{"id":3742,"date":"2019-10-28T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2019-10-30T09:15:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:15:37","slug":"microsoft-boosts-iot-capabilities-for-azure-and-iot-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/microsoft-boosts-iot-capabilities-for-azure-and-iot-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Boosts IoT Capabilities for Azure and IoT Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3744\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3744\" class=\"wp-image-3744 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Boosts IoT Capabilities for Azure and IoT Central\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX.png 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX-540x270.png 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX-162x81.png 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2019\/10\/oie_wBqEFJG0V6QX-360x180.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Source: Microsoft<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tech industry giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> today <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2019\/10\/28\/microsoft-announces-new-capabilities-for-a-seamless-smart-and-secure-iot-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> new capabilities for their Internet of Things app platform <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/iot-central\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IoT Central<\/a> and their cloud platform <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure<\/a> to help enterprises deploy secure IoT deployments.\u00a0 These new features, according to Microsoft, &#8220;help customers embrace IoT as a core strategy to drive better business outcomes, improve safety and address social issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"box box3\"><em>Our <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/managed-service-provider-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/span> contains profiles on the top cloud managed service providers for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as questions you should ask vendors and yourself before buying. We also offer an <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/cloud-msp-vendor-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP Vendor Map<\/a><\/span> that outlines those vendors in a Venn diagram to make it easy for you to select potential providers.<\/em><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Microsoft has upgraded IoT Central&#8217;s capabilities to include 11 new industry-focused application templates, plug and play support, more data export options, and custom user roles. The platform will also receive a new pricing plan in 2020, which Microsoft says will help make pricing more predictable for customers. For Microsoft Azure, the company improved Azure IoT Hub message enrichment and several new features for Azure Time Series Insights; this includes multilayered IoT data storage, flexible cold storage, richer analytics, and integration with <a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Power BI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAt Microsoft, we are committed to building a trusted, easy-to-use platform that allows our customers and partners to build seamless, smart, secure solutions regardless of where they are in the IoT journey,\u201d said Sam George, CVP of Azure IoT at Microsoft. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are\u00a0investing $5B in IoT and intelligent edge\u00a0\u2014 technology that is accelerating ubiquitous computing and bringing unparalleled opportunity across industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These new features are just the latest in Microsoft&#8217;s IoT initiatives <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/04\/one-year-in-how-our-5b-investment-in-iot-and-intelligent-edge-is-accelerating-customer-partner-and-solution-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following their announcement<\/a> of a $5 billion investment in IoT development in 2018. Over a year into their four-year plan, Microsoft has partnered with several companies to help them leverage IoT and AI solutions through Azure. They&#8217;ve launched over 100 services through their IoT platform and recently released a report on IoT solution usage that found lack of IoT expertise is the biggest hurdle for adopting an Internet of Things infrastructure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Looking for more info on managed service providers for your cloud solutions? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/managed-service-provider-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSP Buyer&#8217;s Guide<\/a> contains profiles on the top cloud managed service providers for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as questions you should ask vendors and yourself before buying. 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