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December 2020

Dec 3

IoT Hub private link now works with the built-in Event Hub compatible endpoint

NOW AVAILABLE

Starting December 3, all new IoT Hub private links will support connectivity to the built-in Event Hub compatible endpoint. Create new private links to use this feature.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Security

September 2020

Sep 22

New IoT Event Learning Path

NOW AVAILABLE

A new Event Learning Path is now available for solution architects, business decision makers, and developers interested in IoT Solutions with Azure IoT Services.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure IoT Central
  • Azure Sphere
  • Windows 10 IoT Core Services
  • Azure Digital Twins
  • Azure RTOS
  • Features
Sep 22

Announcing the unified Azure Certified Device program

NOW AVAILABLE

A unified and enhanced Azure Certified Device program was announced at Microsoft Ignite, expanding on previous Microsoft certification offerings that validate IoT devices meet specific capabilities and are built to run on Azure. This program offers a low-cost opportunity for device builders to increase visibility of their products while making it easy for solution builders and end customers to find the right device for their IoT solutions.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure IoT Central
  • Azure Sphere
  • Azure Digital Twins
  • Azure RTOS
  • Services
Sep 22

IoT Security updates for September 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New Azure IoT Security product updates include improvements around monitoring, edge nesting and the availability of Azure Defender for IoT.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Security
Sep 11

IoT Hub TLS certificate update

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft is updating Azure services in a phased manner to use TLS certificates from a different set of Certificate Authorities.

  • Azure IoT Central
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Security

August 2020

Aug 26

Azure Certified for Plug and Play is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

IoT Plug and Play device certification is now available from Microsoft as part of the Azure Certified device program.

  • Azure IoT Central
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services

July 2020

Jul 29

Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service VNET ingress support is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service (DPS) has released general availability support for Virtual Networks (VNET).

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Features
Jul 29

IoT Plug and Play new features now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

IoT Plug and Play new features in Public Preview to continue simplifying IoT.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services
  • Features
Jul 1

Disabling public network access for Azure IoT Hub will disable access to built-in Azure Event Hub endpoint on September 30, 2020

When public network access to Azure IoT Hub is disabled, the built-in Azure Event Hub-compatible endpoint in IoT Hub may continue to be accessible via the public internet On September 30, 2020, this behavior will change, and public access to the built-in endpoint will be disabled when public network access is disabled for IoT Hub.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Security

June 2020

Jun 24

Azure SDK for embedded devices

NOW AVAILABLE

The new Azure Embedded C SDK is designed to allow small and embedded devices, such as IoT, to communicate with Azure services.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • SDKs
  • Azure Files
  • SDK and Tools
Jun 23

Updates for monitoring and troubleshooting Azure IoT Hub message routing

NOW AVAILABLE

More detailed monitoring metrics and diagnostic logs, plus a new troubleshooting guide, are now available to accelerate monitoring and troubleshooting for Azure IoT Hub message routing.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services
  • Features

May 2020

May 19

IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Features
May 14

Azure Private Link is now available for multiple new Azure services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Event Hubs
  • Event Grid
  • Service Bus
  • Azure AI Search
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Azure Backup
  • Azure SignalR Service
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security

April 2020

Apr 14

IoT Hub deprecation of support for TLS 1.0/1.1 is postponed

NOW AVAILABLE

The deadline for IoT Hub deprecation of support for transport layer security (TLS) 1.0/1.1 is postponed indefinitely. IoT Hub will continue to support TLS 1.0/1.1 until further notice to ensure compatibility with existing applications and devices.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service
  • Security
  • Retirements
Apr 3

Azure IoT SDK for Python—Significant connection resiliency improvements now available

NOW AVAILABLE

A new version of Azure IoT Python SDK v2 is now available that focuses on improved connection resiliency of the underlying MQTT protocol layer.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • SDK and Tools

March 2020

Mar 20

Updates to .NET implementation support in latest Azure IoT C# SDK release

NOW AVAILABLE

The latest Azure IoT C# SDK release includes two notable updates to .NET implementation support.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • SDK and Tools
Mar 5

Azure IoT Python SDK v2—New improvements are now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure IoT Python SDK v2 has just been released with major new improvements.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • SDK and Tools

February 2020

Feb 14

Azure IoT C# and Java SDKs release new long-term support (LTS) branches

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure IoT Java and C# SDKs have each now released new long-term support (LTS) branches.

  • Internet of Things
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • SDK and Tools

December 2019

Dec 19

Csharp and Java SDKs for IoT Plug and Play are now in Preview

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.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure IoT Central
  • Services
Dec 18

IoT Hub feature, service tags, is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

With the general availability of IoT Hub service tags, customers can discover IoT Hub service endpoints’ IP addresses with ease.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services
  • Features

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