The features of IoT Hub
You may become confused when you look at the different offerings Microsoft has on Azure. They have Event Hubs and IoT Hub. How do you decide when to use which offering? While they are both message-based service offerings, they are each designed with different use cases in mind. Event Hubs was designed for big data streaming, while IoT Hub was designed to address the unique requirements of addressing and managing IoT devices at scale. IoT Hub uses Event Hubs for its telemetry movement. Some of the advantages of using IoT Hub are as follows:
- IoT Hub offers bi-directional communication between the hub and the devices. This is very important for updating device properties and sending commands to the devices.
- IoT Hub also maintains unique device identities for better security and resilience from attacks.
Now that you have decided to use IoT Hub for your solution, the next step is to choose the right tier. IoT Hub has both a basic tier and a standard...