Microsoft Expands Its Industrial Internet of Things Cloud Portfolio

Wagering that the factory floor of the future will be buzzing with intelligent, cloud-connected devices, Microsoft is showing off its latest industrial internet of things (IIoT) innovations at Hannover Messe 2018 in Hannover, Germany, April 23-27. Among the new offerings that the Redmond, Wash., software giant is demonstrating at the industrial technology conference is an automatic discovery service for Azure IoT Suite Connected Factory, said Sam George, partner director of Azure IoT at Microsoft, in an April 23 announcement. Comprising open-source software components and running as microservices on Azure, the service enables manufacturers to quickly and securely incorporate industrial equipment into their IIoT environments.