IoT Resource Center

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Windows IoT

Brings the full power of Windows to smart devices with enterprise manageability and security.

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Server IoT

For your most demanding edge computing workloads with the features, security and resilience of Windows Server 2022.

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SQL Server IoT

Combined with Windows Server IoT and a specific purpose application, Microsoft SQL Server IoT provides a comprehensive database platform for mission-critical data analytics and offers industry-leading performance, availability, and security.

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Azure Sphere

Azure Sphere is a secured, high-level application platform with built-in communication and security features for internet-connected devices.

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Azure RTOS

Making embedded IoT development and connectivity easy for resource constrained devices.

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Welcome to the IoT Resource Center

On this page, you will find details on Microsoft’s business transformation initiatives focused around IoT, as well as training resources on IoT solutions and devices, go to market planning, and opportunities to engage with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners through virtual and in person events. We look forward to taking action on IoT with you.

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise offers many innovations focused on enhancing end-user experience that is flexible and fluid. It is designed to support today's hybrid world, and intended to be the most reliable, secure, connected, and performant Windows operating system ever. Windows 11 IoT Enterprise is built on the same foundation as Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, so the investments you have made in tools for update and device management are carried forward. Windows 11 IoT Enterprise also sustains the application compatibility promise made with Windows.

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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 is the latest Windows 10 operating system designed for embedded and IoT devices with a 10-year support lifecycle.

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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019 is designed for embedded and IoT devices with a 10-year support lifecycle.

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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2016

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2016 is designed for embedded and IoT devices with a 10-year support lifecycle.

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Windows 10 IoT Core

For small-footprint, lower-cost, smart devices with the manageability and security expected from Windows 10.
The smallest version of the Windows 10 editions that leverages the Windows 10 common core architecture. These editions enable building low-cost devices with fewer resources. Development for Windows 10 IoT Core leverages the Universal Windows Platform.

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Windows Server IoT 2022

Windows Server IoT 2022 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server IoT 2019 and brings many innovations on three key themes: advanced multi-layer security, hybrid capabilities with Azure, and a flexible application platform. It’s secured-core capabilities help protect hardware, firmware, and Windows Server OS capabilities against advanced security threats. Secured-core server builds on technologies such as Windows Defender System Guard and Virtualization-based Security to minimize risk from firmware vulnerabilities and advanced malware. It also provides faster and more secure encrypted HTTPS connections, industry standard SMB AES 256 encryption and more. Windows Admin Center improves hybrid server management with significantly improved VM management, an enhanced event viewer, and many more new capabilities. This release also includes significant improvements to Windows containers, such as small image sizes for faster download, simplified network policy implementation and containerization tools for .NET applications.

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Windows Server IoT 2019

Windows Server IoT 2019 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server IoT 2016 and brings numerous innovations on four key themes: Hybrid Cloud, Security, Application Platform, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI).

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SQL Server IoT 2019

SQL Server IoT 2019 continues to push the boundaries of security, availability, and performance for all your data workloads, now with new compliance tools, higher performance on the latest hardware, and high availability on Windows, Linux and containers. Enhanced PolyBase enables you to query other databases like Oracle, Teradata, and Mongo DB directly from SQL Server without moving or copying the data. Microsoft SQL Server IoT 2019 can be used in the most demanding computing environments required today. Using a variety of features and techniques, including in-memory database operations, can make dramatic increases in your transaction processing rate while still allowing near-real-time analysis without having to move your transaction data to another "data warehouse" for reporting and analysis. Microsoft SQL Server IoT 2019 has also expanded the number of opportunities to tune database operations automatically, along with tools and reports to allow monitoring and optimization of queries and workloads. Comprehensive diagnostic features including Query Store allow SQL Server IoT 2019 to identify performance issues quickly.

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SQL Server IoT 2022

Get more out of your data with the Azure-enabled capabilities of SQL Server IoT 2022. Through integration with Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Purview, Microsoft is enabling customers to drive deeper insights, predictions and governance from their data at scale.

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Azure Sphere

Azure Sphere is a secured IoT platform for building solutions that start in silicon and extend through the OS and the cloud. Securely connect, manage, and protect new and existing intelligent devices.

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