Azure IoT
Quickly turn your vision into reality with secure, scalable and open edge-to-cloud Internet of Things solutions.
Explore the benefits of Azure IoT
Azure IoT provides the industry’s broadest portfolio of services and capabilities that meets you where you are, from the edge to the cloud, according to your needs and with the requirements from your industry.
Simple tools, simple templates, simply open-source.
The open approach of Azure IoT places ease of development and integration at the forefront. Connect, monitor and control billions of devices on your terms by choosing to develop with speed and simplicity on a fully managed app platform, or build more flexible solutions using robust platform services.
Build and ship apps faster modern application development.
Trust that your data estate is secured from endpoints to the cloud.
Partner with the most proactive leader in IoT security, with the largest portfolio of regulatory and compliance certifications in the industry, and maintain control of IoT data, devices, and applications. Change security from the thing that keeps you up at night to a strength that can differentiate your products or services from the competition.
Unlock new revenue streams and opportunities through continuously enhanced data, AI and analytics solutions.
Innovation is a journey without end. Microsoft’s bold commitment to sustainability allows you to integrate seamlessly with your existing systems without complexity and resource constraints slowing down your business outcomes.
Spend less time communicating with the cloud and operate more reliably even in extended offline periods with Azure IoT Edge. Deploy complex, high-value AI without writing it in house. AI modules are available via the Azure Marketplace, and Azure Certified Device catalog makes it easy to find devices with advanced edge capabilities to quickly provision and deploy at scale.
Unlock the largest IoT partner ecosystem to scale from proof of concept to global solutions wherever and whenever you’re ready.
With data centres in more global regions, the largest compliance portfolio of any cloud service provider, and a bold commitment to sustainability, you don’t need to choose between quantity and quality when you build IoT solutions on Azure.
What is Azure IoT?
Internet of Things or IoT refers to a collection of managed and platform services across edge and cloud that connect, monitor and control billions of IoT assets. It also includes security and operating systems for devices and equipment, along with data and analytics that help businesses to build, deploy and manage IoT apps. When discussing the Internet of Things, we consider how these services work together across three components:
Things
The physical objects, or things, such as industrial equipment, devices or sensors, that connect to the cloud persistently or intermittently.
Insights
Information collected by the things, which is analysed and turned into actionable knowledge, either by people or AI.
Actions
The way people respond to those insights and connect them to their business, as well as the systems and tools they use.
Cloud and edge computing are coming together as never before, leading to huge opportunities for developers and businesses around the world. Digital twins, mixed reality and autonomous systems are at the core of a massive wave of innovation from which our customers are already benefitting.
IoT Signals Edition 2 Report
The goal of the IoT Signals report is to better serve our partners and customers, as well as help business leaders develop their own IoT strategies. Released in October 2020, get the latest insights based on feedback from over 3,000 decision makers at enterprise companies across the globe who are currently involved in IoT.
Microsoft and key Azure IoT partners have been positioned as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms, 2020
Video series for IT professionals with demos, how-to guides and insights from the people who build it. This episode focuses on RXR Realty’s pioneering efforts to return people to the office safely using IoT and AI on the edge with Azure.
Azure Certified Device enables device builders to connect with a community of solution builders and distributors to create confidence in the devices purchased through the Azure Certified Device catalogue, highlighting both device compatibility and differentiation, and enabling the development of innovative IoT solutions.
Find the right IoT approach for your business
Accelerate time to market by starting your IoT project on the right path. Develop with choice based on your organisational needs, resources and objectives.
Azure IoT Hub and Azure Digital Twins provide the building blocks for companies to construct customised solutions for complex IoT scenarios. This solution is the right fit for businesses with cloud solution and device expertise, and align with:
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Management
I want full control over the underlying services of my solution, including taking ownership for managing and scaling to meet my needs, and leveraging my in-house or partner-driven expertise to onboard devices and services.
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Control
My business requires total customisation and control over the solution architecture.
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Pricing
I want to fine-tune services to control my overall cost.
Azure IoT Hub
Enable highly secure and reliable communication between your IoT application and the devices it manages. Azure IoT Hub provides a cloud-hosted solution back-end to connect any device virtually.
Learn moreAzure Digital Twins
Gain insights that help you drive better products, optimise operations and costs, and create breakthrough customer experiences. Apply your domain expertise on top of Azure Digital Twins to build connected solutions.
