I've been working on some community content for Microsoft about Azure IoT Suite with Colin Melia and I'm happy to announce that it has now been released in the Microsoft/TechnicalCommunityContent repo on GitHub.  The Technical Community Content goal is to provide a set of ready made technical p

Microsoft, Raspberry Pi and Hackster have partnered to deliver the first ever Virtual IoT Bootcamp, March 28-30, 2017.  Two tracks will be offered: Commercial TrackMarch 28 + March 30, 2017 (7:30 AM – 2:30 PM PST)  Keynote Industry Speaker Windows 10 IoT solutions overview Windows 1

Good news!  The Microsoft Grove IoT Starter Kit is now available in Canada from the Microsoft Store for $150 CDN with free shipping.  Previously, you had to order it directly from Seeed in China for $150 USD + shipping. [EDIT 2016/10/15] I ordered the kit on the 201610/12, received it

I have presented the Azure IoT Suite Remote Monitoring solution at user groups a few times and at each occasion, I try to create the solution just before the talk and delete it right after because this thing eats more Azure credits than a Kardashian on a shopping spree in Beverly Hills!  The re

If you're interested in getting started with IoT, here's an interesting new kit from Seeed: the Microsoft IoT Grove Kit. Note that this kit DOES NOT include the Raspberry Pi board. You have to purchase it separately.  Also, I haven't used it personally. Here's the product description: Bu

Here's my slide deck for my Internet of Things and Azure session at DevTeach 2016. DevTeach - Internet of Things and Azure—Guy Barrette

Microsoft published a 32 pages reference architecture for Azure IoT and it's available as a free download.  The reference architecture provides guidance for building secure and scalable, device-centric solutions for connecting devices, conducting analysis, and integrating with back-end systems.

On Saturday April 2nd, 2016 I spoke about the Azure IoT services at SharePoint Saturday Montréal.  Here's the slide deck: SharePoint Saturday - De l’Internet des Objets à Power BI en passant par Azure—Guy Barrette

Cool! You can now set Windows 10 IoT Core using NOOBS.  The instructions for the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 are listed here.

Here are the slides from my Windows Core IoT for Raspberry Pi Makers presentation at MVPDays Montreal (Friday March 4th 2016) Windows Core IoT for Makers - MVPDays—Guy Barrette