Here’s how to render either an SVG or a PNG from within a Power BI Custom Visual. For this post, I’m going to use the IoT Hub icon that can be found in the Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol
Here’s a quick and easy way to get your GitHub Page repo deployed to an Azure Web App. Let me know if you run into any issues. Create GitHub Pages Repo Skip to next step if you already have a GitHub p
Windows Explorer doesn’t allow you to create a file without a name: Windows doesn’t have a native “touch” equivalent, which is a native Linux program that allows you to create empty files and change
The Power BI team just released v1.2 of the Custom Visuals SDK. With this version you now need to reference d3 v3.5.5 yourself. d3 v4 does not work yet. I’m working with the team to get a v4 compat an
UPDATE: The Liquid Fill Gauge visual is now available to download from the Power BI Custom Visual Gallery! – In this series, we are creating a Power BI Custom Visual from an OSS d3 visualization I fou
UPDATE: The Liquid Fill Gauge visual is now available to download from the Power BI Custom Visual Gallery! – This is a continuation of my attempt at creating a Power BI Custom Visual from an OSS d3 vi
You might see this error message when trying to load the Power BI Custom Visual “Development Visual” “Can’t contact visual server. Please make sure the visual server is running and configured correct
The purpose of this post is to show you how to take an existing open source d3 visual and create a Power BI Custom Visual from it. I’ve been digging into the new Power BI Custom Visual SDK and just cr
I have removed the content of this post because the Power BI team created the following dev environment setup page: Power BI Documentation: Use developer tools to create custom visuals Jon
What do you do when you find a static table online that you want to quickly slice and dice? Enter Power BI. Here’s the resulting Power BI report…details on how I created it below… How this report was
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