Podcasts about Azure Sphere

Vandaag hebben we het over wat gaat er allemaal weg of uit support gaat in 2023. Maar ook nieuwe features in het managen van IoT, ipv6 in azure ad en een vscode extensie voor automation accounts. Presentatie: Barbara Forbes & Jos van Schouten Productie / edit: Nils Bloem Powered by OGD ict-diensten https://www.ogd.nl/ Benieuwd naar werken bij OGD? https://werkenbij.ogd.nl/ Azure Sphere: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-sphere-support-for-european-data-boundary/ IPv6 in Azure AD: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/ipv6-coming-to-azure-ad/ba-p/2967451 Azure automation VScode extenstion: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-automation-extension/ EOL van Microsoft producten in 2023: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/end-of-support/end-of-support-2023

Episode Notes Alan and Sam discuss Azure Sphere, it's features and the security and operational value it can bring to your IoT estate. Sam takes the role of the 'Expert' and explains his experience with the Azure Sphere Development Kit. Find out more at http://www.letstalkpodcast.co.uk Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/lets-talk-azure/2d5dd570-fdd4-4c92-8ea1-f2c61e23b80c

This week, Jeffrey welcomes Bryan Costanich, Founder of Wilderness Labs and former VP of Xamarin. Bryan talks with us about the state of .NET, the advantages and disadvantages of moving into the embedded space, and how embedded computing is the new revolution. Bryan is also on a mission to leave the world a little better than he found it.   Topics of Discussion: [2:04] Bryan talks about his background and time at Xamarin, Microsoft, and the origins of Wilderness Labs. [4:16] What is the state of .NET? In the embedded system world, what are the realistic options and future in 2022 and beyond? [8:04] What are both the advantages and disadvantages of moving into the embedded space? [11:04] Bryan discusses how a lot of the advantages of microcontrollers moving to embedded are historical in the sense that you are developing for embedded devices that haven't changed a lot since the '70s and '80s. [12:30] Seventy percent of all security bugs aren't even an issue in .NET. [15:05] Bryan talks about his intent to make it easier for people to use and to create the ideal experience through Xamarin. [15:41] The next phase of humankind's technological computing journey is embedded computing. This is the new revolution. [16:45] There are three parts of the IoT market: consumer, commercial, and industrial. [20:23] Bryan talks about how Xamarin's main products are compromised and where they land on the spectrum. He discusses Azure Sphere and Raspberry Pi. [26:29] What exactly does Bryan develop with? He describes his setup. [31:09] Some fun smart chicken coop talk! [34:42] How does crash reporting work in Xamarin? [36:55] In the core compute module, how does one build the enclosure that it snaps into? [39:11] What is the most common product mix? [39:30] When will Xamarin's products be released?   Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo's YouTube Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Wilderness Labs Raspberry Pi Azure Sphere Bryan Costanich   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with guest Rin Ure about the Azure Sentinel SOC Process Framework Workbook. We also discuss Azure Security news about Azure Web Application Firewall, Azure Front Door, Azure SQL DB, Azure Sphere, Confidential Compute VMs and episode 2 of the Spanish Azure Security Podcast is now out.

This week Jeffrey is joined by a fantastic return guest, Ted Neward! Ted is the Director of Technology Culture at Quicken Loans (where he has held several previous positions at). He is a self-described geek who takes great pride and joy in making other geeks into bigger and better (and hopefully more highly rewarded) geeks. Having recently stepped into a management role, Ted has been looking for more and more ways to leverage his skills as a "force multiplier" across his entire team to not only better the team itself — but the entire organization as a whole.   In the conversation with Ted today, he and Jeffrey talk all about development leadership and stepping into a managing position. How do you become a better leader? What can you do as a manager to bump up the effectiveness of your team? What does it really mean to be a team lead? How do you measure if your current plan and strategies are actually effective? What are the should-do’s and the should-not do’s of leading a team? Tune in to find out!   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:50] About The Azure DevOps Podcast, Clear Measure, the new podcast Architect Tips, and Jeffrey’s offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:20] About today’s episode with Ted Neward! [1:35] Jeffrey welcomes Ted back to the podcast! [4:00] Ted introduces himself and shares about his current role with Quicken Loans. He also explains what Quicken Loans does and what some of his previous roles looked like. [9:18] How they measure the productivity of their developers at QL. Ted also shares advice on how you can determine if a program or activity is successful. [14:23] What can a manager do to bump up the effectiveness of their team? [18:54] What it really means to be a team lead. [19:59] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [20:29] Why “rewriting” and replacing everything is almost NEVER the answer. [27:29] Why do we keep making the same mistakes? [28:30] What many development teams don’t understand. [29:38] How often do teams make true architectural decisions? [32:11] Talking reactionary architectural changes. [34:27] Why you don’t want to teach your team an entirely new programming language. [41:01] Jeffrey thanks Ted for joining the podcast! [41:15] Ted shares some resources, advice, and how you can personally get in touch with him.   Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast’s Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow The Azure DevOps Podcast Ep. 30: “Ted Neward on the ‘Ops’ Side of DevOps” Ted Neward’s LinkedIn @TedNeward on Twitter Blogs.TedNeward.com Neward & Associates “The Simple Idea That Became Intel’s Secret Weapon Against Motorola” “Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking” The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, by Frederick Brooks Jr. George Santayana Quicken Loans TedNeward@QuickenLoans.com  The Azure DevOps Podcast Ep. 134: “Sudhanva Huruli on Azure Sphere”   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Mike Hall shows Scott Hanselman how his team built a self-balancing robot using Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS that can be controlled and updated remotely from Azure IoT Central. In addition, the robot supports deferred updates for the OS and applications, which ensures the robot is in a safe position before initiating an update.[0:00:00]– Introduction [0:02:30]– Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS, and embedded systems [0:07:45]– DEMO: Updating a real time system [0:17:12]– DEMO: Balancing robot [0:19:51]– Development, prototype, and custom boardsAzure Sphere, and IoT Security SolutionAzure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)Building a Balancing Robot with Azure SphereDevelop secure IoT solutions for Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS and Azure IoT CentralCreate a free account (Azure)

