What's New in This Help Center Archive

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This page now serves as an archive of the What's New information, detailing the changes carried out since the previous release of the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector.

Date	Description
April 2022	Added release notes for v.4.3.0 of the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector and the ThingWorx Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) OPC UA integration. Updated the supported version of the Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT Stack to 2.8 for the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector 4.3.0. ThingWorx Azure Software Content Management (SCM) supported by ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector has ended. For more information, see End of Life (EOL) ThingWorx Azure Software Content Management.
July 2021	Under Important Information on the Welcome page, added information about Release Advisor, including links, and also a link to the PTC Support Policy for ThingWorx Connection Services in the ThingWorx Connection Server Help Center. Updated the section, "Batched Telemetry", in the topic, Step 8. Creating the Industrial Gateway and IoT Edge Things for Telemetry.
June 2021	Added release notes for v.4.2.0 of the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector and the ThingWorx Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) OPC UA integration. Added the following topics for new OPC UA integration features: • Support for Multiple Consumers of IoT Hub Data • Deploying Multiple Connectors for the OPC UA Integration Updated the following topics for this release: • Microsoft Azure Documentation Links • Getting Started for Customers of PTC ThingWorx Cloud Services • Step 1. Required Resources • Upgrading the Azure IIoT Stack • Step 2. Setting Up Application Registrations • Step 3. Deploying the Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) Microservices on an Azure Kubernetes Cluster • Step 4. Deploying Your OPC UA Server and Setting Up the IoT Edge Runtime Device
April 2021	Updated the supported version of the Azure Industrial IoT Stack for v.4.1.0 of the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector to be 2.8. Versions 2.7.182 and 2.7.199 are no longer available from Microsoft Azure IIoT. If you have been using 2.7.182 or 2.7.199, upgrade to version 2.8. For instructions, refer to Upgrading the Azure IIoT Stack. This topoic has been updated.
March 2021	Updated the version of the Azure Industrial IoT Stack for v.4.1.0 of the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector. Versions 2.7.182 is no longer available from Microsoft Azure IIoT. The version to use is 2.7.199. Added the topic for upgrading the Azure IIoT Stack, Upgrading the Azure IIoT Stack.
March 2021	Added topic for setting up the Connector in environments with firewalls, called Installing the Connector in Firewalled Environments. This topic is within the configuration step for the Connector (Step 6) of the section on getting the Connector up and running. Revised the following topics: • Getting Started for Customers of PTC ThingWorx Cloud Services • Understanding the Process • Step 2. Setting Up Application Registrations • Step 3. Deploying the Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) Microservices on an Azure Kubernetes Cluster
November 2020	Added topics to provide information about using the Connector in a ThingWorx High Availability (HA) Clustering environment. New topics include: • ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector in a ThingWorx High Availability Cluster • High Availability Configuration • Service Discovery Configuration Updated topics include: • Step 6. Configure the Connector • Minimal Configuration for Connecting to a ThingWorx Platform in Single-Server Mode • Configuration Properties Reference
September 2020	Changes to improve the procedures for the section on using the Azure IoT Hub Connector with Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT OPC UA. The following topics have changed: • Step 2. Setting Up Application Registrations • Troubleshooting the Azure IIoT OPC UA Integration
August 2020	Added release notes for v.4.0.0 of the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector. Added topics for the Connector support for the ThingWorx Kepware Server (TKS) and Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) OPC UA: • ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector for Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) for OPC UA • Getting Started for Customers of PTC ThingWorx Cloud Services • Step 1. Required Resources • Step 2. Setting Up Application Registrations • Step 3. Deploying the Azure Industrial IoT (IIoT) Microservices on an Azure Kubernetes Cluster • Step 4. Deploying Your OPC UA Server and Setting Up the IoT Edge Runtime Device • Step 5. Setting Up the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector • Step 6. Setting Permissions for Non-Administrative Users • Step 7. Using ThingWorx OPC UA Mashups to Configure Your OPC UA Applications and Endpoints • Step 8. Creating the Industrial Gateway and IoT Edge Things for Telemetry • Industrial Connections • IoT Hub OPC UA Gateway Services • Troubleshooting the Azure IIoT OPC UA Integration
June 2020	Added "Important Information" section to Welcome page to say that Azure IoT Hub Connector, v.3.0.0, does not support ThingWorx Platform, v.9.0.0 Updated Step 8. Set the Environment Variables for the Azure IoT Hub Connector to show the correct path and name of the configuration file. Welcome page has been redesigned, including clickable buttons to help you access information quickly.
March 2020	Welcome page changes
January 2020	• Added the table of links to this page. • Reorganized the Troubleshooting section. • Added the topic, Error: Exception while initializing stores, not starting partition manager to the Errors on Connector Startup section.