{"id":31603,"date":"2019-05-13T03:24:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=31603"},"modified":"2019-05-13T03:24:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T07:24:44","slug":"microsoft-brings-plug-and-play-to-the-internet-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/13\/microsoft-brings-plug-and-play-to-the-internet-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Brings Plug and Play to the Internet of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SEATTLE\u2014We&#8217;ve been hearing a lot about the <strong>Internet of Things <\/strong>(<strong>IoT<\/strong>) these days, but how can developers connect their code with <strong>IoT<\/strong> devices, which often use proprietary, tightly coupled inputs and outputs? There&#8217;s no standard way to know which kinds of data a particular device can send. Until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the days of Windows 95, Microsoft had a similar problem: connecting the operating system with&nbsp;<a is=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/roundup\/257294\/the-best-printers\">printers<\/a>&nbsp;and other hardware peripherals. Ultimately, the company came up with the Plug and Play model, which made printer capabilities clear and certified the devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyberconservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/internet-of-things-3671222__340.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31604\" width=\"321\" height=\"206\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re going through a similar phase with IoT devices right now, and once again, Microsoft&#8217;s response is to create a plug-and-play solution for<strong> IoT<\/strong>, called\u2014unsurprisingly\u2014<strong>IoT<\/strong> Plug and Play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At the center of Microsoft&#8217;s <strong>IoT <\/strong>initiatives are Azure <strong>IoT<\/strong> Central and Azure <strong>IoT <\/strong>Hub.\u00a0<a is=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/iot-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\">Azure <strong>IoT <\/strong>Hub<\/a>, which debuted in 2015, is a Microsoft Azure cloud service that &#8220;offers reliable and secure device-to-cloud and cloud-to-device messaging that scales to millions of devices.&#8221;\u00a0<a is=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.azureiotcentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft <strong>IoT<\/strong> Central<\/a>, which debuted in spring 2017, is a dashboard that pulls together data from all of your IoT devices &#8220;without requiring cloud solution expertise.&#8221;   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&amp;sa=t&amp;url=https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/368226\/microsoft-brings-plug-and-play-to-the-internet-of-things&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=CAEYASoUMTM3ODI5MjU5ODk4NjAxODgyOTEyGmEyZDc1YTAxNDlhODIxZDc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHXqJyV_5jmWtc7s2jy6rhm51hbQ\">Read more: <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE\u2014We&#8217;ve been hearing a lot about the Internet of Things (IoT) these days, but how can developers connect their code with IoT devices, which often use proprietary, tightly coupled inputs and outputs? 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