Here are some short and sweet instructions for setting up your Raspberry Pi for Node.js dev and creating a base image that can be used over and over again. Many of the steps below are taken from the a
I just spent way too much time trying to login to a VSTS instance from VS. Turns out to have something to do with how Microsoft Account is configured in Visual Studio. So, if you get this error: “You
I’m working on a demo that involves streaming Sphero data through the Azure IoT stack. I got my Sphero SPRK+ last week and quickly discovered that it only has Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled and no
Here’s how to install Node.js on Raspberry Pi (originally posted as a SoF answer for Ubuntu here) Install curl sudo apt-get install curl -y Install node v4 curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.
If you see this: It probably means your Bluetooth service is stopped: Try this: sudo service bluetooth start then sudo service bluetooth status If that doesn’t work, try this:https://www.pi-supply.co
Here’s how to directly connect to the Event Hub that backs an IoT Hub. New Way As of 5/30/2017, you can now get the underlying Event Hub connection string by either the “Endpoints” blade or the “Opera
I joined the Developer Experience team not too long ago and am focused on helping partners develop IoT products on the Azure IoT stack. I just found out that a sister team is looking for a Senior PM E
The Azure IoT Field Gateway SDK is a set of libraries that allow you to build a device that acts as a proxy between an individual IoT device and Azure IoT Hub. Individual IoT devices will connect to t
If you get the following error when trying to install the Lync 2013 SDK…. Microsoft Lync 2013 not found. Go here to download and install: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=248583 Do not go to t
The most anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary Update developer feature is now available for everyone…not just Windows Insiders. Step 0: Install Windows 10 Anniversary Update via Windows Update Go to Win
[ Here’s a Power BI offering index with short and sweet descriptions. I’ll keep evolving this list as the service develops. For Consumers Desktop – Create Reports locally and push to cloud. Web – Crea
I just published this IFTTT (If This Than That) Recipe that will send me an email when I like a tweet. I then have an Outlook rule that flags the email so I can have a look in detail later. Click “Add
I have OpenLiveWriter on two desktops and one laptop. I sync my drafts to Dropbox. Here’s how: 1. Open Regedit 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OpenLiveWriter 3. Create a new String Value Nam
I recently created a custom Fiddler extension called PowerBIFiddler. Here are a few tricks that I learned along the way. Re-use Default Fiddler Inspectors For PowerBI-Fiddler, I wanted to re-use the J
I rebuilt my dev machine recently and reinstalled the Service Fabric 2.1 SDKs from here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-fabric-get-started/ The rest of the devs on my
I’ve been using the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 board and Visual Micro quite a bit lately. The Huzzah is a board that includes the ESP8266 WiFi module and a LiPo battery jack – making it really ea
You have a couple different options to monitor your incoming and outgoing Azure IoT Hub traffic. Azure CLI IoT Extension See this ref for more info: https://aka.ms/iotcli https://docs.microsoft.com/e
If you see the error "Duplicate property names are not allowed ‘avg’ in your Stream Analytics query it is likely because you aren’t setting up an alias for that property. Here’s what you may see:
I’m hacking on project that requires an accelerometer. I picked up this 9-Axis Inertial Navigation Module for Arduino from my local Vetco. That board is actually a GY801 (the newer version of the GY80
Azure provides a set of services that allow you to visualize IoT device data in real-time. The data pipeline is: IoT Device –> Azure IoT Hub –> Azure Stream Analytics –> Power BI. Follow alon