Both IoT Central and the IoT Suite are built upon Azure IoT Hub as a gateway that the company said provides secure connectivity, provisioning and data gathering from IoT-enabled endpoints and devices. 'For Microsoft IoT Central, the skill level is really low,' said Sam George, Microsoft's director of Azure IoT, during a press briefing earlier this week. The new SaaS offering will compliment Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite, a PaaS-based offering that requires more customization and systems integration. The company, which announced IoT Central back in April, said customers can use these preconfigured application templates to deploy IoT capabilities within hours and without the need for developers skilled in IoT. Microsoft has released the technical preview of IoT Central, the company's SaaS offering designed to let organizations roll out IoT-based solutions with minimal configuration or knowledge of the complexities of integrating operational systems with IT.
