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Building an ecosystem for responsible drone use and development on Microsoft Azure 

The next wave of computing is already taking shape around us as IoT enables businesses to sense all aspects of their business in real-time and take informed action, to running cloud workloads on those IoT devices so those devices don’t require “always on” connectivity to the cloud to make real-time context-aware decisions. This is the intelligent edge, and it will define the next wave of innovation, not just for business but also how we address some of the world’s most pressing issues.

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Azure Cosmos DB partitioning design patterns – Part 1 

In this article, you will learn how to use partition keys to efficiently distribute data, improve application performance, and enable faster look-up. The pre-requisites of this article are general knowledge of Azure Cosmos DB and a good understanding of change feed, request unit (RU) and Azure Functions.

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IoT device authentication options 

Picking the right security for the job is a challenging issue. Obviously, everyone wants their security for IoT solutions to be maximized. But issues such as hardware limitations, cost consciousness, lack of security expertise, and more all play into which security option is ultimately chosen for how your IoT devices connect to the cloud.