Photo by Matthew Henry In my new role on the Microsoft FastTrack for Azure team I need to be at least 100- to 200-level deep in all of the Azure features. During my ramp-up process I've decided to add items I've found interesting or helpful to my blog hoping that…
How Azure IoT helped me buy a new house - Part 1 - Problem Space

Telemetry data is an important component of any good DevOps process. I had a simple problem at home that telemetry could help me solve, so I over-engineered a solution to the question; "Why is my office always so hot?".
How Azure IoT helped me buy a new house - Part 7 - Drawing Conclusions

Photo by Easton Oliver / Unsplash The story so far... In the first part of this series I described the problem I was having, my hypothesis as to the source of the issue, and the steps I would take to test…
How Azure IoT helped me buy a new house - Part 6 - Power BI

The story so far... In the first part of this series I described the problem I was having, my hypothesis as to the source of the issue, and the steps I would take to test my hypothesis. In the second…
How Azure IoT helped me buy a new house - Part 5 - Azure Stream Analytics

We have ESP8266 microcontroller-based sensors sending data to Azure IoT Hub. We now use Azure Stream Analytics to send that data to Power BI.
How Azure IoT helped me buy a new house - Part 4 - Azure IoT Hub

Now that we have a pair of IoT sensors sending telemetry to the cloud, we need to look at Azure IoT Hub's configuration.
How Azure IoT helped me buy a new house - Part 3 - ESP8266 Code

The story so far... In the first part of this series I described the problem I was having, my hypothesis as to the source of the issue, and the steps I would take to test my hypothesis. In the second…