Microsoft revealed Azure Internet of Things services

The Internet of Things has become part and parcel of people's daily lives, IoT aids in counting the steps that a person takes in every day. And at the same time, the Internet of Things devices powers the appliances present in homes. The smart IoT devices are curated to collect data; nevertheless, it is the enterprise that accumulates the data and draws insights from them.

The American software giant, Microsoft offers a series of IoT services based on its Azure for building, securing, connecting and managing the assets and devices. The enterprises around the world are free to opt for the development of custom projects as well as use templates to speed up the process of development. Some of the important Azure services are Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT solution accelerators, Azure Digital Twins, Azure Map, Azure Time Series Insights, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Sphere, and Azure IoT Central.

With Azure IoT Hub managing and monitoring the Internet of Things, assets in the cloud become easier. The enterprises or firms around the world can easily track the numerous events taking place in IoT devices like connection or device failure. The Azure IoT Edge is sort of similar to Azure IoT Hub. But there is one feature that sets the Azure IoT Edge apart, the analysis of data is done directly in the cloud.

According to Microsoft, the Azure IoT solution accelerators are the designed templates which will address the common scenarios of the Internet of Things devices. Spatial intelligence abilities come to life with Azure Digital Twins. It tracks the relationship between people, physical tools and sensors. Azure Maps, on the other hand, is a collectiveness of APIs which provides web and mobile applications alongside the mapping data. The IoT solution by Microsoft Azure is going to revolutionize the way the Internet of Things devices and sensors work.

**This post was published on https://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com