Johnson Controls and Microsoft announce global collaboration, launch integration between OpenBlue Digital Twin and Azure Digital Twins

• Microsoft announces the general availability of Azure Digital Twins
• Holistic integration across digital twin technologies will enable users to digitally manage physical spaces, maximize efficiency, support COVID-19 safety and pilot new solutions
• Solution aims to encompass the entire ecosystem of building and device management technologies with digital cloud technologies
• Collaboration will support efficient and environmentally friendly design, construction and ongoing operation of buildings and spaces through modeling, analytics and digital control mechanisms

CORK, Ireland, and REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 8, 2020 — Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart and sustainable buildings, and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced a global collaboration to digitally transform how buildings and spaces are conceived, built and managed. Microsoft also announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure Digital Twins.

Reference:https://news.microsoft.com/2020/12/08/johnson-controls-and-microsoft-announce-global-collaboration-launch-integration-between-openblue-digital-twin-and-azure-digital-twins/