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This updates come with majority bug fixes, enhancements and background job optimization. With this release we are removing support of old and new interface switch. We are changing infrastructure with this release to make future scaling and highly available services of platform.
This will be quick update which have some UI and internal process enhancements. This release also includes new features like ability to view device logs on device dashboard, provided feature on support ticket to share as read only to external users.
Major enhancements this release covers are; Updated API Version to 3.0 for all microservices, Sphere OTA Update is now line up with Firmware and OTA process.
Major restriction we kept in this release is to remove usages of public inboxes like Mailinator, Yopmail etc considering security and compliance requirements. Also you can switch between old and new interface for this release only, new interface will be in place form next release
This update covers major feature like Integration with trusted partners to support Bootstrap certificate based device onboarding using dynamic operational certificate at very high scale, dynamic dashboard widget adding support for 2.1 device message, Direct method are added as part of export and quick add, new transformation widget has been added to change representation of data based on data value. Moreover OTA for Azure Sphere update will be done form IoTConnect portal.
Platform has redesigned the interface with this update, system will allow you to view new interface, also you can revert back to old interface at any time. Added few enhancements like save information only if its changed, max time in simulator validated added, message version added in template listing
Platform have added new version 3.0 of API, removed cesdemo related endpoints form Agent API, added support for device message version 2.1 to attribute history API. On top of this some optimization and bug fixes are added.
This update covers major feature like, Device Dashboard – create dashboard for consumer centric application; Enhancements to Dynamic Dashboard; Direct methods are now part of template; RBAC for PowerBI Reports management; OTA and Rule on Device Group
Apart form this, few UI Enhancements like, sending exception report to support; Auditing information on Device and Rule; OTA Widget open device landing page directly and show version information; Page navigation in new window and some bug fixes
This update added feature to deploy Module to your Azure IoT Edge device. Added various performance improvements and bug fixes. Added filter on notification selection also now notification will be visible based on the delivery method. Provided auto save of support ticket textual information to avoid data loss.
Added Global device endpoint into key vault and the discovery url, provided details on who is the owner of Device certificate or added to the account. Added feature to skip storage of device telemetry data in storage provided by IoTConnect.
Added new secured Auth type called Symmetric Key, device will not get SAS token form platform, but device is expected to generate SAS. Revised the documentation for data ingestion, provided way to create your own SDK information with version and language.
Added optimization to Dashboard widget to filter data based on user’s device visibility. Optimize API to get result based on give filter. On Dynamic dashboard added recent data load functionality in few widgets. Added auto refresh setting on Insight Graph. Introduce new generic support type, and few bug fixes.
This update includes the Enhancements to Dynamic Dashboard, added new device tracker widget; added refresh and show local timezone in TSI widgets and performance improvements. Also added ability to customize notification template, Opting out form platform emails. Onboarding OEM is now part of this release, with this OEM (Original equipment manufacturer) can onboard to platform and do only device management and firmware management to their devices. Few options of typical account are not visible to OEM like notifications, rule etc.
Provided search in all dropdown to filter the result, also added currently applied filter to all list data to help user to visualize current data filter. Added new setting for OTA url expiry, added event subscription for device image – platform will send webhook request on receiving device image. Also includes other optimization and cosmetic UI changes and bug fixes.
Added support ticket watcher to receive all the update of support ticket and the visibility of support ticket is now based on permission, with this permission you can see all support tickets which created into your account. Added readonly property on twin to restrict user to make any changes form portal.
Company admin can now allow access to support users for the specific time limit. All device data are directly getting routed to a particular topic of MQTT broker with QoS 1. The solution integrator can now create a template that will be automatically shared with the company as a read-only copy while creating new devices and building the solution. We now provide a dedicated processing area for data ingestion.OTA updates have been revised for gateway devices. Now, OTA updates will go with multiple files and device tags. A user can now control the data frequency of the device at a template level. Platform device SDK will skip the processing of offline data.
The quota widget is improved to highlight in case of data exhaustion. You can now access the sample format for batch import of a gateway device. We have added a revised support ticket UI and notification emails. The reset password screen, vague device deletion support, and provide ordering in device twin property list are enhanced.
Previously, deletion of the certificate was failed due to inconsistent data. That problem is resolved. The issue of permission on a device group is fixed. Device twin update is now not giving an internal server error if the format of an incoming message is not valid. A couple of more issues like dynamic dashboard, rule validation, device twin update, etc. are also fixed.
Introduce Seperate IoTConnect Admin Portal for semless experience, Added custom property for Company module which are available to solutions build on top of IoTConect using data sync feature for system integrator., Introducing Device Template for Solutions which can be shared with company as read-only while associating with solution.
Enhance email provider of the platform to support SMTP server to send emails. Performance improvements in Device Twin update process, updating the latest data value of the device, Dynamic Dashboard widget loading, Auto refresh of OTA list when OTA update from device, optimize APIs response time, API Documentations. UI ehnancements – user-friendly messages on the portal to data export, quota widget to provide clear information on subscription plan expiry or auto-renewal, Data ingestion configuration is now only supported for Key authentication type, Removed support of SignalR and MQTT form rule notification type. However, we will be adding these features shortly, Removed frequent MQTT connection lost messages and made it auto-connect.
Bug Fixes, Restrict Twin property to be only added and deleted, update functionality has been removed, OTA command was not considered in device metering, The platform was showing MQTT connection details for the released gateway device as well, Password update was not kicking off logged in user, The platform was taking invalid/non-existing announcements for getting details, design issues in the dynamic dashboard, Quick template creation form solution API was missing twin, command and edge feature configurations, Firmware upgrade was not saving description
Introduce new Support Permission for Platform Admin as read-only permission, Added new widgets on Dynamic Dashboard. Gauge, Pie Chart, Bar and Line widgets, Added new widget on the dashboard to show Company Subscription information, Allow users to do scheduling of commands, New UI/UX Experience, Introduce firmware for gateway-supported device template, Deprecate Firmware, Attached Template to firmware, Firmware file size
Enhance support ticket to show my support tickets, Enhance device message structure to support identity messages, Live telemetry to shows invalid data received from device, Welcome message for an existing user getting new company invitation,Improvement in PowerBI Create Report.
Bug Fixes, Cosmetic UI changes in portal,Fixed device location widget for missing/deleted configuration, Fix data export email template to show iotconnect logo, Fix simulator to allow float value generation for the attribute, Fix rule module to validate audience for email and push notification, Added validation while retrieving Device telemetry connection information.
Introducing IDS with Custom IDP, Key Vault, Generate Self-Signed Certificate, Support Module, Test Firmware with Single Device
Improvement Historical Data View, Email preference alert, Remove Entity Owner, Configuration User Interface, Twin JSON of the device from IoTHub, Dynamic Dashboard Widget
Allow Multiple Files in Firmware, Export/Import Device Template, Sending Modules to a Device, Call Direct Method of Devices
Improvement in Power BI Connector and Report, Rule Module and add Webhook delivery method, Device Details Screen Improvements, Security/Infrastructure Enhancement,
Introducing Azure Sphere Device Support, Device Life Cycle, Export Telemetry Data, Metering CounterImprovements Multiple IoT Hub Instance for Company, Multiple Column Filter, New Command Status, Historical Graph Behavior. Template: Add “Latest Value”