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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.
Announcing general availability of Azure IoT Hub integration with Azure Event Grid
The integration will simplify the architecture and development of IoT applications.
July 2018
New in Azure Maps: API, map control modules, imagery, and styling features
New features are available for Azure Maps customers.
Batch services and advanced routing services for Azure Maps
New features and batch services are available for Azure Maps. They support the needs of large-scale enterprises with high volumes of concurrent users, along with users who need advanced functionality.
December 2016
General availability: Azure IoT Gateway SDK
With the general availability of the Azure IoT Gateway SDK, developers can create on-premises gateways that allow their IoT solutions to do more.
General availability: Azure IoT Hub device management
Azure IoT Hub device management enables IoT developers and operators to harness the power of the Azure hyperscale cloud to organize, monitor, query, and orchestrate changes across billions of devices.
July 2016
General availability: Microsoft Azure IoT Hub S3 edition
Microsoft Azure IoT Hub S3 addresses enterprise scenarios where you have a large number of devices that generate large amounts of data and must transmit messages frequently.
April 2016
Azure IoT Gateway SDK enters public beta
The Azure IoT Gateway SDK, which facilitates the creation of on-premises gateways, enters public beta.
March 2016
Microsoft Azure IoT reference architecture available
The Microsoft Azure IoT reference architecture provides guidance for building secure and scalable, device-centric solutions for connecting devices, conducting analysis, and integrating with back-end systems.
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