Mike Hall shows Scott Hanselman how his team built a self-balancing robot using Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS that can be controlled and updated remotely from Azure IoT Central. In addition, the robot supports deferred updates for the OS and applications, which ensures the robot is in a safe position before initiating an update.[0:00:00]– Introduction [0:02:30]– Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS, and embedded systems [0:07:45]– DEMO: Updating a real time system [0:17:12]– DEMO: Balancing robot [0:19:51]– Development, prototype, and custom boardsAzure Sphere, and IoT Security SolutionAzure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)Building a Balancing Robot with Azure SphereDevelop secure IoT solutions for Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS and Azure IoT CentralCreate a free account (Azure)

Mike Hall shows Scott Hanselman how his team built a self-balancing robot using Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS that can be controlled and updated remotely from Azure IoT Central. In addition, the robot supports deferred updates for the OS and applications, which ensures the robot is in a safe position before initiating an update.[0:00:00]– Introduction [0:02:30]– Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS, and embedded systems [0:07:45]– DEMO: Updating a real time system [0:17:12]– DEMO: Balancing robot [0:19:51]– Development, prototype, and custom boardsAzure Sphere, and IoT Security SolutionAzure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)Building a Balancing Robot with Azure SphereDevelop secure IoT solutions for Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS and Azure IoT CentralCreate a free account (Azure)

Mike Hall shows Scott Hanselman how his team built a self-balancing robot using Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS that can be controlled and updated remotely from Azure IoT Central. In addition, the robot supports deferred updates for the OS and applications, which ensures the robot is in a safe position before initiating an update.[0:00:00]– Introduction [0:02:30]– Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS, and embedded systems [0:07:45]– DEMO: Updating a real time system [0:17:12]– DEMO: Balancing robot [0:19:51]– Development, prototype, and custom boardsAzure Sphere, and IoT Security SolutionAzure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)Building a Balancing Robot with Azure SphereDevelop secure IoT solutions for Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS and Azure IoT CentralCreate a free account (Azure)

Mike Hall shows Scott Hanselman how his team built a self-balancing robot using Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS that can be controlled and updated remotely from Azure IoT Central. In addition, the robot supports deferred updates for the OS and applications, which ensures the robot is in a safe position before initiating an update.[0:00:00]– Introduction [0:02:30]– Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS, and embedded systems [0:07:45]– DEMO: Updating a real time system [0:17:12]– DEMO: Balancing robot [0:19:51]– Development, prototype, and custom boardsAzure Sphere, and IoT Security SolutionAzure Real Time Operating System (RTOS)Building a Balancing Robot with Azure SphereDevelop secure IoT solutions for Azure Sphere, Azure RTOS and Azure IoT CentralCreate a free account (Azure)

Today, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by return guest, Sudhanva Huruli! Last time Sudhanva was on the podcast he was a Program Manager at Microsoft and a maintainer on the Open Application Model. Since then, he has transitioned to a different Program Manager role, working on Azure Sphere.   Azure Sphere is a ‘comprehensive IoT security solution – including hardware (crossover microcontroller), OS and cloud components for IoT device security – to actively protect your devices, your business and your customers.’   In their conversation, Sudhanva speaks about Azure Sphere, shares some tips and advice for getting started, and walks listeners through what it looks like to take code from source to building it, packaging it, and deploying it.   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:50] About The Azure DevOps Podcast, Clear Measure, and Jeffrey’s offer to speak at virtual user groups. [1:03] About today’s episode with Sudhanva Huruli! [1:19] Jeffrey welcomes Sudhanva back to the podcast! [2:18] About the new team Sudhanva is a part of with Azure Sphere, why he decided to make the transition to this new team, and what he is currently doing in his new role! [2:58] What is Azure Sphere? What version is it on and what can you do with it? [5:02] What’s the vision and strategy around Azure Sphere? Will they be supporting more platforms than C? [6:33] Sudhanva shares some examples of what customers use Azure Sphere for. [9:18] Does Sudhanva ever envision having .NET 5 run on C#? [9:59] Sudhanva speaks about the architecture and what needs to be in place to have things up and running to be able to write code that will run in the Azure Sphere. [12:16] What is the Sphere Security Service? How does the chip work? [14:52] Is wifi the main connectivity with this chip? [16:35] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [17:05] The key mission that they are aiming for with the Sphere Security Service. [18:03] Do you either power the chip through ethernet, battery, or any type of direct current? [18:36] If you connect a temperature sensor to the chip for example, how does that number make its way from the sensor all the way to a custom .NET application that’s running in Azure? [22:10] Sudhanva outlines the steps to take code from source and building it, packaging it, and deploying it. [25:09] Sudhanva compares and contrasts the testing framework for code running on the device vs. covering testing at a broader level with the system. [26:35] Sudhanva shares some recommendations before deploying. [27:37] If there’s logic in the C code, will any of the C unit-testing libraries work in development? [27:52] The key features that make Azure Sphere so exciting! [30:25] Where to learn more about and play around with Azure Sphere! [31:30] Jeffrey thanks Sudhanva for joining the podcast once again!   Mentioned in this Episode: Architect Tips — New video podcast! Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! The Azure DevOps Podcast’s Twitter: @AzureDevOpsShow The Azure DevOps Podcast Ep. 58: “Sudhanva Huruli on the Open Application Model” Sudhanva Huruli’s LinkedIn Azure Sphere CrossPlan Azure Kubernetes Service Azure App Service Devboards   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

