Microsoft 'Retires' Azure IoT Central In Platform Rethink (theregister.com) 4
Lindsay Clark reports via The Register: In a statement on the Azure console, Microsoft confirmed the Azure IoT Central service is being retired on March 31, 2027. "Starting on April 1, 2024, you won't be able to create new application resources; however, all existing IoT Central applications will continue to function and be managed. Subscription {{subscriptionld} is not allowed to create new applications. Please create a support ticket to request an exception," the statement to customers, seen by The Register, said. According to a Microsoft "Learn" post from February 8, 2024, IoT Central is an IoT application platform as a service (aPaaS) designed to reduce work and costs while building, managing, and maintaining IoT solutions.
Microsoft's Azure IoT offering includes three pillars: IoT Hub, IoT Edge and IoT Central. IoT Hub is a cloud-based service that provides a "secure and scalable way to connect, monitor, and manage IoT devices and sensors," according to Microsoft. Azure IoT Edge is designed to allow devices to run cloud-based workloads locally. And Azure IoT Central is a fully managed, cloud-based IoT solution for connecting and managing devices at scale. Central is a layer above Hub in the architecture, and Hub itself may well continue. One developer told The Register there was no warning about Hub on the Azure console. As for IoT Edge, it is "a device-focused runtime that enables you to deploy, run, and monitor containerized Linux workloads." Microsoft has not said whether this would continue.
Microsoft's Azure IoT offering includes three pillars: IoT Hub, IoT Edge and IoT Central. IoT Hub is a cloud-based service that provides a "secure and scalable way to connect, monitor, and manage IoT devices and sensors," according to Microsoft. Azure IoT Edge is designed to allow devices to run cloud-based workloads locally. And Azure IoT Central is a fully managed, cloud-based IoT solution for connecting and managing devices at scale. Central is a layer above Hub in the architecture, and Hub itself may well continue. One developer told The Register there was no warning about Hub on the Azure console. As for IoT Edge, it is "a device-focused runtime that enables you to deploy, run, and monitor containerized Linux workloads." Microsoft has not said whether this would continue.
aPaaS (Score:2)
Never heard of it. Who uses it?
I'm having trouble seeing through all the buzzwords but this seems like a product nobody needs.
Re: (Score:3)
Just another victim in what Sarwant Singh of Forbes called in 2016, "The Platform of Things: The Mega IoT Platforms Land Grab"
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Microsoft bought the underpinnings of this Azure IoT Suite by acquiring Solair in May of 2016 (terms not announced)
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Maybe there is no new IoT continent, just many very functional islands? The journey continues.
Re: (Score:2)
People don't realize how many IoT devices are out there, five years ago there were already 20 billion of them and the number was expected to double by now. They're not just your internet-connected refrigerator, but they're water meters, traffic signals, sewer flow indicators, game trail cameras, fish ladder monitors, inventory monitoring devices, John Deere tractors, soil moisture sensors, crop imaging drones, truck scales, the list is endless. Just because a programming team can write decent drivers to c
IoT (Score:2)
Internet of Temporary