Sander van de Velde | MVP
@svelde.bsky.social
MVP on Azure IoT and Real-Time Intelligence | Principal Azure IoT for SDG Group/Alten | International PUblic speaker | Probably dragging hardware to some crazy demo at this moment
Check out my (Azure) IoT blogs at https://sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/
Check out my (Azure) IoT blogs at https://sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/
Working with geospatial data? Check out #Fabric_RTI Map for layered visualizations. Get context data from Lakehouses or real-time data from KQL Databases and represent it in Data layers. Learn about using KQL for location data at
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First look at Fabric Map on top of Fabric RTI
In the last couple of months, I have written about various ways to work with Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence data, both about ingesting, enriching, and representing. Adding Microsoft Fabric…
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September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Working with geospatial data? Check out #Fabric_RTI Map for layered visualizations. Get context data from Lakehouses or real-time data from KQL Databases and represent it in Data layers. Learn about using KQL for location data at
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/f... #mvpbuzz
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/f... #mvpbuzz
Talk to your device, your data just got a voice. Have a real chat with your Microsoft Fabric RTI data using speech-to-text and text-to-speech. No keyboard needed anymore, just voice. sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/h... #mvpbuzz
Have an actual conversation with your agent about your Fabric Eventhouse timeseries data
In my previous blog post about the Fabric RTI MCP, I showed how to get started with the MCP and use the GitHub Copilot chat in Visual Studio Code to ‘talk’ to your Real-Time data via th…
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August 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Talk to your device, your data just got a voice. Have a real chat with your Microsoft Fabric RTI data using speech-to-text and text-to-speech. No keyboard needed anymore, just voice. sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/h... #mvpbuzz
Are you ready to build Azure IoT Operations custom logic? Did you build Azure IoT Edge modules in the past? Get a head start with the Azure IoT Operations SDK. Learn about what works and what does not work yet sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/a... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations, building a custom module using the SDK
Azure IoT Operations is the Edge platform for Azure IoT, part of Azure IoT vNext (part of the latest Azure IoT stack with other features like the MQTT support for Azure EventGrid Namespaces and Mic…
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July 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Are you ready to build Azure IoT Operations custom logic? Did you build Azure IoT Edge modules in the past? Get a head start with the Azure IoT Operations SDK. Learn about what works and what does not work yet sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/a... #mvpbuzz
Using MCP Support for Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence (RTI), we can query real-time data via Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. Read the full story at sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/07/05/g... #SDG-group #mvpbuzz
Getting started with the Model Context Protocol for Microsoft Fabric RTI in GitHub Copilot
In the last couple of months, I have written about various ways to work with Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence data, both about ingesting, enriching, and representing. Adding Microsoft Fabric…
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Using MCP Support for Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence (RTI), we can query real-time data via Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. Read the full story at sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/07/05/g... #SDG-group #mvpbuzz
What happens if you combine Azure IoT Operations telemetry with Microsoft Fabric commands via a medallion architecture? A full cloud feedback loop, just to turn on some signal tower lights. Read the full story at sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/a... #mvpbuzz
June 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What happens if you combine Azure IoT Operations telemetry with Microsoft Fabric commands via a medallion architecture? A full cloud feedback loop, just to turn on some signal tower lights. Read the full story at sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/a... #mvpbuzz
Are you familiar with the TIG stack? Check out how @grafana.bsky.social @influxdb.com database and Telegraf offer local dashboards on the Azure IoT Operations edge. Add remote monitoring dashboards to the local #MQTT broker sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/a... #MVPBuzz
Azure IoT Operations: Local dashboard based on TIG stack
Azure IoT Operations is the Edge platform for Azure IoT, part of Azure IoT vNext (part of the stack based on the MQTT support for Azure EventGrid Namespaces and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intellige…
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May 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Are you familiar with the TIG stack? Check out how @grafana.bsky.social @influxdb.com database and Telegraf offer local dashboards on the Azure IoT Operations edge. Add remote monitoring dashboards to the local #MQTT broker sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/a... #MVPBuzz
What is the value of IoT telemetry without context? Add weather data to your solution using #fabric #RTI Eventstream and Eventhouse. Add a materialized view and retention time to optimize the flow. Read about this new data source at sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/m... #mvpbuzz
May 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
What is the value of IoT telemetry without context? Add weather data to your solution using #fabric #RTI Eventstream and Eventhouse. Add a materialized view and retention time to optimize the flow. Read about this new data source at sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/m... #mvpbuzz
Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence now supports integration with the Azure Event Grid Namespace, both for MQTT and non-MQTT messages. See how IoT Device MQTT messages flow towards Fabric and querying them in an Eventhouse sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/m... #ALTEN_group #mvpbuzz
Microsoft Fabric RTI: Azure Event Grid Namespace (MQTT) support
Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises that covers everything from data movement to data science, Real-Time intelligence, and business intelligence. It offers a n…
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April 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence now supports integration with the Azure Event Grid Namespace, both for MQTT and non-MQTT messages. See how IoT Device MQTT messages flow towards Fabric and querying them in an Eventhouse sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/m... #ALTEN_group #mvpbuzz
Microsoft Fabric Eventstream now supports Change Data Capture of Azure Data Explorer Table rows.
