devbox_setup.md

Prepare your development environment

This document describes how to prepare your development environment to use the Microsoft Azure IoT device SDK for C#.

• Visual Studio
• Azure SDK for .NET
• NuGet package
• Application samples

## Visual Studio

Install Visual Studio 2015. You can use any version of Visual Studio 2015, including the Community edition.

## Azure SDK for .NET

Install the Azure SDK for .NET 2.7 or later. Use the following links to download the SDK installer for your version of Visual Studio:

• VS 2015
• VS 2013
• VS 2012

## NuGet package

If you are creating a client application from scratch, use the Visual Studio package manager to add the latest version of the Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client NuGet package to your project.

## Sample applications

This repository contains various .NET sample applications that illustrate how to use the Microsoft Azure IoT device SDK for .NET. For more information, see the readme.