IoT and Physical AI: How Azure Connects, Reasons Over, and Acts on Data

Microsoft Azure's Michael McKenzie explains how IoT, industrial AI, and physical AI work together to move enterprises from telemetry collection to real-world action. The talk covers the spectrum of customer maturity, from gathering visibility to running learning loops on machines and processes.

■ IoT and the Path to Physical AI
- How IoT connected machines, meters, vehicles, and smart products for fleet visibility
- Why visibility alone does not improve business outcomes
- IoT for telemetry, industrial AI for reasoning, physical AI for action
- How physical AI learns with each execution and builds learning loops
■ Azure Services for Connectivity and Operations
- Azure IoT Hub: connecting millions of devices globally with secure maintenance and updates
- Azure IoT Operations: data curation and inference in operational technology environments
- Azure Device Registry: applying IT policy, role-based access control, and certificate management to OT devices
- Using Fabric and Foundry to gather, analyze, and generate business outcomes
- The shift from connecting more things to making things and processes smarter

IT and OT leaders, product managers, and engineers evaluating Microsoft's IoT and AI platform will get a clear framework for where each service fits and how the pieces complement one another.