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documentType: LandingData
title: Azure IoT Central Documentation
metadata:
  title: Azure IoT Central Documentation - Tutorials, API Reference | Microsoft Docs
  description: Azure IoT Central is a fully managed SaaS (software-as-a-service) solution that makes it easy to connect, monitor and manage your IoT assets at scale. Azure IoT Central simplifies the initial setup of your IoT solution and reduces the management burden, operational costs, and overhead of a typical IoT project. Learn how to create, customize, manage, and use an Azure IoT Central application with our quickstarts and tutorials.
  author: dominicbetts
  ms.topic: landing-page
  ms.date: 11/08/2017
  ms.author: dobett
  ms.service: iot-central
  services: iot-central
  manager: timlt
abstract:
  description: Azure IoT Central is a fully managed SaaS (software-as-a-service) solution that makes it easy to connect, monitor and manage your IoT assets at scale. Azure IoT Central simplifies the initial setup of your IoT solution and reduces the management burden, operational costs, and overhead of a typical IoT project. Learn how to create, customize, manage, and use an Azure IoT Central application with our quickstarts and tutorials.
sections:
- title: Feature Alert
  items:
  - type: paragraph
    text: Azure IoT Central has transitioned to using Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning service (DPS) for all device connections. You will be required to use DPS SDK to register and connect devices to your Azure IoT Central application. <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/iot-central/concepts-connectivity">Learn more about Device connectivity in Azure IoT Central.</a> All applications using the continuous data export feature and/or the Power BI solutions template will be required to change the destination storage container and create a new solution template.
- title: 5-Minute Quickstarts
  items:
  - type: paragraph
    text: Learn how to <a href="quick-deploy-iot-central">create a new Azure IoT Central application</a>.
- title: Step-by-Step Tutorials
  items:
  - type: paragraph
    text: Learn how to customize and use your Azure IoT Central application.
  - type: list
    style: ordered
    items:
    - html: <a href="tutorial-define-device-type">Define a new device type</a>
    - html: <a href="tutorial-configure-rules">Configure rules</a>
    - html: <a href="tutorial-customize-operator">Customize the operator's view</a>
    - html: <a href="tutorial-monitor-devices">Monitor your devices</a>
    - html: <a href="tutorial-add-device">Add a real device</a>