Microsoft

Microsoft is a leader in enabling enterprises to scale AI adoption on a secure, trusted foundation. Through Azure AI, Copilot, and Fabric, Microsoft delivers the tools to build and operationalize intelligent applications while embedding responsible AI principles—fairness, transparency, and accountability—into every layer. Its Zero Trust architecture and integrated security portfolio (Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview) provide the protection and governance that unlock the full value of AI, ensuring insights can be acted on with confidence. The result is a future-ready digital platform where security and intelligence reinforce one another, empowering organizations to innovate responsibly and at scale. 

In the context of IoT, Microsoft provides the backbone for secure device connectivity, real-time data processing, and enterprise integration. Azure’s global reach and built-in security features make it an ideal foundation for IoT platforms like Cumulocity. By partnering with Microsoft, Cumulocity gains access to a trusted cloud ecosystem that supports hybrid deployments, edge intelligence, and seamless integration with enterprise systems. This allows customers to launch IoT solutions quickly, manage devices securely, and unlock insights that drive real business value.The collaboration even delivers end-to-end solutions for tricky regulatory problems like compliance with the Cyber Resilience Act. 

Microsoft’s role is not just technical—it’s strategic. It enables Cumulocity to deliver IoT solutions that are fast to deploy, easy to scale, and built for long-term resilience.

Microsoft is a global leader in enabling secure, scalable AI and IoT innovation—and Cumulocity is proud to partner with them to bring that power to the operational edge. Together, Cumulocity and Microsoft offer a solution that’s fast to deploy, easy to manage, and built securely for scale. Customers ultimately benefit from reduced complexity, improved security, and faster time to value. Whether launching a new IoT initiative or expanding an existing one, this partnership provides the tools and trust needed to succeed.

The partnership between Cumulocity and Microsoft combines the speed and simplicity of Cumulocity’s secure, regulatory-ready device and data management platform with the scale and intelligence of the Microsoft Cloud. Delivered as Azure Adaptive Cloud Framework compliant, Cumulocity enables manufacturers and enterprises to launch connected products faster, embedding security, lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance from day one. Out-of-the-box features—such as device onboarding, patching, configuration, and identity management—reduce the burden of custom engineering while built-in analytics, a digital twins engine, and a native agentic AI interface transform raw device data into contextualized insights. Insights flow seamlessly to Azure services like Azure Event Hubs, Event Grid, and Fabric.

Security unlocks intelligence, so Cumulocity and Microsoft create a trusted foundation for connected product innovation. Integrations with Microsoft’s security portfolio (such as Entra, Defender XDR, Purview and Sentinel) and its OT security ecosystem partners provide insights on both the vulnerabilities and recommended mitigations that need to be deployed to maintain Asset Security Compliance. Cumulocity deploys mitigations in a scalable, automated fashion that is fully auditable for compliance. This joint approach enables organizations to accelerate time-to-value, simplify compliance, and unlock intelligent automation, ensuring that security and intelligence reinforce one another as enterprises modernize their operations.

Cumulocity also provides capabilities customers would otherwise need to custom build on Azure PaaS, including hybrid edge to cloud device management architectures, multitenancy, and both client and server-side agents for a wide array of device types and protocols - spanning MQTT, HTTP, FieldBus, LPWAN, and others, making it easy to connect any device to the platform. 

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