This episode is a little different, we cover the latest security news and updates from the Microsoft Ignite conference. Lots of topics covering SQL Server, CosmosDB, Azure Security Center, Azure Kubernetes Service, Windows 2022, VM updates, Azure Sphere, Azure Backup, TypeScript, Azure Sentinel and Azure Purview.

IoT devices can work with cognitive services in the cloud for ML tasks such as face verification. However, it is often useful to have ML at the edge as well, to avoid streaming up data all the time – like a "wake word". We will show you how Azure Sphere enables you to easily build ML at the edge that works with ML in the cloud, in the context of a face detection/recognition scenario.Learn more reading the blog post at https://aka.ms/iotshow/MLOnAzureSphere

IoT devices can work with cognitive services in the cloud for ML tasks such as face verification. However, it is often useful to have ML at the edge as well, to avoid streaming up data all the time – like a "wake word". We will show you how Azure Sphere enables you to easily build ML at the edge that works with ML in the cloud, in the context of a face detection/recognition scenario.Learn more reading the blog post at https://aka.ms/iotshow/MLOnAzureSphere

In this episode Michael, Sarah, Gladys and Mark talk with guest Alex DeDonker, and member of the Azure STRIKE team, about his team's role in helping secure the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. We also discuss the latest Azure Security news for the following services: Azure Sphere, Azure Backup, Managed Disks, Azure Security Center, Azure Policy, Azure Defender for SQL, Azure Health Bot and Azure Automation. Finally, Mark discusses some updated Solorigate resources and human operated ransomware.

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Pluton, Mac vs PC, Xbox Series X Microsoft's Pluton security processor What is Pluton? Coming to Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors starting next year Precursors: TPM ... and then Xbox security processor and the Pluton security subsystem in Azure Sphere Macs vs. PCs The first reviews of Apple's Silicon devices are in. And, not surprisingly, they're very positive Related: Microsoft explains how Office will work on new Macs Related: Photoshop comes to Arm on Windows and macOS Meanwhile: Microsoft publishes end of device support dates for Surface devices What does this mean? Are there any exceptions? How does this relate to the Windows support lifecycle? Windows 10 New Dev Channel build today with fixes/no features and still no word from MS on what's next Microsoft pauses optional updates for December for the holidays - It's like Christmas in December! A quick check-in on issues affecting Win 10 20H2 Microsoft Edge notifications are about to get better What's next for Microsoft Search? Windows Search integration, Dynamics 365 integration, more semantic capabilities, and lots more starting in December Project Reunion update Preview 3 of WinUI 3 is here In other developer news: Look who's working for Microsoft now. All hail the Python BDFL! Xbox Biggest. Xbox. Launch. Ever. Also, Commercial Cloud. Where have all the Xboxes gone? Long time passing. When will they ever learn? With the release of Halo 4 for PC, Halo: The MCC is now optimized for Xbox Series X|S Tips and picks App pick of the week: Google Photos App pick of the week #2: Halo 4 remastered for PC and Halo: MCC optimized for Series X|S Enterprise pick of the week: Dataflex, Project Oakdale, and now Dataverse Codename pick of the week: Sabre Beer pick of the week: Torch and Crown King Elizabeth Barleywine Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit try.eset.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows

Microsoft is using Azure Sphere, the chip-to-cloud security technologies that protect their Xbox consoles to create a new vision for Windows security. Microsoft in collaboration with their biggest Silicon partners AMD, Intel and Qualcomm Technologies is introducing the Microsoft Pluton security processor. This will bring even more security advancements to future Windows PCs and signals the beginning of a journey with ecosystem and OEM partners. Microsoft’s vision for the future of Windows PCs is security at the very core, built into the CPU, for a more integrated approach where the hardware and software are tightly integrated, ultimately removing entire vectors of attack. This revolutionary security processor design will make it significantly more difficult for attackers to hide beneath the operating system, and improve being able to guard against physical attacks, prevent the theft of credential and encryption keys, and provide the ability to recover from software bugs. The heart of the operating system security on most PCs lives in a chip separate from the CPU and is called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The TPM is a hardware component which is used to help securely store keys and measurements that verify the integrity of the system. TPMs have been supported in Windows for more than 10 years and power many critical technologies such as Windows Hello and BitLocker. Given the effectiveness of the TPM at performing critical security tasks, attackers have begun to innovate ways to attack it, particularly in situations where an attacker can steal or temporarily gain physical access to a PC. These sophisticated attack techniques target the communication channel between the CPU and TPM, which is typically a bus interface. This bus interface provides the ability to share information between the main CPU and security processor, but it also provides an opportunity for attackers to steal or modify information in-transit using a physical attack. The Pluton design removes the potential for that communication channel to be attacked by building security directly into the CPU. Windows PCs using the Pluton architecture will first emulate a TPM that works with the existing TPM specifications and APIs which will allow customers to immediately benefit from enhanced security for Windows features that rely on TPMs like BitLocker and System Guard. Windows devices with Pluton will use the Pluton security processor to protect credentials, user identities, encryption keys, and personal data. None of this information can be removed from Pluton even if an attacker has installed malware or has complete physical possession of the PC. This is accomplished by storing sensitive data like encryption keys securely within the Pluton processor which is isolated from the rest of the system, helping to ensure that emerging attack techniques, like speculative execution, cannot access key material. Pluton also provides the unique Secure Hardware Cryptography Key (SHACK) technology that helps ensure keys are never exposed outside of the protected hardware, even to the Pluton firmware itself, providing an unprecedented level of security for Windows customers. According to AMD, security is their top priority, and they are proud to work with Microsoft on this. “AMD and Microsoft have been closely partnering to develop and continuously improve processor-based security solutions, beginning with the Xbox One console and now in the PC. We design and build our products with security in mind and bringing Microsoft’s Pluton technology to the chip level will enhance the already strong security capabilities of our processors.” Says Jason Thomas, head of product security, AMD. Intel is continuing to partner with Microsoft as they advance the security of Windows PC platforms. “The introduction of Microsoft Pluton into future Intel CPUs will further enable integration between Intel hardware and the Windows operating system.” According to Mike Nordquist, Sr. Di...

Cellular connectivity for IoT devices and equipment can be transformative for customers, especially when connecting legacy investments. It's important to understand the options available and the security strategy that goes with them. Nicholas Chen joins Olivier on the IoT Show to discuss how Azure Sphere allows for secure connection of IoT devices over cellular and what developers should pay attention to. To learn more about Azure Sphere Cellular Connectivity, visit https://aka.ms/iotshow/azurespherecellular

Cellular connectivity for IoT devices and equipment can be transformative for customers, especially when connecting legacy investments. It's important to understand the options available and the security strategy that goes with them. Nicholas Chen joins Olivier on the IoT Show to discuss how Azure Sphere allows for secure connection of IoT devices over cellular and what developers should pay attention to. To learn more about Azure Sphere Cellular Connectivity, visit https://aka.ms/iotshow/azurespherecellular

