Azure IoT Development Cookbook

Components of the IoT platform

Today, IoT is described using various definitions; however, it essentially consists of four basic areas:

• Things: Any physical thing, such as line-of-business assets, including industry devices or sensors
• Connectivity: Those things that have connectivity to the internet
• Data: Those things that can collect and communicate information – this information may include data collected from the environment
• Analytics: The analytics that come with the data produce insight and enable people or machines to take actions that drive business outcomes

Microsoft's IoT platform's core foundation is the Azure cloud platform; it has a set of services to help companies achieve the benefits of implementing an IoT strategy. Microsoft's ...