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Georgi Angelov edited this page Dec 1, 2019 · 27 revisions

Accaunt - Azure Active Directory ( AAD )

You need email at hotmail.com or ... or account at Microsoft

Example: wizio(@)hotmail.com

goto Azure Portal -> Azure Active Directory -> Users -> New user

Enter:

  • Name: Your Name ( does not matter )
  • User name: azure(@)wiziohotmail.onMicrosoft.com

( azure@ as your preferences, wiziohotmail as your email )

Create User

Select this user -> Directory role -> ADD -> Global administrator

Azure Sphere Device Communication Service (manually)

( If you have installed SDK skip this )

If you install SDK 19.10 the uploader will stop work (manualy - work)

TAP-Windows Adapter V9

Download AzureSphereDeviceCommunicationService

  • Azure Sphere Device Communication Service ( is folder from Microsoft SDK )
  • And unpack anywhere ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Azure Sphere SDK )
  • Open folder and Run as Administrator INSTALL.BAT ( edit paths if need )

Sometime Windows Defender(?) remove Service !?!

How is is work

Test: azsphere dev show-attached

SDK 19.10 workaroud

  1. Copy contents of 19.10 SDK folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Azure Sphere SDK\Tools

to platformio folder that has azsphere:

C:\Users\XXXXX.platformio\packages\tool-azure\azsphere

  1. Change common.py in .platformio folder: C:\Users\XXXXX.platformio\platforms\azure\builder\frameworks

Look for def dev_image_pack(target, source, env): then modify two lines as follows:

cmd.append("image") Change this to:

cmd.append("image-package")

and

cmd.append("package-application") Change this to:

cmd.append("pack-application")