General availability: Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub provides a secure way to connect, provision, monitor, update, and send commands to devices. This allows you to control millions of Internet of Things (IoT) assets running on a broad set of operating systems and protocols to jumpstart IoT projects.Azure IoT Hub helps companies to:

• Establish reliable bidirectional communication with IoT assets, even if they’re intermittently connected, so companies can analyze incoming telemetry data and send commands and notifications as needed.
• Enhance security of IoT solutions by leveraging per-device authentication to communicate with devices with the appropriate credentials.
• Revoke access rights to specific devices, if needed, to maintain the integrity of the system.
• Monitor device connectivity to identify security threats and operational issues as soon as possible.
• Work with common protocols such as HTTP, AMQP, AMQP over WebSockets, and MQTT.

Azure IoT Hub is available as a standalone service or as one of the services used in the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite. General availability pricing will go into effect on April 1, 2016.For more information, please visit the Azure IoT Hub page, and for more information about pricing, please visit the Azure IoT Hub Pricing page.