Configuring IoT devices

There are many different IoT devices available today. There are devices for consumer IoT, such as home appliances and voice assistance. Commercial IoT devices are used in healthcare and transportation. Industrial IoT is used in manufacturing, while infrastructure IoT is used in smart cities.

What all these devices have in common is that they are hardware devices that collect and exchange data over the internet. They can be standalone devices or embedded devices. When choosing a device, you must consider factors such as power consumption, networking, and available inputs and outputs. You also need to consider security, maintenance, and internet protocols. Fortunately, Microsoft has a certification program that verifies if the device will work on Azure. Bundled solutions are also provided for certain scenarios, such as license plate recognition.

When deploying and communicating with devices it is important that devices have a unique identity and can be authenticated...