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RSS feedMarch 2024
Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation for this release period provides 28 days for backward-compatibility testing.
October 2023
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 23.10 expected on November 8
Participate in retail evaluation now to ensure compatibility. The Azure Sphere team has also updated the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices, resulting in an additional reboot for production devices.
July 2022
Generally available: Guided tour experience added to Azure IoT Central
You now have the option to take the phone as a device guided tour when creating a new application in Azure IoT Central.
Generally available: CI/CD Guidance for Azure IoT Central
CI/CD Guidance and sample code now available for Azure IoT Central deployment pipelines.
Generally available: Exporting device customizations and cloud properties in Azure IoT Central
Device capability customizations and cloud properties are now included in exported device templates in Azure IoT Central.
Public preview: 2022-06-30 Azure IoT Central REST API release is now live
The Azure IoT Central REST API now supports to programmatically create enrollment groups, schedule jobs, configure application dashboards, and leverage the REST API for unassociated/unmodeled devices.
June 2022
Generally available: 2022-05-31 Azure IoT Central REST API release
The Azure IoT Central REST API now enables GA support for creating and managing device groups and organizations, configure file uploads destination, and add organization association to existing endpoints.
Generally available: Resize rows in Azure IoT Central device raw data view
You can now resize rows in Azure IoT Central’s device raw data view allowing the ability to analyze more data in a single view.
Generally available: Export device data under an organization in Azure IoT Central
Azure IoT Central data export feature now supports the ability to filter data under an organization as well as include organizations path in the exported data.
Generally available: Update properties for devices without models in Azure IoT Central
You can now read and write properties without having to first create a device model/template.
May 2022
Generally available: Easily manage your Azure IoT Central dashboards using a catalog
The new dashboard catalog feature in Azure IoT Central allows for easier search, management, and navigation of dashboards.
Generally available: Industrial IoT Connectivity Partners integrate with Azure IoT Central
Industrial IoT starts with Azure IoT Central. Now you can leverage the expertise of Industrial IoT Connectivity Partners who are ready to connect your industrial assets in hours instead of weeks – no matter if it’s modern or legacy equipment.
April 2022
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.
Azure IoT Central generally available in South Central US and Canada Central
You can now use Azure IoT Central in South Central (United States) and Canada Central (Canada) to build reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise grade IoT Solutions.
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.
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