IoT Edge group enrollments using symmetric keys

In my previous blog about using a VM as IoT Edge device, it became clear that this could be used for testing IoT Edge at scale.

Testing IoT Edge at scale means testing device enrollments using the Device Provisioning Service (DPS) and IoT Hub deployments at scale.

We will look at both situations. But before we check out a group enrollment, first we look at an individual enrollment, just for comparison.

We will use the recently announced IoT Edge support for symmetric keys in DPS.

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Connecting simple devices to IoT Central

Once you start collecting data in an IoT solution, you will need some kind of dashboard to represent the raw or aggregated data.

IoT projects typically start as a POC to validate IoT scenarios. When the POC success, a pilot project is started to check scalability, monitoring, maintainability, etc.

Microsoft provides multiple solutions for these various scenarios. The most lightweight solution is IoT Central.

“Experience the simplicity of SaaS for IoT (Internet of Things), with no cloud expertise required—Azure IoT Central is a fully managed global IoT SaaS (software-as-a-service) solution that makes it easy to connect, monitor, and manage your IoT assets at scale. Bring your connected products to market faster while staying focused on your customers.”

You can start with a 7-day trial or with pay-as-you-go. This last option is free if you limit yourself to 5 actual or simulated devices.

At this moment, Microsoft has examples for the Raspberry Pi, the MX Chip IoT Devkit and Windows 10 IoT Core.

But what if you want to connect your own device? Is this simple to do too?

Let’s check this out.