With the advent of technologies like mobile computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud computing converging to build innovative solutions, arises the need to support device to device or in general, entity to entity communication and address security requirements.

The Connect — Master Data Management (MDM) service administers configuration master data for devices and Connect microservices. Clients can use Connect MDM service to administer masterdata to realize connected device propositions. The masterdata defined in Connect MDM service is synchronized to other Connect services.