ICS (Industial Controls Systems)/PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) Integration

[Jeff_Baron]

Can Microsoft Fabric be integrated with ICS (Industrial Controls Systems) including PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) and HMI (Human-Machine Interface)?

We're interested in exploring Data Activator with our ICS information.

Thank you for your time!

[Patbu13]

Hi all,

Curious as to what/if anything came of this. Currently looking into a Fabric workflow that ends in both PowerBI dashboards and hopefully PLC connections. Thanks!

[jameshutton]

Hi Jeff_Baron,

Sounds like a great use case for Data Activator. I think the answer to your question will depend on a few factors, such as the make and model of your PLC, and how you're currently getting data out of it. If you're already loading data from your PLC into Azure, then I expect it would be relatively straightforward, because you should be able to forward it from Azure into a Fabric eventstreams item. I'd love to hear more about your use case and discuss this further with you. Feel free to contact me directly at jameshutton@microsoft.com if you'd be up for further discussion.