Here is a smart way to use sound to provision IoT devices with wireless configuration, Cloud connection credentials and more. Chirp (https://chirp.io) created enterprise-ready, cross platform SDKs for transmitting data over sound and the Azure IoT team collaborated with Chirp to implement a nice and easy way to setup an MXChip devkit and connect it to Azure IoT Central using just sound. Get started with Azure IoT Central: http://azureiotcentral.com Get started with the Chirp SDK: https://admin.chirp.io/ Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

What is the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program about and how can you, as an IoT developer, be nominated or nominate someone awesome to become an MVP? Ranga Vadlamudi tells us all about the IoT MVP program on the IoT Show. Learn more: https://mvp.microsoft.com

Collected and predicted data, coupled with the farmer's knowledge about the farm, can help increase farm productivity and reduce costs. Microsoft already enabled precision farming through FarmBeats and partnerships with solution integrators leveraging the Azure IoT platform and solutions.Here is an introduction to the upcoming Microsoft's IoT In Action Agriculture Webinar. Tune in to watch the webinar live on August 23, 2018 10:00a.m. PST / 11:00a.m. CET / 1:00p.m. SGT

Curious about how Microsoft is leading the smart energy and digital transformation initiatives with Azure IoT?Get a sneak peek at the upcoming Microsoft's IoT In Action Webinar during which you will learn how the energy industry benefits from a myriad of IoT use cases, both on the consumer level and the industrial level. Tune in to watch the webinar live on July 31, 2018 10:00a.m. PST / 11:00a.m. CET / 1:00p.m. SGT : https://aka.ms/IoTInAction/EnergyEfficiency

Whether you are a Kafka aficionado or you are simply curious about how Azure IoT Hub allows to easily consume IoT devices data from Kafka, this new episode of the IoT Show is for you! Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Disasters can happen and you should always be ready for failures in any distributed systems. Cloud services are no exception and Roopesh Manda, PM in the Azure IoT team, tells us how the IoT Hub will ensure your IoT application resiliency and how you can use the new Manual Failover feature of the service to test catastrophic scenarios. Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Azure Maps is now fully integrated in Azure IoT Central applications offering plenty geo-location and geocoding features. Check out this cool demo by Miriam Berhane Russom, PM in the Azure IoT Central team. Learn more: https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/location-and-maps-in-azure-iot-central-powered-by-azure-maps/Get started with Azure IoT Central: https://aka.ms/azureiotcentral Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Security is critical in IoT applications, but how different is it from (or similar to) traditional IT security? Richard Ku, expert in Industrial IoT Security for Enterprise OT environment at TrendMicro visited the IoT Show to share his perspective on what you need to pay attention to when building IoT applications. For more information on Trend Micro Industry IoT Security, visit wwww.trendmicro.com/iotCreate a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Kyle Young, Principal PM Manager in the Dynamics team shows us how the integration between Azure IoT Hub and Dynamics Connected Field Service allows automating workflows and bridge the world of IoT with the enterprise. Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree

Building IoT applications often requires connecting existing systems and infrastructures to the Cloud. Chris Segura, PM in the Azure IoT team, tells us what that entails and how Azure IoT Edge can be used to bridge legacy systems to modern IoT applications powered by the Cloud. Create a Free Account (Azure): https://aka.ms/c9-azurefree