In this episode of The IoT Unicorn Podcast, Matt Chatterley and Tom Bennett of British Telecom discuss some of the benefits and challenges of implementing 5G. Download Transcript Here  00:00 Pete Bernard: Welcome to the IoT Unicorn Podcast. This is Pete Bernard from Microsoft, and this podcast is for anyone interested in the long-term technology trends in the IoT space and the journey from here to there. So let's get started.   [music]   00:21 PB: On this upcoming episode of the IoT Unicorn I have a great conversation with Tom Bennett and Matt Chatterley, both of British Telecom. And they explain to me what the term hospital pass means, we talk about some great British beer and all things 5G, past, present and future, and not just for iPhones. So please join us.   00:44 PB: Thanks, Tom and Matt, I'm gonna... This is actually an interesting milestone for us, this is the first time I've had two guests at once on the IoT Unicorn, and I think when I originally was thinking back about having you guys on the show... I've had lots of conversations with each of you individually, and also some really good conversations together and I thought, "Well, let's just get everybody on the horn here and talk about some things around 5G and stuff like that" so I appreciate you guys both making the time all the way from the UK to pipe in here and join us on the Unicorn, so thank you very much.   01:19 Tom Bennett: Thank you for the invite, yeah.   01:21 PB: Sure, sure. So maybe before we get into lots of acronyms and Telco stuff, well, maybe just give us a little bit of a back story. Maybe Tom and Matt about sort of... We're talking about BT, British Telecom, so that's quite a storied institution, and I know that you had worked at EE before that and stuff, maybe just give us a little bit of background about how did each of you get here to this point in time.   [laughter]   01:47 TB: How far back are we allowed to go?   01:50 PB: Oh, you know.   01:50 TB: 25 years, maybe not. So yeah, I joined this thing called 2G, it was a small company that started, anyway, that was 25 years ago. Matt and I, we started a little bit of history of space to EE. So EE is the largest and best mobile operator in the UK and it was formed 10 years ago from the merger of what was then the third and fourth place operators, so it was Orange and T-Mobile. Now by forming that merger it created not just a company, but great assets, and in fact it is number one by customer number. It also had the opportunity to go on to be the best from a network perspective and we did that, we were... In fact, Matt and I started to meet yourself, Pete, was eight years ago when we launched 4G and we were a year, year and a half ahead of the competition in the UK.   02:44 PB: That's right.   02:44 TB: And the rest is history from there. We launched 4G first in the UK, launched our new brand, EE and the rollout was phenomenal. From there, we hit top 10 cities, and then right now, I think our 4G coverage is just pushing 85%, 86% of the geography of the country, not just people, geography of the country, and that's kind of phenomenal eight years after launch. In fact, our launch anniversary is this November. This first week in November we launched. And yeah, that's where we started and then obviously BT, which has no mobile assets, BT originally was just the fixed operator. I've looked at this new EE upstart with its phenomenal 4G network and said, "Yeah, we want some of that." And four years ago Matt? Four years ago they bought us.   03:39 Matt Chatterley: [03:39] ____.   03:41 TB: We all moved in to BT and really that was very much a both commercially strategic and technologically kind of architecturally strategic decision because...   03:52 PB: Wow, that's cool. Something happened.   03:53 TB: Because as you roll forward, I'm sure you know, really it's about running forward with the best 4G and now 5G network, and it's a converse plate, it's how you leverage both assets together for the fixed and mobile network, and that's a very, very, very brief snapshot of where we started as third and fourth place operator and now we work for the largest Telco in the UK.   04:15 PB: Right. And how long have you and Matt been working together?   04:18 MC: It's far too long...   [laughter]   04:20 TB: Way too long, I mean we have counselling, it's a bit like a marriage.   04:24 PB: Good, good, with an HR benefit.   04:25 TB: [04:25] ____.   [laughter]   04:27 MC: At the start of the JV, I was actually in Deutsche Telekom, working for DT International, and then they wanted someone to go into the JV and the Clean Team where if it didn't work out, you get six months pay not to work and then, unfortunately, it did work out. So I've had [04:40] ____.   [laughter]   04:40 MC: Yeah, so I think we started right at the very beginning, didn't we Tom?   04:45 TB: Yeah, we did.   04:45 MC: When we figured out what the right approach would be to go to make devices work in this space, so yeah, we were right at the very start.   04:51 PB: I see. So, today what is your... For Tom and Matt, just for our customers, and our customers are our listener's edification, what is your current accountabilities or what are you guys working on? [laughter] Or not working on, I don't know.   05:06 TB: Yeah, exactly, we only work as much as we can. No. So I'm accountable for partnerships, external partnerships such as this with Microsoft and innovations, so I pick up anything from a innovation perspective, be that technology, service, solution.   05:21 PB: Okay cool.   05:22 MC: And I look after all things related to devices and identities, which is what we call SIM cards, but it's actually much more overreaching that, and then the partnership as well from a mobile perspective. So the team that we've got looks after pretty much... If it goes onto the network we've tested and approved it and made sure it works.   05:40 PB: Right. Right. Cool. Yeah, actually before we got into the official podcast here, I was mentioning to Tom about... I remember going to the Great British Beer Festival with Tom a few years ago. [laughter] Which was a lot of fun. That was pretty cool. That was serious beer culture going on, and I know they didn't have it this past year, but...   06:00 MC: There's some very bizarre beers there though.   06:02 TB: Hell yeah, there is.   06:03 PB: Yeah, wild stuff. I saw some controversy where they were gonna... This year, I think when they were gonna have it, they put out some sort of glass or something and it had Coronavirus little logos on it, and I think they got a lot of pushback on that...   [laughter]   06:15 TB: Yeah, I can imagine they did.   06:17 PB: Way too soon, way too soon, but if you're gonna go to the UK, beer has gotta be part of the... Part of the experience.   06:23 TB: Oh absolutely. Yeah. Very, very much. Yeah. Beer's absolutely part of the culture here and it's a very big microbrewery ecosystem that this is... And to Matt's point far too many people you know had to brew beer and go "Oh, wonder what that tastes like?"   [laughter]   06:42 MC: Let's throw this in there and then call it something crazy.   06:45 PB: That's right. That's right. Well, you know, it doesn't take much, but that's good. So let's talk about 5G a little bit, 'cause I know you guys were really on the front edge of a lot of 5G development and deployment in the UK. And I know that BT's made a lot of noise about the 5G deployments. Maybe can you share with us what surprised you about that or how is it going? What was the learnings from that early, early rollout of 5G?   07:18 TB: Yeah. Should I start with the network, Matt, and you can talk to the devices.   07:23 MC: Yeah, cool.   07:25 TB: So I suppose when we launched 4G, we were in a unique position. We had quite a significant amount of what was then 2G spectrum, so 1800Mhz, and that gave us a great opportunity because we could reuse the existing antennas. Basically what we didn't need to do is organize a crane, a lift crew and install brand-new equipment up the tower or on the rooftop. So our 4G rollout was phenomenally fast. 5G, we didn't have that luxury. Let's be frank. 5G, even though last year, what we launched was 5 GB radio so we haven't launched standalone yet. I thought that these are on the record. Last year was very much a 5G non-standalone, but that still comes with significant logistical challenges because it's a new spectrum band so it's 3.4, 3.5. And that requires brand new antennas. It requires new equipment in the base station and it required upgrade to the transmission to the site, so the backhaul for 10 gig in most cases.   08:32 TB: So, yeah, logistically a much slower rollout. You are talking about good old-fashioned concrete and steel rollout, and therefore that was probably one of the key challenges for us, was the sheer volume of change physically on a per-site basis. Whereas previously, as I said, with 4G, relatively simple. Not massively simple but relatively simple being you weren't changing the antenna. Now we're installing brand-new antennas. And then the complication that brings in terms of the integration and the assurance of the service, because now we're installing new software, new hardware, active antennas, active equipment at the base, and we've gotta get the 4G and the 5G working together for the best service experience. And that's the point at which traditionally I will come to that because as a customer what you care about is what's on the device.   09:24 MC: Yeah, and I think that's what we tried to focus on as well, was the it's all well and good what we do from a network point of view, but if the customer doesn't get a good experience on the device side, then it's irrelevant. And I think some of the things we were talking about earlier on, where I think 2G went from standards complete to devices launching in around three years.   09:43 TB: Yeah, it was.   09:44 MC: I remember being involved in 3G when I was a an [09:46] ____ operator, that was around 18 months, maybe a bit shorter or a bit longer but that sort of time period. 4G again we were quite fortunate from a network point of view, that it had been live in other countries beforehand, so there was quite a decent device base out there that we could use. 5G, we went from standard to complete to launching in crazy amounts. I think it was around three months in total, and even then we were shaving things off in the last minute about, "Let's do another base-band update and make sure this works." So, on the whole though, the launch has gone fine. We've had from a device point of view, the customer experience has been, been really good, and I think what we're seeing with 5G though, with the works and the [10:27] ____ our partners are doing, the ramp down in terms of price of equipment is much faster than 4G. We were targeting super low price of the 4G phones in probably 2014, 2015. We were already getting those from a 5G point of view now. So we really are going [10:44] ____.   10:44 PB: I noticed that. I think Qualcomm has been just working overtime, triple overtime to bring...   10:50 MC: We've both worked closely with them, yeah.   10:51 PB: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. It's hard to keep track of all...   10:54 MC: It is. I get confused. [10:54] ____.   10:57 PB: Yeah, Their 5G summit's going on this week too, I think...   11:00 TB: Yeah, it is.   11:01 PB: [11:01] ____ have registered for that. We actually have Jason Xander who is our EVP speaking at that. He's doing a walk-on, so he'll say some cool stuff on that but... Yeah, no, it's been... I think the whole ecosystem has been on overdrive around 5G, and as you mentioned before, it's like there is a lot of complexity there. You mentioned you're at 3.5, there's different frequencies that people are rolling out at. It gets a little confusing. Like in the US, we've got people at millimetre wave, some at telcos and some at like sub six, and some standalone or non-standalone, and depending on whether you have a Samsung or not, or blah, blah, blah. It's like super challenging. I think they're trying to make it simple for customers, consumers and businesses, but there's so many different ways to slice and dice the network in terms of what's virtualized and what's on-prem and all these other things, and it's gonna be...   11:51 MC: I think the important thing is you focus on what's the benefit to the customer.   11:54 TB: Yeah, exactly.   11:55 PB: Right.   11:55 MC: It's our job to hide all that stuff from them [11:58] ____ just works.   12:00 PB: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I have a Samsung Note 20 ultra 5G. I don't know if I got that name right. It keeps going. It's a big long name, but whatever. It's the whole thing. Yeah, there you go. I got one of those things.   12:12 MC: [12:12] ____.   12:12 PB: Oh no. [12:13] ____ right. You guys can't see the video here, but he's [12:17] ____.   [laughter]   12:18 PB: Very nice. Very nice. So my understanding was that in T-Mobile in the US, that's running on standalone 5G.   12:25 TB: Wow. Excellent.   