Internet of things

As we announced recently, Microsoft thinks there is a natural balance between the cloud and the edge in IoT. Why?

There are many facets to an IoT Solution – device code, cloud solution code, and application code – all working together to realize a business goal. Azure IoT Suite is designed to get you started quickly and realize business value from IoT.

Azure Cosmos DB, announced at the Microsoft Build 2017 conference, is the first globally distributed, multi-model database service for building planet scale apps. You can easily build globally-distributed applications without the hassle of complex, multiple-datacenter configurations.

Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally distributed, horizontally partitioned, multi-model database service. The service is designed to allow customers to elastically (and independently) scale throughput and storage across any number of geographical regions.

Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of Azure Cosmos DB.

Today, we are announcing Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) on edge devices, a new feature of Azure Stream Analytics that enables customers to deploy analytical intelligence closer to the IoT devices and unlock the full value of the device-generated data.

Many customers tell us that they want to start with the digital transformation of their assets, for example production lines, as well as their business processes. However, many times they just don’t know where to start or what exactly Industrie 4.0 is all about.

Learn more about Microsoft IoT Microsoft is simplifying IoT so every business can digitally transform through IoT solutions that are more accessible and easier to implement.

Today we are excited to announce a new service, Azure Time Series Insights.

Announcing Azure Storage Client Library for JavaScript

To further our commitment to providing the latest in cloud innovation for government customers we’re excited to announce the general availability of HDInsight and Power BI Pro in Microsoft Cloud for Government.

While the most successful enterprise IoT solutions include a strategy for operators to handle ongoing management of device collection in a simple and reliable manner, it can be a hurdle for companies getting started with IoT.