In Chapter 1, Introduction to Edge Analytics, we touched on Azure IoT Edge and Azure IoT. In this chapter, we will start to work with Azure IoT services using Microsoft Azure. The lessons learned from this will provide a good background for Chapter 5, Using the Raspberry Pi with Azure IoT Edge.
We will create a Microsoft Azure account and then proceed to log in to the Azure portal. We will take a brief look at the portal and move on to creating an IoT hub resource. We will transmit simulated data to the IoT hub from a Python client and view it using a Microsoft utility called Device Explorer.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- What is Microsoft Azure?
- What is Azure IoT Hub?
- A quick tutorial on Azure IoT Hub
