New Microsoft IoT service eases secure device commercialization
Introduced at Computex 2018 in Taiwan, Windows 10 IoT Core Services is said to provide at least a decade of support for IoT devices along with resources to manage updates and device health. The services are built on Windows 10 IoT Core, a version of Windows 10 optimized for smaller devices with or without a display that run on both ARM and x86/x64 devices.
Windows 10 IoT Core Services will be a paid set of services for IoT device makers, enabling Microsoft partners to build secure IoT devices based on Windows with the confidence of maintaining their device up-to-date even after years. In addition to 10 years of Windows OS support, Windows 10 IoT Core Services offers a Device Update Center and a Device Health Attestation service.
The Device Update Center lets users create, customize, and control device updates. Updates can be applied to the operating system, device drivers, and OEM-specific applications and files, as well as flighted to test devices prior to broader distribution.
Device Health Attestation evaluates device health and can be combined with a device management system, such as Azure IoT Device Management, to evaluate the trustworthiness of a device at boot. With this, users can take actions such as re-imaging a device, denying network access, or creating a service ticket.
Windows 10 IoT Core Services is currently in limited preview. A broader preview is scheduled to roll out in July, with general availability later this year.
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