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Designing Internet of Things Solutions with Microsoft Azure

A Survey of Secure and Smart Industrial Applications

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  • Contains start-to-finish configuration examples for common IoT development and deployment scenarios
  • Consists of use cases in various industries such as manufacturing, supply chain, and retail
  • Discusses stream analytics by analyzing streams of data in real time using a SQL-like language

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Industry 4.0 Movement

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 1-10
  3. Basic IoT Concepts

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 11-31
  4. Microsoft Azure IoT Platform

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 33-48
  5. Streaming IoT Data to Microsoft Azure

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 49-71
  6. IoT Applications in Manufacturing

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 73-91
  7. IoT Applications in Agriculture

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 93-114
  8. IoT Applications in Energy

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 115-134
  9. IoT Applications in Smart Homes

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 135-156
  10. IoT Applications in the Supply Chain

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 157-176
  11. IoT Applications in Financial Services

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 177-196
  12. IoT Applications in Health Care

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 197-216
  13. IoT Applications in Retail

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 217-238
  14. IoT Applications in Transportation

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 239-262
  15. Risk

    • Nirnay Bansal
    Pages 263-285
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 287-297

About this book

Build a strong and efficient IoT solution at industrial and enterprise level by mastering industrial IoT using Microsoft Azure. This book focuses on the development of the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) paradigm, discussing various architectures, as well as providing nine case studies employing IoT in common industrial domains including medical, supply chain, finance, and smart homes.  

The book starts by giving you an overview of the basic concepts of IoT, after which you will go through the various offerings of the Microsoft Azure IoT platform and its services. Next, you will get hands-on experience of IoT applications in various industries to give you a better picture of industrial solutions and how you should take your industry forward. As you progress through the chapters, you will learn real-time applications in IoT in agriculture, supply chain, financial services, retail, and transportation. Towards the end, you will gain knowledge to identify andanalyze IoT security and privacy risks along with a detailed sample project. 

The book fills an important gap in the learning of IoT and its practical use case in your industry. Therefore, this is a practical guide that helps you discover the technologies and use cases for IIoT. By the end of this book, you will be able to build industrial IoT solution in Microsoft Azure with sensors, stream analytics, and serverless technologies.   

What You Will Learn

  • Provision, configure, and connect devices with Microsoft Azure IoT hub
  • Stream analytics using structural data and non-structural data such as images
  • Use stream analytics, serverless technology, and IoT SaaS offerings
  • Work with common sensors and IoT devices
Who This Book Is For
IoT architects, developers, and stakeholders working with the industrial Internet of Things. 



Authors and Affiliations

  • Bothell, USA

    Nirnay Bansal

About the author

Nirnay Bansal is certified solution architect and working at Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA since 2015.  He graduated in computer science from BITS, Pilani and MBA from Louisiana State University (S). He has been working for over 15 years on large and complex IT projects. He is a technical specialist in providing architecture, development, and consultancy, using Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Azure. Among his past clients are Frontier communication, Fidelity, PricewaterHouseCoopers and Dell.

Nirnay is one of the well-known experts when it comes to designing cloud-based solution and data scenarios. Additionally, he participates in public events as speaker for Code Camps. Along with various Microsoft certifications, he is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and a certified Solution Architect from IASA. He is Co-founder and CTO of Mobile application development company www.TechValens.com, helping small to mid size client across the globe.

He loves trekking and skating. He spends his spare time and holidays with wife Dharna, son Neev along with his father Rajkishore and mother Kusumlata in the India.

You can contact Nirnay through his Twitter handle @nirnaybansal, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/nirnaybansal or by sending him an e-mail at nirnaybansal@gmail.com


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Designing Internet of Things Solutions with Microsoft Azure

  • Book Subtitle: A Survey of Secure and Smart Industrial Applications

  • Authors: Nirnay Bansal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6041-8

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Nirnay Bansal 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-6040-1Published: 08 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-6041-8Published: 07 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 297

  • Number of Illustrations: 116 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Computer Applications

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eBook USD 59.99
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 79.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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