Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms
Microsoft has been recognised as a leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms. This accolade showcases our dedication to providing intelligent, secure, and scalable industrial solutions through Azure.
We are excited to announce that Microsoft has been acknowledged as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT (IIoT) Platforms. This recognition highlights our commitment to empowering industries with smart, secure, and scalable solutions that make a real difference.
As industrial organisations modernise their operations, Azure’s versatile cloud capabilities, including Azure IoT and Azure Arc, are helping sectors such as manufacturing, energy, and logistics to improve efficiency, optimise performance, and foster secure innovation at a large scale.
Recognised in Industrial IoT
In our data-driven world, Internet of Things (IoT) technology has become a crucial factor for operational success and competitiveness. Connected sensors and edge devices gather machine data, which integrates with vital systems like Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and analytics models to predict faults, enhance asset use, and minimise downtime. By implementing these technologies, organisations can significantly improve key performance indicators (KPIs) such as quality assurance, energy efficiency, and supply chain traceability.
IoT plays a critical role in supporting AI, providing frequent telemetry and pathways essential for sophisticated analytics and machine learning. This synergy fuels a variety of industrial applications, such as autonomous field services, vision-based quality inspections, process optimisation, energy load balancing, and smart operator assistance. When paired with an adaptable cloud approach, Industrial IoT transforms AI from simple trials into scalable, production-grade capabilities, enhancing yield, throughput, and sustainability. This enables a new breed of organisation, referred to as the Frontier Industrial firm—companies at the forefront of digitalisation, striving for superior productivity.
We are committed to helping industrial organisations evolve by concentrating on the areas that matter most to our customers:
Comprehensive Platform for Industrial Needs: Microsoft’s industrial IoT platform supports a wide array of industrial applications by consolidating data from diverse devices into a shared foundation for analysis and action. Key features include Azure IoT Hub, Azure Digital Twins, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Azure IoT Operations, and Microsoft Fabric. These tools empower organisations to make informed decisions, enhance operational efficiency, and scale AI across different environments.
Industrial Data Acquisition and Management: Microsoft’s focus on standards and its network of partners help customers maximise existing investments, addressing the complexity of industrial environments. Azure IoT Operations seamlessly integrates with legacy setups, facilitating rapid OT/IoT data collection and contextualisation via Akri connectors. Once collected, data is stored in OneLake using Microsoft Fabric, enabling unified modelling in a centralised location.
The capabilities extend further with Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes, which ensures security, auditing, and policy enforcement through open-standard APIs integrated with Azure’s cloud management graph (ARM graph). Azure Device Registry simplifies asset management by representing edge assets as Azure resources, providing a foundation for scalable application deployment.
Real-Time Intelligence for Smarter Decisions: Beyond its technical capabilities, Microsoft’s prowess in industrial data management is transformative. By cleaning and contextualising OT/IoT data at the edge, Azure IoT Operations lays the groundwork for real-time intelligence. This is enhanced by integration with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Digital Twin Builder, enabling AI-driven decision-making that aids customers in optimising production quality, boosting equipment reliability, and promoting sustainable operations.
Integration with Microsoft Copilot in Azure: Microsoft reshapes intelligence by integrating Copilot and generative AI across its IoT platform, particularly within Azure IoT Operations and Microsoft Fabric. With Copilot in Azure, you can access intelligent recommendations for operations management, advanced data analysis, and visualisation. This boosts industrial teams’ ability to make swift and informed decisions, whether it’s optimising workflows, interpreting complex data, or overseeing supervisory tasks.
Cloud-to-Edge Integration with the Adaptive Cloud Approach: Microsoft’s IoT platform, powered by Azure Arc’s adaptive cloud approach, harmonises hybrid, multicloud, edge, and IoT environments. This unified control plane supports applications, data, and governance, ensuring scalability and operational efficiency that meet industrial demands.
Secure by Design, Intelligent by Default: Designed with security at its core, Azure IoT Operations aims to minimise operational burdens for users. Microsoft’s comprehensive security suite includes Microsoft Defender for IoT, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Entra.
Shaping the Future of Digital Operations
Our roadmap emphasises expanding AI capabilities—including agentic and generative AI—across the Azure ecosystem. We are dedicated to helping customers maximise their data’s potential, streamline operations, and accelerate innovation. We aim to evolve our platform in line with various industrial needs, making it easier for customers and partners to confidently build on Azure.
Microsoft boasts a strong network of partners who provide local expertise and tailored solutions for diverse industries, unlocking new opportunities and delivering substantial impact. Whether collaborating on industry-specific solutions or expanding AI adoption globally, our partners play a vital role in helping customers build assuredly on Azure.
Learn More
Discover how Microsoft’s IoT offerings can elevate your operations. Explore the resources below for more details:
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms, By Scot Kim, Sudip Pattanayak, Emil Berthelsen, Sushovan Mukhopadhyay, Wam Voster, Akhil Singh, September 8, 2025.
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