Scenario: POV Requirements

Ensure that all message content during this phase is human readable to simplify debugging.

Avro uses a binary format, so it is not human readable.

The more lightweight JSON (Javascript object notation) has become a popular alternative to XML for various reasons. A couple obvious ones are:

Less verbose- XML uses more words than necessary

JSON is faster- Parsing XML software is slow and cumbersome.

Box 1: ID Scope

In the Azure portal, select the Overview blade for your Device Provisioning service and copy the ID Scope value. The ID Scope is generated by the service and guarantees uniqueness. It is immutable and used to uniquely identify the registration IDs.

Box 2: Global device endpoint

The global_prov_uri variable, which allows the IoT Hub client registration API IoTHubClient_LL_CreateFromDeviceAuth to connect with the designated Device Provisioning Service instance.

Example code:

static const char* global_prov_uri = "global.azure-devices-provisioning.net";

static const char* id_scope = "[ID Scope]";