With the help of Microsoft Fabric, Azure resources can use this feature too.
Check out the post sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/m...
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With the help of Microsoft Fabric, Azure resources can use this feature too.
Check out the post sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/m...
#mvpbuzz
April 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Microsoft Fabric Eventstream now supports Change Data Capture of Azure Data Explorer Table rows.
With the help of Microsoft Fabric, Azure resources can use this feature too.
Check out the post sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/m...
#mvpbuzz
With the help of Microsoft Fabric, Azure resources can use this feature too.
Check out the post sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/m...
#mvpbuzz
Happy #iotday. Check out all activities at iotday.org Join the presentation from Rob Tiffany at www.youtube.com/watch?v=h13n... about Saving the Earth with AI and the Internet of Things
IoT Day – The IoTday April 9 is a Global Day to celebrate IoT as a baseline for decision making based on real time data
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April 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Happy #iotday. Check out all activities at iotday.org Join the presentation from Rob Tiffany at www.youtube.com/watch?v=h13n... about Saving the Earth with AI and the Internet of Things
Check out Microsoft Fabric Data Agents (fka AI Skills) to see how Fabric Eventhouse data can be given context and queried via conversations. Use English-language questions to get insights on incoming telemetry. Available from F2 SKU soon. sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/m... #mvpbuzz
Microsoft Fabric RTI: Data Agent conversations on real-time telemetry
Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises that covers everything from data movement to data science, Real-Time intelligence, and business intelligence. It offers a n…
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Check out Microsoft Fabric Data Agents (fka AI Skills) to see how Fabric Eventhouse data can be given context and queried via conversations. Use English-language questions to get insights on incoming telemetry. Available from F2 SKU soon. sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/m... #mvpbuzz
Last year, I answered over 300 questions on MSLearn Q&A just because I knew the solution. Check out how you can help the community, too. Check out my profile learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/... and browse through the open questions in your expertise #MVPsPledgeToAnswers
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March 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Last year, I answered over 300 questions on MSLearn Q&A just because I knew the solution. Check out how you can help the community, too. Check out my profile learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/... and browse through the open questions in your expertise #MVPsPledgeToAnswers
Use Microsoft Fabric Dataflow Gen2 to write and read data in an Eventhouse. Use a Data Pipeline for more granular scheduling. The example included is based on the International Space Station's current location. Read the full story sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/m... #mvpbuzz
March 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Use Microsoft Fabric Dataflow Gen2 to write and read data in an Eventhouse. Use a Data Pipeline for more granular scheduling. The example included is based on the International Space Station's current location. Read the full story sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/m... #mvpbuzz
Connecting Azure IoT Operations to an Azure Event Hub opens many integration possibilities. How about forwarding telemetry to Azure Data Explorer or sending back commands to the edge device via Azure Functions? It's so easy sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/a... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations: Event Hub telemetry and commands
Azure IoT Operations is the new Edge platform for Azure IoT, part of Azure IoT vNext (Next to the MQTT support for Azure EventGrid Namespaces and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence). In previo…
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Connecting Azure IoT Operations to an Azure Event Hub opens many integration possibilities. How about forwarding telemetry to Azure Data Explorer or sending back commands to the edge device via Azure Functions? It's so easy sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/a... #mvpbuzz
Interested in Azure IoT and what you can do with it? join the Microsoft IoT MVP Summit 2025, collaborating with Microsoft and the AzureIoT Insights community. Register via the QR code and join this free online event on March 1st. CfP still open sessionize.com/microsoft-io... #mvpbuzz
February 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Interested in Azure IoT and what you can do with it? join the Microsoft IoT MVP Summit 2025, collaborating with Microsoft and the AzureIoT Insights community. Register via the QR code and join this free online event on March 1st. CfP still open sessionize.com/microsoft-io... #mvpbuzz
Hello to all my Candian friends. Interested in Azure IoT Operations? And live demos of what is currently offered? Check out my in-person presentation on March 20 at the Microsoft Reactor in Toronto Canada. Free registration at developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto... #ALTEN_group #SDG_group #MVPBuzz
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February 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Hello to all my Candian friends. Interested in Azure IoT Operations? And live demos of what is currently offered? Check out my in-person presentation on March 20 at the Microsoft Reactor in Toronto Canada. Free registration at developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto... #ALTEN_group #SDG_group #MVPBuzz
Are you interested in pausing Azure resources and saving some money on your subscription costs? Check out how Azure Automation Runbooks help you to pause resources via a scheduler and make use of those monthly 500 free minutes of Job run time.
