The top ten IoT sessions at Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite is just around the corner and it’s time to reserve your place for some of the hottest cloud and IoT sessions. While every session at Ignite will be fantastic, I put together this list of ten sessions that you shouldn’t miss if you work with IoT. You’ll see a wide range of content on this list from high level strategy to architectural sessions.

Have questions about an IoT project? We have experts ready to meet with you at Ignite! After you register, sign up for a 45-minute one-on-one consultation on your MyIgnite home page.

Register and build out your schedule with help from my list below. Note that some sessions have limited capacity.

Digital Resilience:  Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, kicks off Microsoft Ignite with his Key Segment titled Digital Resilience. Attend this session to understand Microsoft’s strategic direction and point of view. Regardless of what kind of IoT solution you’re working on, you will benefit from this background. Add this to your calendar for Tuesday, September 22, 8:30 AM – 9:00 PDT. (Depending on your time zone, you can also see it on Tuesday, September 22, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT or on Wednesday, September 23, 12:30 AM – 1:00 AM PDT.)

Azure IoT Services, Roadmap, and Vision: Sam George

Sam George, Azure IoT CVP, will host a Digital Breakout session titled Azure IoT services, roadmap, and vision: from connected assets to connected environments. Attend this session to understand how IoT is evolving from providing insights and control of connected assets, to providing insights and control of entire connected environments. Sam will host his session on Wednesday, September 23, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM PDT. You can also listen to his session on Wednesday, September 23, 10:30 PM - 11:00 PM PDT or Thursday, September 24, 6:30 AM - 7:00 AM PDT. 

Ask the Expert, Azure Digital Twins

Modeling and creating a digital representation of an environment can be difficult for even the most sophisticated enterprises. Azure Digital Twins makes this easy. Join this Ask the Experts session to get your questions about Azure Digital Twins answered. Put it on your calendar for Wednesday, September 23, 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PDT.

Ask the Expert, IoT Plug and Play

IoT Plug and Play enables solution builders to integrate smart devices with their solutions without any manual configuration. Join this Ask the Experts session to ask all your questions relating to IoT Plug and Play. Attend Thursday, September 24, 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM PDT.

Azure Security Center for IoT including CyberX: Nil Krumer and Phil Neray

In this session, you will learn how Azure Security Center for IoT now incorporates CyberX technology. The result is agentless security for brownfield industrial IoT devices in Operational Technology (OT) networks. Nir Krumer and Phil Neray, with Microsoft since the CyberX acquisition, will deliver this compelling session. This session is pre-recorded and available on demand.

Building end to end IoT solutions:  Pamela Cortez, Cory Newton-Smith

Pamela Cortez and Cory Newton-Smith will present two different approaches to building IoT solutions in Azure: using the Azure IoT Reference Architecture or using Azure IoT Central. Learn how to connect an Azure IoT Edge or an Azure Sphere device using either approach. You will leave the session understanding how easy and powerful Microsoft has made IoT. This session is pre-recorded and available on demand.

Azure AI and IoT to support smart office reopening with RXR Realty, Jeremy Chapman

Jeremy Chapman will facilitate this hands-on deep dive into RXR Realty’s pioneering work to make it safer for people to return to the workplace amid Covid-19 in New York. Watch a demo of how RXR Realty is leveraging Azure IoT and AI for automated health checks, air quality control, social distancing, mask compliance and more. Put this on your calendar for Wednesday, September 23, 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT.

Intelligent Edge, Vision, Edge AI and IoT: Kevin Smith and Philip Van De Mortel, Intel

Kevin Smith and Philip Van De Mortel of Intel explore how Intelligent Edge, Vision, Edge AI and IoT solutions can be used to solve a variety of challenges across industries. You will gain valuable insights for vertical market solutions. This Connection Zone session runs on Wednesday, September 23, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT.

What’s new in Azure Cognitive Services: Cory Clarke, RXR Realty, and Seth Juarez

Do you want to find anomalies in data to quickly identify and troubleshoot issues? Attend this Digital Breakout session with Seth Juarez and Cory Clarke of RXR Realty to learn about new services and features in Cognitive Services. This session will be available Tuesday, September 22 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PDT, Tuesday, September 22 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM PDT, or Tuesday, September 22 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PDT.

Invent with purpose on Azure: Julia White, Erin Chapple, Rohan Kumar

Listen to Julia White, CVP, Microsoft Azure, Erin Chapple, CVP, Microsoft Azure Compute, and Rohan Kumar, CVP Azure Data discuss how Azure is redefining hybrid, empowering developers to be more productive, enabling limitless data and analytics, and democratizing AI. Put this on your schedule for Tuesday, September 22 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT, Tuesday, September 22 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT, or Wednesday, September 23 1:00 AM – 1:30 AM PDT.

Next steps

Microsoft Ignite is almost here. Register and reserve your spots today as space is limited for some sessions. You’ll benefit from any sessions you attend but I wanted to call out some of the most compelling cloud and IoT sessions here.

After you register, let me know which sessions you’re excited about. See you there!