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Azure IoT C# and Java SDKs release new long-term support (LTS) branches
The Azure IoT Java and C# SDKs have each now released new long-term support (LTS) branches.
December 2019
Csharp and Java SDKs for IoT Plug and Play are now in Preview
We have added two more SDK languages to the IoT Plug and Play public preview. You can now develop with the Azure IoT Csharp SDK and the Azure IoT Java SDK, in addition to Azure IoT SDK for Node.js and Azure IoT SDK for C.
IoT devices and applications to only use TLS 1.2 for communication with IoT Hub and DPS
To provide best-in-class encryption, IoT Hub and Device Provisioning Service are moving to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 as the encryption mechanism of choice for IoT devices. As such, legacy support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 as well as several legacy ciphers will be deprecated in July 1st, 2020.
IoT Hub feature, service tags, is now generally available
With the general availability of IoT Hub service tags, customers can discover IoT Hub service endpoints’ IP addresses with ease.
November 2019
Device telemetry events from IoT Hub to Event Grid
Azure IoT Hub integrates with Azure Event Grid so that you can send event notifications to other services and trigger downstream processes. workflows
IoT Hub message routing to Azure Data Lake StoreGen2 is now available
IoT Hub message routing to Data Lake StoreGen2 is now available
IoT Hub message enrichment is now available
IoT Hub message enrichment adds the ability to stamp messages with rich information before they’re sent, simplifying downstream processing and accelerating customer insights.
IoT Hub new features now available for device and module twins
Announcing several feature improvements for Azure IoT Hub device and module twins, namely the support for deep property nesting, and increases to the twin document max size and key/value lengths.
October 2019
IoT Hub device streams new preview regions
IoT Hub device streams is now also available in North Europe and Southeast Asia in preview
August 2019
Azure IoT Hub manual failover now available
This feature is part of IoT Hub cloud service and allows customers to failover an IoT hub instance from its primary Azure region to its corresponding geo-paired region.
IoT Plug and Play Preview is now available
With IoT Plug and Play Preview, solution developers can start using Azure IoT Central to build solutions that integrate seamlessly with IoT devices enabled with IoT Plug and Play.
July 2019
Azure Security Center for IoT now available
Azure Security Center allows you to protect your end-to-end IoT deployment with threat protection that identifies emerging threats and provides you with steps for remediation.
May 2019
IoT Hub device telemetry events in Event Grid - public preview
IoT Hub expands its capabilities as an event source in Event Grid by enabling subscribing to device telemetry events.
IoT Plug and Play announcement at Build
Today we’re announcing IoT Plug and Play, which is based on an open modeling language that allows developers to connect IoT devices to the cloud without having to write any code.
April 2019
Set custom metadata properties for Stream Analytics output
Stream Analytics now allows users to attach query columns as user properties to outgoing messages to helps better facilitate downstream processing and reporting etc.
Azure Security Center for IoT in public preview
Azure is now the first major public cloud with end-to-end security for IoT for your devices, hubs and cloud resources. We are adding advanced threat protection for IoT to three key services: Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel and Azure IoT Hub.
March 2019
IoT Hub supports new Azure Monitor metric alerts
Announcing the new Azure Monitor metric alerts in IoT Hub. These new metric alerts are faster and more flexible than the older classic alerts, and they're also easier to set up.
September 2018
Stream Analytics: Query extensibility with C# UDF on Azure IoT Edge
Developers who create Stream Analytics modules for Azure IoT Edge can now write custom C# functions and invoke them right in the query through user-defined functions.
Azure IoT Hub—New message routing capability available
Azure IoT Hub message routing simplifies IoT solution development and enables you to send messages from your devices to cloud services in an automated, scalable, and reliable manner. Use routing queries to apply customized filters and send only the most relevant data to the service facing endpoints.
General availability: Event Hubs for Node.js
Version 1.0 of the Azure Event Hubs package for Node.js is now generally available.
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