Microsoft launches low code IoT cloud service out of beta, adds new Azure instances and more
0Microsoft launches low-code IoT cloud service out of beta, adds new Azure instances and more.
Microsoft launched its IoT Central cloud service out of beta today, as part of a passel of announcements aimed at providing new functionality to developers using its cloud services for building applications that tap into connected devices, data-intensive processing, and Java tools like Spring Boot.
IoT Central is a new service that’s designed to make it easier for developers to build applications that tap into data from and control internet-connected devices, without requiring as much code as building such systems from scratch. Customers can use the service to create virtual representations of their physical devices, then collect data, change settings, generate analytics from device data, and more.
It’s designed to provide a smooth onramp into managing IoT services for enterprises that need a little extra help getting off the ground. While managing connected devices is a natural task for cloud computing, building those services can be difficult. Microsoft’s offering could help coax enterprises into its cloud, and then lead them to migrate more of their workloads to Azure in the future.
In addition, Microsoft also launched a new set of storage-optimized virtual machines that are powered by AMD’s Epyc processors. That’s part of the chipmaker’s return to the datacenter space to compete with offerings from Intel, which previously had a dominant hold on the market.