12:27 PB: Yeah, that's kinda cool. And it's been great so far. It's a great phone. It's a nice upgrade. I had an S8 plus before that so... But you're right. But the other thing is like people think about 5G as... I had a little bit of a pushback this week. Apple introduced new iPhones and they have 5G, and 5G is great in phones. It's a faster connection. Who doesn't want a faster connection, right?   12:52 TB: Exactly.   12:53 PB: But one of the interesting things is so what does 5G do beyond phones, right? 'Cause everyone has a phone, okay we get it, and they're faster, okay. But the other thing is how are other things getting connected beyond just phones, and that's kind of... For me, and especially maybe the audience, it's called the IoT Unicorn, that's the name of the podcast, but things that get connected to the cloud over cellular to me is kind of like this incredible opportunity for folks to sort of can see that these scenarios that just weren't possible before.   13:25 MC: Yeah. And I think there's also a lot of hype around 5G being super fast speeds, and we spoke about this earlier on, but it's also low power, and I think that's where the big opportunities for us are. Because that you can in theory connect things that could last considerably longer than a smartphone would doing IoT type things.   13:44 PB: Right, right. Yeah, it's just more power-efficient.   13:46 MC: Yeah.   13:46 TB: Yeah.   13:47 PB: Yeah, which is good. Although, you know UK, unfortunately, is a little bit famous for folks like burning down 5G towers and stuff, I don't know what reason but... [laughter] I just...   13:56 TB: Yes.   13:58 PB: I thought the US was nuts, but you guys top...   14:01 TB: Unfortunately, that's one that's a bit of a homegrown madness. I mean I have seen some of that across some of the other towers.   14:08 PB: Yeah.   14:08 TB: Anglo states so, you know, Australia or New Zealand have had their own, but I don't think anywhere near as bad as unfortunately [14:14] ____. Yeah, exactly [14:20] ____ it'd be terrifying. I don't know how to put it very, very politely other than using quite harsh words about the intentions of some people.   14:32 PB: Yeah.   14:32 TB: I will say this much, it comes with significant cost. [14:39] ____ I have these two points to make, one is a very serious one which is when somebody burns down a mast, in all seriousness, that's the mast that often we share our masts with our [14:50] ____ one of the masts that was burned in Wales that covers three valleys and was the only mast in that area, so those three valleys and the people in those towns and villages they could not make [15:02] ____ until we rebuilt it.   15:04 PB: Yeah.   15:05 TB: So, it's not great, and unfortunately the, well, for want of a better phrase, morons involved here really aren't thinking that through. The other thing to note by the way is, unfortunately, we've had just over 100 incidents involving these towers, involving we've had more instances where engineers who, for instance, have been working on fibre have been threatened, and they're not even working on 5G.   15:29 PB: Yeah.   15:30 TB: And of those 100 towers, not one of them was 5G.   15:37 PB: Wow.   15:37 MC: That's the bad part. Yeah.   15:37 PB: Yeah, yeah. It's really... It's, yeah, it's really unfortunate. I mean we're at... In all seriousness, it is very unfortunate. We are at, you know, we're recording this actually about two weeks before the US Elections so we're almost at full tilt boogie here.   [laughter]   15:50 PB: In terms of crazy, crazy town but...   15:54 TB: Yeah.   15:54 PB: I think this is going to be published like the day before election day. So, you know, hopefully yeah, cooler heads prevail and people, you know, kind of dial it all down a little bit and kinda think it through but 'cause it's not... It's just not productive for people to just go off and...   16:10 MC: No, and the impact done also. And if you...   16:13 PB: Yeah, of course.   16:14 MC: And again if we talk about IoT if you've got a bunch of sensors in a factory that's had the mast burnt down then so we need to, we need to look at how we secure this a bit more.   16:23 PB: Yeah, that's too bad. But yeah so getting back...   16:25 TB: There's an education piece to go with it as well. Sorry, go on Pete...   16:30 PB: Yeah sure. Yeah, for sure. And so just getting back to the IoT parts, so yeah, the... You mentioned about low power. I mean, 5G provides high density, low latency, in addition to high performance, low power, where are you guys seeing things heading in terms of interesting things connected over the 5G network beyond phones? [chuckle]   16:53 TB: Yeah, thanks for that, thanks for the... That's the hospital... Have you got the phrase hospital pass? Is that scanned across to America?   17:01 PB: I don't think we know what that means, what does that mean?   17:03 TB: Yeah, so the game rugby if you're familiar with it.   17:06 PB: Okay.   17:07 TB: It's obviously all about physical tackling much like American football.   17:09 PB: Okay. Got it.   17:10 TB: And a hospital pass is when you're being attacked by the enemy... The other side and you give the ball to your mate just as they [17:16] ____.   17:16 PB: Ah, I see. And that's a hospital pass.   [laughter]   17:17 TB: Now so he gets the hospital pass.   17:19 PB: Good one. That's a good phrase. I'm gonna use it.   [laughter]   17:23 TB: So, thanks for the hospital pass.   [laughter]   17:27 TB: So, I think as you've already discussed, look, the consumer and having a faster iPhone, a faster smartphone, brilliant and you obviously see the growth in form factors as Matt ably demonstrated with an affordable phone. We do see a great in B2B and B2C as well, so businesses selling different services to consumer requiring that bandwidth, and requiring let's remember low-latency so an absolute requirement for information now, not necessarily in 10 to 20 seconds' time but you know 50 to 100 milliseconds' time. So, we're starting to see some interesting... Just testing the water. So, some services that are very, very distinctly kind of looking to integrate heavily between what would traditionally be an [18:12] ____ OTT play, actually they're starting to talk to us about, well, how could they guarantee the latency? And maybe isn't the fastest possible latency... I mean if you take the example of gaming and gamers that just want everything instantly in zero milliseconds.   18:25 PB: Sure, sure.   18:26 TB: But how could we guarantee a consistency of latency?   18:29 PB: Right, right.   