diff --git a/doc/get_started/python-devbox-setup.md b/doc/get_started/python-devbox-setup.md
index d20946ff33c..60c9fb19675 100644
--- a/doc/get_started/python-devbox-setup.md
+++ b/doc/get_started/python-devbox-setup.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This document describes how to prepare your development environment to use the *
- [Setup your development environment](#devenv)
- [Build the samples on Linux](#linux)
+- [Install on Windows using PyPI wheels](#windows-wheels)
- [Build the samples on Windows using nuget packages](#windows)
- [Build the samples on Windows using cmake and boost libraries](#windows-cmake)
- [Sample applications](#samplecode)
@@ -40,6 +41,20 @@ The Python iothub_client supports python versions 2.7.x, 3.4.x or 3.5.x. Know th
1. On some small footprint Linux devices, like a *Raspberry Pi* using Raspbian OS, the following build error may occur: `virtual memory exhausted: Cannot allocate memory`. In such a case please try to increase the swap file size on your platform and retry the build. (If swap increase did not work consider running build.sh using --skip-unittests --use-websockets parameters)
2. CentOS7: Only Python 2.7 is supported due to a missing boost-python3 library package
+
+## Install the Python iothub_client module on Windows from [PyPI]
+
+The following instructions outline how you can install the **iothub\_client** module in Windows from [PyPi] using the **iothub\_client** package:
+
+1. Open a command-prompt window.
+2. Install the **iothub\_client** package with the following command: `pip install iothub-client`
+3. Now Python is ready to run the sample applications.
+Please follow instructions in [Sample applications](#samplecode) to run the Python samples.
+
+> Note: If it is not already installed, you need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015][lnk-c-redist].
+
+> Note: If Pip cannot install the package for the specific version of Python installed on your machine, use one of the following options to build the **iothub_client** module.
+
## Build the Python iothub_client module on Windows using Nuget packages (recommended)
@@ -47,7 +62,7 @@ The following instructions outline how you can build the libraries in Windows:
1. Open a Visual Studio 2015 x86 Native Tools command prompt and navigate to the folder **python/build_all/windows** in your local copy of the repository.
2. Run the script `build.cmd` in the **python\\build_all\\windows** directory.
-3. As a result, the `iothub_client.pyd` Python extension module is copied to the **python/device/samples** folder. Please follow instructions in [Sample applications](#samplecode) to run the Python samples.
+3. As a result, the `iothub_client.pyd` Python extension module is copied to the **python/device/samples** folder. Follow the instructions in [Sample applications](#samplecode) to run the Python IoT Hub samples.
4. In order to run the samples with a different Python version (e.g. 32bit vs. 64bit or 2.7 vs. 3.4) please rebuild the `iothub_client.pyd` extension.
@@ -84,7 +99,9 @@ To use the iothub_client extension for native code debugging with [Python Tools
This repository contains various Python sample applications that illustrate how to use the Microsoft Azure IoT SDK for Python. To learn how to run a sample application that sends messages to an IoT hub, see [Getting started - running a Python sample application][getstarted].
[python-2.7 or python-3.5]: https://www.python.org/downloads/
+[PyPI]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/iothub-client/
[Python Tools for Visual Studio]: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/python-vs.aspx
[setup-devbox]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdks/blob/master/c/doc/devbox_setup.md
[getstarted]: python-run-sample.md
[boost-zip]: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_60_0.html
+[lnk-c-redist]: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=48145
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diff --git a/doc/get_started/python-run-sample.md b/doc/get_started/python-run-sample.md
index 0710edcdbae..f03d871021d 100644
--- a/doc/get_started/python-run-sample.md
+++ b/doc/get_started/python-run-sample.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ You should have the following items ready before beginning the process:
- Make sure desktop is ready as per instructions given on [Prepare your development environment][lnk-python-devbox-setup].
+> Note: On Windows, you can install the **iothub-client** module package using Pip as described in [Prepare your development environment][lnk-python-devbox-setup].
+
# Step 3: Run the sample