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Azure IoT Central

Proof of concept isn’t your endgame. We’ll help you build industry-leading solutions with a hosted IoT application platform.

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Azure IoT Central is your IoT app platform

Azure IoT Central is highly secure, scales with your business as it grows, ensures your investments are repeatable, and integrates with your existing business apps.

  • Highly secure
  • Enterprise-grade
  • Predictable pricing
  • Industry-focused

Get connected

Azure IoT Central connects your IoT devices to the cloud faster than any other platform. Find new devices matched to your solution in the Azure Certified for IoT device catalog.

Stay connected

We understand how hard it is to keep devices connected and healthy. Centralized management helps you reconfigure and update them.

Transform

Our connectors and extensibility APIs bridge the gap between your business applications and IoT—providing a direct connection between IoT data and your decision makers.

Transform your business with our IoT app platform

From launch to production, rapidly build enterprise-grade IoT applications on a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure.

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Connect

Manage

Scale

Extend

Monetize

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Industry-specific app templates for retail, energy, healthcare, and government help you get up and running.

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Find certified devices in the Azure Certified for IoT device catalog. IoT Plug and Play devices connect your devices seamlessly.

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Central device management, including advanced rules and analytics, helps you fix, update, and reconfigure devices.

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Make your applications repeatable with application export. Use white-labeling to customize the solution experience.

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Combine device insights with decision making using connectors to business applications and public extensibility APIs.

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Publish to our AppSource marketplace and use Microsoft channels to grow your business.

Build secure and scalable IoT enterprise solutions

Can your IoT solution grow with you? Are you protecting data on devices and in the cloud? Azure IoT Central is the only app platform that’s built with the properties of highly secure and scalable IoT solutions.

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In-store analytics

Digitally connect locations, create personalized customer experiences, and reduce operating costs.

Digital distribution center

Improve warehouse efficiency by digitalizing key assets and actions.

Connected logistics

Track your shipments in real time, across air, water, and land, with location and condition monitoring.

Smart inventory management

Use sensors to automate receiving, product movement, cycle counting, and tracking—from sourcing to customer fulfillment.

Continuous patient monitoring

Extend patient care beyond the hospital walls, reduce re-admissions, and manage disease.

Smart meter monitoring

Connect utility meters to gain insights into billing, forecast consumption, and proactively detect outages.

Solar panel monitoring

Connect, monitor, and manage your solar panels and energy generation.

Water quality monitoring

Digitally monitor water operations to reduce costs and health risks.

Water consumption monitoring

Remotely monitor and control water flow to reduce consumption.

Connected waste management

Monitor waste bins and dispatch field operators to maximize efficient waste collection.

Tackle common IoT scenarios across industries

Ready to build? Get ahead in your market and transform your business with our growing selection of IoT app templates for common industry scenarios. Enrich your offerings by integrating with other industry technologies and partner solutions. All while keeping your data and brand in your control.

Explore our industry app templates

Simple, predictable pricing

  • No upfront cost
  • No termination fees
  • Pay only for what you need
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Rest easy with industry-leading security

  • Microsoft invests more than USD 1 billion annually on cybersecurity research and development.
  • We employ more than 3,500 security experts completely dedicated to your data security and privacy.
  • Azure has more compliance certifications than any other cloud provider. View the comprehensive list.
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Get started with Azure IoT Central

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Tour the interface
Create your first Azure IoT Central application

Developer resources

Documentation

Explore quickstarts, how-to guides, tutorials, and API reference documentation.

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IoT developer’s guide

Find the resources you need to get started and work through technical challenges.

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IoT School

Whether you’re new to IoT or a seasoned professional looking to stay on top of your game, find information and learning resources to build your solutions.

Go to IoT School

IoT Show

Watch live-streamed events about SaaS IoT solution building, including scenarios like intelligent edge, DevOps, and asset tracking. Take advantage of top-requested technical deep dives.

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IoT technical community

Ask questions and get support from Microsoft engineers and Azure experts.

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IoT device catalog

Browse more than 1,000 certified IoT hardware devices to start building your IoT solution today.

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Azure IoT Central updates, blogs, and announcements

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Frequently asked questions

  • Azure IoT Central gives you guaranteed 99.9-percent connectivity. Read the SLA.
  • Access Azure IoT Central using most desktops, tablets, and browsers. See a list of supported browsers and connectivity requirements.
  • Data is retained on a rolling, 30-day basis. You can continuously export data using the export feature.

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