unable to onboard azure defender for iot sensor

Knud Højgaard 1 Reputation point
2021-09-07T13:33:40.2+00:00

following the playbook at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-iot/organizations/how-to-manage-sensors-on-the-cloud and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-iot/organizations/how-to-activate-and-set-up-your-sensor, actual onboarding of the sensor ends abruptly when uploading the sensor license, with an orange error of Error: Sensor cannot connect to Azure IoT Hub (Unable to open DeviceClient connection. (6)). Please contact support.

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An Azure service that enables bidirectional communication between internet of things (IoT) devices and applications.
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An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
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  1. António Sérgio Azevedo 7,666 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-09-09T14:01:05.673+00:00

    Hello @Knud Højgaard thank you so much for reporting the issue here, did you try the Troubleshooting steps documented here?

    And you made sure to Update sensor network configuration before activation ?

    Regards