IoT Device Management Using IoT Hub

Connecting people, places and things to the cloud, while not trivial, may be one of the easier aspects of IoT as the techniques and protocols are very well defined. The real work begins when you have thousands of devices connected to the cloud and you need to manage the day to day operations of this extremely distributed system. In addition to monitoring and managing the cloud services that are providing analytics, storage, dashboards, alerts, and notifications you also need to monitor and manage your beacons, devices and edge gateways. This session will examine the Device Management features of Azure IoT Hub that support command and control, Device Twin and Direct Methods at a code level using both Node.JS and C#.

About the Speaker

Bob Familiar is the National Practice Director for Application Services at BlueMetal. As National Director, Bob leads a team of seasoned Principal Architects who are responsible for industry research & development, rapid prototyping and outreach to the technology community. They are responsible for defining BlueMetal's technical direction and offerings and provide strategy and guidance to BlueMetal clients on their most important and challenging projects. Bob is an accomplished software professional, evangelist and author as well as a Microsoft MVP. Bob has been working in the software industry for 30 years, holds a patent in object relational architecture and technology and is author of the books Microservices, IoT and Azure and Business in Real-Time.