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Generally available: Migrate devices across templates at scale in Azure IoT Central
Migrating devices across device templates at scale is now supported in Azure IoT Central jobs.
Generally available: Customize application text labels in Azure IoT Central
You can now replace ‘Device’ label in your Azure IoT Central application with your preferred text.
Generally available: Support for Private Link in Azure IoT Central
Enhance your security posture by privately connecting devices to Azure IoT Central via private endpoint, eliminating exposure to the public internet.
Generally available: Support for copying tiles added to Azure IoT Central
IoT Central customers will now be able to quickly build new visuals in their dashboards by simply copying an existing tile.
March 2022
Generally available: Connect and manage devices in Azure IoT Central without models
You now have the ability to connect your devices, send data, run commands, and create relationships without having to first create a model for them in Azure IoT Central.
Generally available: Pin analytics tile to dashboards in Azure IoT Central
Quickly build new visuals by simply pinning an analytics tile from data explorer to the dashboard directly.
February 2022
Generally available: Updated navigation menu in Azure IoT Central
The Azure IoT Central navigation menu has been updated to make it easier to find product capabilities. Pages have been re-ordered, re-grouped, and re-named to align with common tasks.
Generally available: New learning content on the Azure IoT Central homepage
The Azure IoT Central homepage has been refreshed with new learning content to help you start your IoT solution development.
Generally available: Find developer resources easily with the IoT Central GitHub repository
Easily find developer resources and sample code for building Azure IoT Central solutions at the new Azure IoT Central GitHub repository.
Generally available: Improved getting started material in Azure IoT Central documentation
New FAQ articles and a re-organized landing page and table of contents improves your ability to find the information you need about Azure IoT Central.
Generally Available: Search results page improvements in Azure IoT Central
Filtering and highlighting matched values have been added to IoT Central search results allowing for richer search experience.
Generally available: Regional deployments for all new and existing IoT Central applications
All previously created IoT Central applications in a geography are now mapped to standard Azure region.
January 2022
Generally available: Support for copying dashboards added to Azure IoT Central
Start reusing tiles and dashboards through the new Copy Dashboard feature in Azure IoT Central.
Generally available: Data mapping for transforming data at ingress in Azure IoT Central
Target availability: Q1 2022
Transform complex device telemetry into structured data inside Azure IoT Central so you can use that telemetry within Rules, Analytics, Dashboards and Data Export.
Generally available: Display limits on tiles increased to 100 homogeneous devices
You can now select and display up to 100 devices on a single tile within IoT Central.
November 2021
General availability: Data transformation at Export in Azure IoT Central
This update allows the ability for you to transform device data in IoT Central into your preferred structure and export that transformed data to an external destination.
General availability: Secure Data Egress via Managed Identity in Azure IoT Central
Azure IoT Central now supports System Assigned Managed Identity allowing you to configure secure data exports.
General availability: Improved legends in IoT Central Analytics charts
Grouping by Device Name is now supported in IoT Central Analytics charts.
General availability: IoT Central - Organizations
IoT solution builders can now build an IoT solution once and onboard multiple tenants into it – keeping cost down and reducing management overhead.
October 2021
General availability: Azure IoT Central new and updated features—September 2021
September updates include dashboard and analytics enhancements, improvements to device registration, and support for bring your own device keys.
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