Azure Certified Device catalog gets a makeover!
You may have noticed that the Azure Certified Device catalog is looking a bit different lately -- we’re excited to share that the catalog has recently been updated to include a new landing page! Bringing you an enhanced search experience, the catalog landing page starts your customer journey with any information that you might need, including links to our certification requirements, shortcuts to pre-filtered views of our featured devices and solutions, and recent program announcements. The landing page is the first of many changes coming to the catalog to improve your experience on our page and help you get started building on Azure even faster than before. Let us know what you think of the new and improved catalog in the comments down below!
Device Certification Tips & Tricks: Using the dependency feature
We’re back with this month’s edition of Device Certification Tips & Tricks to help you make the most out of your device certification project! This month, we’re talking about our Dependencies tab in the Device details section. You may be wondering – what exactly is a dependency? A dependency exists when your IoT device does not connect directly to Azure. It may require additional hardware or software services, such as a gateway device, SaaS, or PaaS offering. Fortunately, your indirect device is still eligible for certification! Our program welcomes these indirect devices as crucial components of the IoT ecosystem. To certify your indirect device, all you need to do is highlight the dependencies in our portal (pictured below). Some important things to note are: If you select a gateway dependency, the device must be an Azure Certified Device that has been published to the catalog. The customer-facing comments will appear on the catalog, so make sure the description of how the dependency works is clear and marketing ready! Ready to get started? You can view more guidance on the dependencies feature on our Microsoft Docs page to learn more. Remember to like this post or leave a comment down below if you have any questions! Our team is ready to help you get started with your IoT device certification journey.Announcement: New featured devices on the catalog!
It’s now May, and we’re excited to announce some new changes to the Azure Certified Device catalog! While we have a bunch of new things lined up for you in the coming months, we first want to share the change to our Featured Device banners! In partnership with Seeed and myDevices, we have highlighted the Ursalink Air Quality and reTerminal devices. Have you worked with these IoT devices? Leave a comment down below about your experience with our Azure Certified Devices! Interested in learning more about these IoT devices and others like them? Make sure you check out the Azure Certified Device catalog to get started on your IoT solution builder journey.2022 with the Azure Certified Device program!
Dear valued device partners, Our team wants to welcome you back to the Azure Certified Device program in 2022! Whether you are certifying an IoT device for the first time, or returning to add more products to our Azure Certified Device catalog, we are excited to have you. This year, our certification will continue to grow to meet your requests and provide even greater value to customers looking to build great IoT solutions. Follow this Tech Community channel to receive more updates on how our program will continue to evolve. You can look forward to exciting announcements, including: Changes to the Azure Certified Device catalog Updates to certification badges for more customer interests And more! Have content you'd be interested in seeing in our Tech Community to better help you certify your devices? Let us know in the comments down below!Announcement: Edge Secured-core preview launch!
The Azure Certified Device team is excited to announce our preview release of the Edge Secured-core validation process! The Edge Secured-core validation suite expands upon our three current badges to answer the customer promise for devices with safety and security. On the https://certify.azure.com/, we currently run the Edge Secured-core test to check for 5 requirements: Requirement Validates SecuredCore.Built-in.Security Defender for IoT SecuredCore.Hardware.Identity TPM SecuredCore.Protection.NetworkServices Elevated permission for services SecuredCore.EncryptionTLS TLS 1.2 SecuredCore.ManageabilityConfigurtation OS Config Over the coming months, we would love for you and your team to validate your IoT devices through our preview program! What does this mean for you? You will have the opportunity to get a jump start on certifying your IoT device for the Edge Secured-core badge by helping us test this new addition as we evolve our test harness. You can view more details about https://aka.ms/iotsec on our Docs site. If you have an IoT device using a Linux OS and IoT Edge runtime, you can https://aka.ms/acdhelp to get started! When creating your project, just remember to select the “Edge Secured-core (Preview)” option, and follow the directions under the Connect & test section. (As a note, your devices running Windows will be supported soon! Stay tuned here for more updates.) Once you’ve started, reach out to mailto:iotcert@microsoft.com, drop a comment below, or start a new discussion with our fellow certification partners in this space! We’d love to hear about your feedback and experiences and look forward to growing our program with your help!New share embed device feature on the Azure Certified Device catalog!
For each of your published devices in the catalog, you can now embed a nicely branded and formatted card containing your device and device information onto your website! The next time you post about a newly published device, share a new solutions package containing your device, or talk about your device anywhere on the internet, consider using these professional-looking and brand-aligned cards to display it. For example, here are our newly certified Edge Secured-core devices. You can click on each one to visit its product description page. View the how-to guide https://aka.ms/WebEmbedHowTo, and reach out to mailto:iotcert@microsoft.com if you have questions.Welcome to the Azure Certified Device community!
We’re excited to have you in this discussion space dedicated to all things related to the Azure Certified Device program! Whether you’re here to ask questions about our certification badges, find some help with the approval process, or share the latest IoT solution you’ve built from our device catalog, we want to hear from you. Make sure to give this space a follow, as the Azure Certified Device team will post regular updates about our services, share the latest in IoT certification news, and answer your questions. We also highly encourage you to begin your own discussions and look forward to engaging on all things IoT with you! Interested in learning more about the certification program? Check us out on our recently launched Microsoft Docs or visit our Azure for Partners page for more information and leave your questions in the discussion space. Talk to you all soon!What's new with the Azure Certified Device program? (October 2021)
October has come to a close, and we hope that you all had a Happy Halloween! There are no major updates this month, stay tuned on this Tech Community for future feature releases of our Azure Certified Device program. Leave a comment for content requests, questions, comments, or concerns below.
What’s new with the Azure Certified Device program? (May 2021)
Welcome to May’s edition of ‘What’s new with the Azure Certified Device program’! At the end of every month, we post the highlights of our recent updates and changes to our program, both on our Azure Certified Device portal and Azure Certified Device catalog. Read on for the latest happenings with the Azure Certified Device program: New to the catalog: New product details Hot on the heels of last month’s portal changes, you can now view operating conditions and software configuration on the product description pages of the catalog. Take a look on towards the bottom of each page. Have questions or feedback? Or do you have a suggestion something that you would like to see in our Tech Community? Leave a comment below!
