Introduction

IoT is the next revolution in computing and is truly the first step toward a digital business. Connected sensors, devices, and intelligent operations can transform businesses and enable new growth opportunities. A critical part of IoT is cloud-based solutions that enable you to connect, secure, and manage IoT devices, as well as providing deep insights from IoT data. Microsoft Azure is an all-in-one IoT platform which provides ways to implement end-to-end IoT solutions.

The recipes in this chapter will primarily focus on getting you started with the Microsoft Azure IoT platform, understanding the IoT lifecycle, and each phase of the IoT solution, followed by which, we will also consider how to create an IoT Hub and how the IoT Hub endpoints work. You will also be introduced to the Azure IoT Suite introduction. We will go through the sizing of different IoT Hub instances and will end with pricing calculations for IoT Hubs. IoT Hub is a central connection point for IoT devices and IoT solution, the features Hub supports are IoT specific.