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Internet of Things
premium
Device identity
A device identity is the IoT Hub identity registry entry that represents a permitted device or module, including its device ID, authentication material, status, and connection-related metadata.
IoT identity
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: IoT Hub device identity, IoT device registry identity, device registry entry, IoT device ID
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Internet of Things
premium
Device Provisioning Service
Device Provisioning Service is an Azure IoT helper service that enables zero-touch, just-in-time provisioning of devices to one or more linked IoT hubs using enrollments and allocation policies.
IoT provisioning
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service, IoT DPS, DPS, zero-touch device provisioning
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Internet of Things
premium
Device twin
A device twin is the IoT Hub JSON document that stores device metadata, tags, desired properties, and reported properties so cloud applications and devices can synchronize configuration and state.
Device state
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: IoT Hub device twin, device twin properties, twin desired properties, twin reported properties
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Internet of Things
premium
IoT Edge
IoT Edge is the Azure IoT runtime and deployment pattern that runs cloud-managed container modules on local edge devices while communicating with IoT Hub.
Edge computing
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure IoT Edge, IoT Edge runtime, edge modules, edgeAgent, edgeHub, edge device
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Internet of Things
premium
IoT Hub
IoT Hub is the managed Azure service that provides secure, bidirectional communication between IoT applications and their connected devices at scale.
Device messaging
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure IoT Hub, device-to-cloud messaging, cloud-to-device messaging, IoT message hub, IoT Hub endpoint
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