Azure Sphere OS version 22.01 set to enter general availability in late January
This sphere doesn’t contain the MCU you may be most familiar with.
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For those of you who were anticipating the next version release of Microsoft’s Azure Sphere OS, the big moment is almost here: Version 22.01 enters general availability on January 26, 2022.
The new version is already in the Retail Eval feed, meaning there’s time for backward compatibility testing before the release goes wide. The areasMicrosoft advisesfocusing compatibility testing on “include apps and functionality utilizing: Timestamps or structs that contain time, WifiConfig_getNetworkDiagnostics(), manually configured DNS entries, DMA.”
In the event you’ve stumbled upon this article and don’t have a clue as to what Azure Sphere OSis, Microsoft has abig writeup on the subject. But to compress it down to its absolute core, it’s theLinux-basedoperating system underpinning Azure Sphere, a security and communications platform for IoT devices. It has three main components: Azure Sphere OS, a “cloud-based security service,” and a crossover microcontroller unit (MCU).
In terms of recent Microsoft operating system updates that arenotAzure sphere, there was alsoJanuary 2022’s Patch Tuesday, which sawWindows 11and Windows 10 get security updates. This particular Patch Tuesday wasn’t entirely smooth sailing, since it had the unintended side effect ofmessing with some users' VPN connections.
For what it’s worth, Microsoft’s operating systems aren’t the only ones with occasional hiccups. Recently, Redmondhelped out Apple’s macOSby alerting the rival company about a vulnerability known as “powerdir.”
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