Plan and prepare for Azure Data Manager for Agriculture in 2024 release wave 1

Important

The 2024 release wave 1 plan covers all new functionalities planned to be delivered to market from April 2024 to September 2024. In this article, you'll find the product overview and what's new and planned for Azure Data Manager for Agriculture.

Overview

The Azure Data Manager for Agriculture (ADMA) extends the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform with industry-specific data connectors and capabilities to connect farm data from disparate sources, enabling organizations to use high-quality datasets and accelerate the development of digital agriculture solutions. With the 2024 release wave 1, we’re introducing key enhancements for analytics scenarios to align with leading industry standards. Enhanced ability for data set curation, compatibility with industry-leading analytics services, more powerful geospatial scenario support, and repeatable data transformation workflows all work together to provide rich new analytics and AI capabilities.

Updates to Azure Data Manager for Agriculture 2024 release wave 1

Investment areas

Agriculture data solutions - Data ingestion
Azure Data Manager for Agriculture connects and unifies farm data from disparate sources so that organizations can develop solutions that power agriculture insights. It extends the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform with industry-specific data connectors and capabilities so developers can use data from satellites, soil sensors, farming equipment, and weather providers. Instead of devoting resources to data management, organizations can accelerate product innovation with the ability to use readily available, high-quality, and abundant data.

Agriculture data solutions - Data Interoperability
A barrier to digital transformation in agriculture is the lack of data standardization and specific industry standards. However, it is a regulated industry, especially concerning farm inputs like seeds and crop protection products. To enable insights, each customer/ISV must invest in their own proprietary data models, making interoperability complex. Azure Data Manager for Agriculture provides a clear path to interoperability with a standard data model, data transformation processes, and referenceable data sets.

To learn more about the entire set of capabilities being delivered during this release wave, check out the release plan for Azure Data Manager for Agriculture below:

Check out the release plan