Microsoft—working with a who’s who of industry partners—just launched IoT Plug and Play to drastically simplify and democratize IoT and make it accessible for everyone. IoT Plug and Play provides developers with a faster way to build IoT devices and will provide customers with a large ecosystem of partner-certified devices that can work with any IoT solution.”IoT Plug and PlayI had an opportunity to speak with Sam George, director of Azure IoT for Microsoft, about IoT Plug and Play. IoT Plug and Play can then automatically generate software for the device based on the Plug and Play specification. IoT Plug and Play enables Microsoft’s hardware partners to build IoT Plug and Play compatible devices, which can then be certified with the Azure Certified for IoT program and used by customers and partners simply and quickly. George explained that IoT Plug and Play lowers the bar so any organization can take advantage of IoT.

Source: Forbes May 02, 2019 22:07 UTC