Learn moreGet an Azure IoT certification
Become certified as an Azure IoT developer and discover the power of Azure IoT products with step-by-step guidance. Start your journey today by exploring our learning paths and modules.
Getting startedAzure IoT Central enables companies to get started quickly building IoT apps with a fully managed IoT solution offering. This solution is right for businesses that don’t wish to dedicate extensive resources to system architecture, and align with:
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Management
I want to take advantage of an app platform that will handle the scale, security and management of my IoT applications and devices.
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Control
I want to customise branding, dashboard structure, user roles, devices and my own telemetry, but I don’t want to handle the underlying IoT system management or overheads.
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Pricing
I need a simple, predictable pricing structure.
Azure IoT Central
Azure IoT Central is highly secure, scales with your business as it grows, ensures that your investments are repeatable and integrates with your existing business apps.
Learn moreIoT Central app templates
Ready to build? Get ahead in your market and transform your business with our growing selection of IoT app templates for common industry scenarios.
Learn moreGet an Azure IoT certification
Become certified as an Azure IoT developer and discover the power of Azure IoT products with step-by-step guidance. Start your journey today by exploring our learning paths and modules.
Getting startedTap into the most expansive and fastest-growing partner ecosystem in the IoT space. The Azure IoT partner network lets customers choose a fully managed or finished solution, as well as the expertise and resources to help approximate costs for new solutions.
IoT applications
Find the right app for your business needs. Get solutions tailored to your industry that work with the products you already use.
Find a solutionIoT providers
Find a provider that can help integrate customised IoT solutions with your existing systems.
Find a solution providerFind a certified device
Azure Certified Device program enables device builders and OEM partners to certify IoT devices and list them on the Azure Certified Device catalog.
View Azure-certified devicesLearn more about Azure IoT for your industry
Learn more about Azure IoT products and services
Azure IoT Hub
Connect, manage and scale billions of IoT devices from the edge to the cloud.
Azure IoT Central
Accelerate the creation of IoT solutions, and reduce the burden and cost of IoT management, operations and development.
Azure Digital Twins
Build next-generation IoT spatial intelligence solutions by replicating real physical spaces and creating connected environments.
Azure IoT Edge
Extend cloud intelligence and analytics by moving workloads and business logic from the cloud to edge devices.
Azure Sphere
Securely connect MCU-powered devices from the silicon to the cloud.
Learn how Azure IoT works for specific use-case scenarios
Condition monitoring for industrial IoT
Achieve operational excellence across your processes. Use IoT to monitor the integrity of your equipment to avoid critical and costly downtime.
Predictive maintenance for industrial IoT
Improve the efficiency of your equipment, anticipate outages and ensure production uptime, while reducing the costs by optimising production.
Create a safe building
Build confidence by letting your employees and customers know that you’re focused on their health and safety as you resume onsite operations with safer workspaces.
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Customers are doing great things with Azure IoT
Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO, RXR Realty"When it came to developing RxWell, our new public-health-based, data-driven program that's specifically designed to give our customers the peace of mind that they can safely return to the workplace, Microsoft was the only company that could meet our comprehensive data, analytics and security needs."
Brian Robins, Vice President of Product and Industry Marketing, Bentley Systems"By using Azure Digital Twins to support iTwin, we can help our users better understand how to make assets more efficient and operate at higher capacities."
Gunnar H. Hide, Country Lead Food and Beverage, Norway ABB"With AI and IoT technologies from Microsoft, we are bringing higher accuracy to NRS so the company can use its licenses more efficiently and improve profit margins."
Steve Knox, Manager of Connected Customer Experience, Sub-Zero Group, Inc."We have a philosophy of continuing to improve security and always putting the customer first. We saw this reflected in Microsoft and what they're doing with Azure."
Jason Wood, Global Display Development Head, Mars, Inc."Both Microsoft and Footmarks demonstrated a mutual interest in testing and learning. The engagement felt more like a partnership than a sales relationship."
Davide Vigano, Cofounder and CEO, Sensoria Health"Creating a solution that combines hardware, artificial intelligence, mobile applications, and the cloud to improve the lives of patients is incredibly complex. But with Azure IoT Central, we were able to create something that will very soon be a great aid to doctors and patients alike."
Find a solution provider
Integrate customised IoT solutions with your existing systems today.
Browse and certify IoT devices
Find an Azure-certified device or hardware partner to simplify device connectivity and security. Certify here to get listed in the catalogue.
Start learning
Interested in building end-to-end IoT solutions on Azure IoT? This is the place to start.