labs.

Azure IoT Suite Content

Azure IoT Developer Center

Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT

####Tutorial Videos

Introducing Azure IoT Suite

Introducing Azure IoT Hub

Connect your devices with Azure IoT client libraries

####Documentation

Azure IoT Suite

Provisioning Remote Monitoring

Including a physical device in remote monitoring