The solution architecture

Building a scalable digital solution will require some complex architecture, as shown in Figure 16.6. Let's explain the architecture from right to left. The facility has several IoT sensors that are feeding data to IoT Central and/or Azure IoT Hub. Azure IoT Hub is often used in enterprise organizations because it offers a good solution for scalable environments with large numbers of IoT sensors. Both services can send IoT data received from IoT sensors to Azure Service Bus. Both can also have connectivity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service to register IoT devices and IoT alerts.

Data from Field Service is synchronized with Azure Service Bus. This data could be information about assets, equipment, people, work orders, cases, and other entities within Field Service.

Figure 16.6 – The digital twin solution architecture

Azure Function is used to respond to messages appearing in Azure Service Bus. These messages...