Connecting anything to everything. Events are routed from all sources to a cloud-based event grid. Events are then queued and pushed to subscribers to form workflows, orchestrated processes, and insights. Automated responses (commands) and/or alerts (information) are generated at near-real-time.  

Rest APIs for Data and Device Management (Bi-Directional communications with devices). 

Interoperability - Integrated services and and devices in the Edge/Cloud.

Tight security through Device/Group/Type/Action Authentication. Set up individual identities and credentials for each of your connected devices, and help retain the confidentiality of both cloud-to-device and device-to-cloud messages.

Remote Monitoring, Alerting, Telemetry, Operations, and Configuration of Devices. Fully configurable Rules and Flows (If-Then). 

Extend Cloud Intelligence to the Edge (on-prem). Reduce your IoT solution costs. Operate devices offline or with intermittent Cloud/Internet connectivity. Sync with the cloud selected part of the data/transactions. Orchestration of flows (If-Then), BI, and analytics is available both at the Edge and in the Cloud