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Using Azure Runbooks to pause resources and save money
As with every cloud provider, Microsoft also offers pay-as-you-go usage for most Azure Resources. For example, running a Virtual Machine is most expensive when it’s actually running. When you…
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February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Are you interested in pausing Azure resources and saving some money on your subscription costs? Check out how Azure Automation Runbooks help you to pause resources via a scheduler and make use of those monthly 500 free minutes of Job run time.
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/u... #mvpbuzz
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/u... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations now supports a monthly release plan. Check out here to upgrade sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/a... #MVPBuzz
January 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Azure IoT Operations now supports a monthly release plan. Check out here to upgrade sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/a... #MVPBuzz
What are your good intentions for 2025? Start using that darn home trainer? Why not add some IoT stuff and cycle around the world using Google Streetview? Add a Wilderness labs meadow f7 and augment your cycle experience. Source code on Github sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/c... #mvpbuzz
Cycle around the world with Streetview and a Wilderness labs meadow f7
2025 just started so it’s time for good intentions. Having better health is always great so I got this home trainer for Christmas. But being an IoTeer, just using it as-is is not that much fu…
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January 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What are your good intentions for 2025? Start using that darn home trainer? Why not add some IoT stuff and cycle around the world using Google Streetview? Add a Wilderness labs meadow f7 and augment your cycle experience. Source code on Github sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/c... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations supports OPC-UA out of the box as Asset endpoints, Assets, and universal namespaces. Connect a custom OPC-UA server app based on the Traeger C# SDK, complete with credentials and certificates. Use K9S to test connectivity
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sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/a... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations: Reading OPC-UA server tags
It shows how to connect a custom OPC-UA server to Azure IoT Operations. It provides steps to work around the challenges of setting up username/password secrets and uploading the server certificate …
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December 25, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Azure IoT Operations supports OPC-UA out of the box as Asset endpoints, Assets, and universal namespaces. Connect a custom OPC-UA server app based on the Traeger C# SDK, complete with credentials and certificates. Use K9S to test connectivity
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/a... #mvpbuzz
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/a... #mvpbuzz
Some Sunday afternoon fun with the International Space Station location API api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. Source code available under MIT license at github.com/sandervandev... #mvpbuzz
December 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Some Sunday afternoon fun with the International Space Station location API api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. Source code available under MIT license at github.com/sandervandev... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations supports two-way #MQTT communication via data flows by connecting Azure EventGrid Namespace MQTT topics to MQTT topics on the local MQTT broker. Via Bicep scripting magic, commands are delivered from the cloud to the edge #mvpbuzz sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/a...
Azure IoT Operations: Sending commands via EventGrid MQTT
Azure IoT Operations is the new Edge platform for Azure IoT, part of Azure IoT vNext (Next to the MQTT support for Azure EventGrid namespaces and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence). In previo…
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Azure IoT Operations supports two-way #MQTT communication via data flows by connecting Azure EventGrid Namespace MQTT topics to MQTT topics on the local MQTT broker. Via Bicep scripting magic, commands are delivered from the cloud to the edge #mvpbuzz sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/a...
Check out Azure IoT Operations MQTT broker and dataflows. Learn how industrial Wago energy meter telemetry is forwarded to the cloud, especially the Real-Time Intelligence part of Microsoft Fabric, including extra transformations.
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/a... #mvpbuzz
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/a... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations: Microsoft Fabric RTI Eventstream dataflow
Azure IoT Operations is the new Edge platform for IoT, part of Azure IoT vNext (Next to the MQTT support for Azure EventGrid namespaces and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence). Just one week a…
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Check out Azure IoT Operations MQTT broker and dataflows. Learn how industrial Wago energy meter telemetry is forwarded to the cloud, especially the Real-Time Intelligence part of Microsoft Fabric, including extra transformations.
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/a... #mvpbuzz
sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/a... #mvpbuzz
Azure IoT Operations is ‘the new kid on the block’ and it comes with a local MQTT broker. Learn how to connect with
@nodered.org, #Mosquitto, and the #mqttx tool using X509 certificates for the #kubernetes loadbalancer listener sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/a... #mvpbuzz
@nodered.org, #Mosquitto, and the #mqttx tool using X509 certificates for the #kubernetes loadbalancer listener sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/a... #mvpbuzz
November 24, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Azure IoT Operations is ‘the new kid on the block’ and it comes with a local MQTT broker. Learn how to connect with
@nodered.org, #Mosquitto, and the #mqttx tool using X509 certificates for the #kubernetes loadbalancer listener sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/a... #mvpbuzz
@nodered.org, #Mosquitto, and the #mqttx tool using X509 certificates for the #kubernetes loadbalancer listener sandervandevelde.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/a... #mvpbuzz