Microsoft Previews Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows

Microsoft has announced a preview of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows, which lets organizations tap Linux virtual machine processes that also work with Windows- and Azure-based processes and services.

The edge device concept is a way to bring compute and storage closer to Internet of Things (IoT) devices out in the field.

The open source Azure IoT Edge solution, offered as part of the Azure IoT Hub service, is Microsoft's offering for deploying Docker containers that run Azure services or "third-party" services to address such device traffic. Microsoft uses the term "module" to refer to these Docker containers in Azure IoT Edge.