Merge pull request #288314 from dominicbetts/central-freshness

IoT Central: Freshness

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/iot-central/core/overview-iot-central.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: What is Azure IoT Central
 description: Azure IoT Central is an application platform that simplifies the creation of IoT solutions, reducing the overhead of IoT management operations, and development.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 06/02/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.service: iot-central
 services: iot-central

articles/iot-central/core/tutorial-connect-device.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Tutorial - Connect a client app to Azure IoT Central
 description: This tutorial shows you how to connect a device running either a C, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python client app to your Azure IoT Central application.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 06/06/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: tutorial
 ms.service: iot-central
 services: iot-central
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ zone_pivot_groups: programming-languages-set-twenty-six
 
 # Tutorial: Create and connect a client application to your Azure IoT Central application
 
+[!INCLUDE [iot-authentication-device-connection-string](../../../includes/iot-authentication-device-connection-string.md)]
+
 This tutorial shows you how to connect a client application to your Azure IoT Central application. The application simulates the behavior of a temperature controller device. When the application connects to IoT Central, it sends the model ID of the temperature controller device model. IoT Central uses the model ID to retrieve the device model and create a device template for you. You add  views to the device template to enable an operator to interact with a device.
 
 In this tutorial, you learn how to:

articles/iot-central/energy/tutorial-smart-meter-app.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Tutorial - Azure IoT smart-meter monitoring
 description: This tutorial shows you how to deploy and use an application template for monitoring smart meters in Azure IoT Central.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 06/12/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: tutorial
 ms.service: iot-central
 services: iot-central

articles/iot-central/energy/tutorial-solar-panel-app.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Tutorial - Azure IoT solar panel monitoring
 description: This tutorial shows you how to deploy and use the solar panel monitoring application template for IoT Central.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 06/12/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: tutorial
 ms.service: iot-central
 services: iot-central

articles/iot-central/government/tutorial-connected-waste-management.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Tutorial - Azure IoT connected waste management
 description: This tutorial shows you how to deploy and use the connected waste management application template for IoT Central.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 06/13/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: tutorial
 ms.service: iot-central
 services: iot-central

articles/iot-central/government/tutorial-water-consumption-monitoring.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Tutorial - Azure IoT water consumption monitoring
 description: This tutorial shows you how to deploy and use the water consumption monitoring application template for IoT Central.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 06/16/2022
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: tutorial
 ms.service: iot-central
 services: iot-central

articles/iot-central/retail/tutorial-iot-central-digital-distribution-center.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
 ms.service: iot-central
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 06/12/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ---
 
 # Tutorial: Deploy and walk through the digital distribution center application template

articles/iot-central/retail/tutorial-iot-central-smart-inventory-management.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
 ms.service: iot-central
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 06/12/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ---
 
 # Tutorial: Deploy a smart inventory-management application template

articles/iot-hub/how-to-collect-device-logs.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 title: Collect device debug logs
 titleSuffix: Azure IoT Hub
 description: To troubleshoot device issues, it's sometimes useful to collect low-level debug logs from the devices. This article shows how to use the device SDKs to generate debug logs.
-author: dominicbetts
-ms.author: dobett
+author: kgremban
+ms.author: kgremban
 ms.date: 01/20/2023
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: iot-hub

articles/iot/howto-use-iot-explorer.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 title: Install and use Azure IoT explorer | Microsoft Docs
-description: Install the Azure IoT explorer tool and use it to interact with IoT Plug and Play devices connected to IoT hub. Although this article focuses on working with IoT Plug and Play devices, you can use the tool with any device connected to your hub.
+description: Install the Azure IoT explorer tool and use it to interact with devices (including IoT Plug and Play devices) connected to your IoT hub.
 author: dominicbetts
 ms.author: dobett
-ms.date: 09/29/2023
+ms.date: 10/14/2024
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: iot-develop
 services: iot-develop
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ services: iot-develop
 
 # Install and use Azure IoT explorer
 
+[!INCLUDE [iot-authentication-service-connection-string](../../includes/iot-authentication-service-connection-string.md)]
+
 The Azure IoT explorer is a graphical tool for interacting with devices connected to your IoT hub. This article focuses on using the tool to test your IoT Plug and Play devices. After installing the tool on your local machine, you can use it to connect to a hub. You can use the tool to view the telemetry the devices are sending, work with device properties, and invoke commands.
 
 This article shows you how to:
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ After you submit a change, you can track the update status: **synching**, **succ
 
 To send a command to a device, go to the **Commands** tab:
 
-1. In the list of commands, expand the command you want to trigger.
+1. Expand the command you want to trigger in the list of commands.
 1. Enter any required values for the command.
 1. Preview the payload to be sent to the device.
 1. Submit the command.