diff --git a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/DeviceDetailsValidator.cs b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/DeviceDetailsValidator.cs
index 25faede43..57bfb7707 100644
--- a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/DeviceDetailsValidator.cs
+++ b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/DeviceDetailsValidator.cs
@@ -18,12 +18,22 @@ public DeviceDetailsValidator()
                 .NotEmpty()
                 .WithMessage("ModelId is required.");
 
-            _ = RuleFor(x => x.DeviceID)
+            When(x => x.IsLoraWan, () =>
+            {
+                _ = RuleFor(x => x.DeviceID)
+                .NotEmpty()
+                .Length(1, 128)
+                .Matches("[A-Z0-9]{16}")
+                .WithMessage("DeviceID is required. It should be a 16 bit hex string.");
+            }).Otherwise(() =>
+            {
+                _ = RuleFor(x => x.DeviceID)
                 .NotEmpty()
                 .WithMessage("DeviceID is required.")
                 .Length(1, 128)
                 .Matches("[a-zA-Z0-9\\-.+%_#*?!(),:=@$']")
                 .WithMessage("DeviceID is required. It should be a case-sensitive string (up to 128 characters long) of ASCII 7-bit alphanumeric characters plus certain special characters: - . + % _ # * ? ! ( ) , : = @ $ '.");
+            });
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/LoRaDeviceDetailsValidator.cs b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/LoRaDeviceDetailsValidator.cs
index 6b85bfd6b..20b429ce7 100644
--- a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/LoRaDeviceDetailsValidator.cs
+++ b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Client/Validators/LoRaDeviceDetailsValidator.cs
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ public LoRaDeviceDetailsValidator()
                 .NotEmpty()
                 .When(x => !x.UseOTAA)
                 .WithMessage("DevAddr is required.");
-
-            _ = RuleFor(x => x.DeviceID)
-                .NotEmpty()
-                .Length(1, 128)
-                .Matches("[A-Z0-9]{16}")
-                .WithMessage("DeviceID is required. It should be a 16 bit hex string.");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/DeviceDetails.cs b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/DeviceDetails.cs
index 2de7ffb73..9ad9c5a3a 100644
--- a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/DeviceDetails.cs
+++ b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/DeviceDetails.cs
@@ -56,5 +56,10 @@ public class DeviceDetails
         /// List of custom device tags and their values.
         /// </summary>
         public Dictionary<string, string> Tags { get; set; } = new();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   <c>true</c> if this instance is lorawan; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual bool IsLoraWan { get; private set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/LoRaWAN/LoRaDeviceDetails.cs b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/LoRaWAN/LoRaDeviceDetails.cs
index f02e85327..ace9fc887 100644
--- a/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/LoRaWAN/LoRaDeviceDetails.cs
+++ b/src/AzureIoTHub.Portal/Shared/Models/v1.0/LoRaWAN/LoRaDeviceDetails.cs
@@ -68,5 +68,7 @@ public class LoRaDeviceDetails : LoRaDeviceBase
         /// The Device Current RXDelay.
         /// </summary>
         public string ReportedRXDelay { get; set; }
+
+        public override bool IsLoraWan => true;
     }
 }