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Azure #IoT Device Update is pretty hard to understand:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-hub-device-update/device-update-plug-and-play
1⃣ it requires the device to announce the model ID "dtmi:AzureDeviceUpdate;1".
However a device can only announce one model ID, so how to build a device that
supports Device Update and other features?
2⃣ The model "azureDeviceUpdateAgent" they require devices to implement is not
published in their own IoT Plug&Play registry:
https://github.com/Azure/iot-plugandplay-models/
3⃣there seems to be no way to use Plug&Play models that are not publicly
hosted on https://github.com/Azure/iot-plugandplay-models/ with Device Update.
Right now, you need to publish them there, however I don't think everyone wants
the world to know about your devices.
It's also so frustrating ... every time I look into a new thing to learn on
Azure, it's full of blockers, and errors. Documentation is a lot of screenshots,
no automation. I am usually left feeling sad when having to work with the Azure
portal.
Short update here: they are working on it ...