Azure IoT Edge

Azure IoT Edge is an Internet of Things (IoT) service that builds on top of IoT Hub. This service is ideal for solutions that need to analyze data on edge nodes or devices, instead of in the cloud. By moving parts of the workload to the edge, devices can spend less time sending messages to the cloud and react more quickly to events. It is a fully managed service built on Azure IoT Hub.

Fully Managed Service Built on Azure IoT Hub Helps With:

  • Deploys cloud workloads (artificial intelligence, Azure and third-party services, or application logic) to run on Internet of Things (IoT) edge devices via standard containers
  • By moving certain workloads to the edge of the network, devices spend less time communicating with the cloud, react more quickly to local changes, and operate reliably even in extended offline periods

Related Documentation

Video: Introduction to Azure IoT Hub

Azure IoT Edge Components

IoT Edge modules are containers that run Azure services, third-party services, or your own code. Modules are deployed to IoT Edge devices and execute locally on those devices. The IoT Edge runtime runs on each IoT Edge device and manages the modules deployed to each device. A cloud-based interface enables you to remotely monitor and manage IoT Edge devices