Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

Azure IoT Hub is a managed service for bidirectional communications between the Azure backend and IoT devices. Millions of devices can operate on the IoT Hub; the service can scale as needed. Communications can be one-way messaging, file transfer, and request-reply methods. It integrates with other Azure services.

Example Azure IoT Hub solution architecture. Image source: Microsoft Azure

Azure IoT Hub has some key features, which give some insight into how it works:

• Authentication and connectivity security: Each device is provisioned with its own security key that allows it to connect to IoT Hub. Identities and keys ...