Set up devices for OS evaluation

Microsoft deploys the Azure Sphere OS on the Retail Evaluation feed two weeks before its release on the Retail OS feed, as described in Azure Sphere OS feeds. By assigning a few devices to a group that receives the Retail Evaluation OS, you can verify that your production-signed applications work with the release before we deploy it broadly. The devices in this device group are also monitored by Microsoft for quality and any concerns that you report to Microsoft will be addressed to ensure a quality Retail OS release.

You can verify applications on devices that are in field or lab test, or in production, by assigning them to either the Field Test OS Evaluation group or the Production OS Evaluation device group. These device groups are intended for the same uses as the Field Test and Production device groups, respectively. The only difference is that they receive the Retail Evaluation OS instead of the Retail OS.

To assign/move an attached device into a different device group, use the az sphere device assign command. To find the value of the --targeted-device-group and devicerun the command az sphere device-group list

az sphere device assign --resource-group MyResourceGroup --catalog MyCatalog --target-product MyProduct --target-device-group MyCurrentDeviceGroup --device <DeviceIdValue>

If you created your own device groups, you can change the OS feed they receive by using the az sphere device-group update command specifying either Retail or RetailEval as `--os-feed`` parameter:

az sphere device-group update --product <product-name> --device-group <device-group-name> --os-feed <os-feed-type>