18:30 TB: And then finally we are seeing a great deal of research, so we work as the department accountable for this, and government in the UK it's called DCMS and they're doing a lot of investment and we work hand-in-glove with them on some of the trials they're doing, and that covers everything from connecting it to factories, so B2B including drones as well, so there's an example drones. We're investigating how and where and when we can develop a drone use service and that's as a vertical, so that's not just us the telecoms operator, that's working with partners, working with who would be the new traffic control system for that, so on and so forth. So I think across consumer and across business to consumer, and then across business to business you're seeing a growth across all those areas and I say you're still at the... You've gone beyond technology experimentation. We're into commercial experimentation now. We're trying to work out what the right commercial models.   19:28 PB: Yeah, exactly, and also...   19:28 MC: And when you said...   19:30 PB: Oh, sorry go ahead, go ahead.   19:31 MC: I'd say, yeah, from a device point of view what we're trying to do is abstract that out so it's not a random selection of bits of equipment, we're trying to go what do each of these verticals need from a connectivity point of view, so doing an ultra fast, low-latency 5G. Therefore, we'll go and build some solutions with our partners that can do that but also the super low power, and it sends a few kilobytes of data a day, products as well with different sense of that. So, we're trying to create a portfolio of products that can go into all of these different solutions.   20:00 PB: Right, right.   20:01 MC: But it's... Yeah.   20:02 PB: So, that's everything from LPWA up to 5G.   20:04 MC: Pretty much, yeah. And an awful lot of being in 4G as well still. There's still an awful lot of legs in 4G stuff as well. So yeah, it's trying to make sure that if you want to build a factory solution that's probably more going to be millimetre wave. If you're going to go and put a center in a field that's more going to be LPWA.   20:18 PB: Exactly. You mentioned, Tom, the guaranteed costs, early predictable costs, network, are you talking about things like network slicing and like virtualized networks something like that?   20:28 TB: Yeah, I mean yes there tends to be... We're about to both go Bingo.   20:38 PB: Okay, yeah, here you go. [chuckle]   20:38 TB: Do you need a full end-to-end slice for a lot of these services, [20:42] ____ you want? There's a lot of these services where you can, as I say, develop and deliver on a straightforward APN calls basis. I think one of the other things we're finding, as I say, particularly as we're now looking beyond the technology, we're looking commercially, what can we go to market with and the people we collaborate with. We need to be very sensible here. Any proposition, any product that goes to market in the course of the next five, six years, it's gonna have 4G as an integral part of its service offering, because it's going to take that long to roll out a nationwide 5G network.   21:20 TB: So if you and I are gonna go bring a proposition to market in the course of the next, say, four or five years, well it's gonna be a mix of 4G and 5G, and therefore we've gotta look at the available technologies. Now, there is a lot that's available from the 4G perspective. It's still got a lot of wind left in the sails. So, yes, in a purest sense, to come back to your question, of course network slicing, but I don't think you need that as a key enabler to still get to market in the course of the next few years.   21:50 PB: Right, right, yeah, no, I agree. I agree. I think it's a sort of longer term... One of the interesting things we're seeing obviously at Microsoft, being pretty software-oriented, is how a lot of the network capabilities are becoming software-focused and virtualized, right? And a lot of things that have been bespoke in silicone or hardware are now becoming more software-driven, and those could be cloud-powered or edge-powered or somewhere in between. So that's giving people lots of different ways of thinking about deploying services very quickly and being much more agile with the networks that they have developed. So that's interesting.   22:31 MC: One of the things that we need to make sure we also look at as well is how we secure it. The data that you get at the end of the chain is only as good as the data that you can prove was there viable at the start. So we've been talking a lot about this from the software point of view, is what do put on the end device, how do you make sure that the data that's generating is reliable, trusted, secure, so that by the time it gets back to whatever platform it's using, it can be trusted. And that's a lot of what we've been talking about over the last year...   23:01 PB: Yeah, yeah, and I think we've done a lot of work with Azure Sphere and hardware attestation, and how do you just... You're authenticating the data all the way through from beginning to end so you know what you're working with, but yeah, it sounds like there's no shortage of work to do, that's what I like to tell people.   23:19 TB: That is very true. It's one thing, I think I'm very conscious of us having this conversation in the middle of a pandemic, but I don't know about you guys, but I'm as busy as I've ever been. It's interesting in that so many people... I think what the pandemic has absolutely done is accelerated everybody's digital adoption.   23:41 PB: Yes, it's true, it's like... I think we've said we've done two years worth of acceleration in a couple of months or something like that, it's been... The idea of remote everything and all these other scenarios that we have had on paper, that people all of a sudden were like, "Yeah, I think I'll get to start using Teams at some point for a few meetings," and it's like "24/7, I'm on Teams." There you go and we're figuring that out. Actually, I'll tell our listeners, we're actually using a platform today called Squadcast because I'd been using Teams to record these shows, and just like anything else, you kind of find your weakest link, and Teams is just not designed to be a high-quality audio platform for things like podcasting. So Squadcast is designed... So we're capturing three wav file broadcasts now simultaneously in this recording, and then it'll all get munged up into the Cloud. So we'll see, I guess we'll get some feedback whether this sounds a lot better.   24:41 MC: So you just mute me for the whole time. That's fine. [chuckle]   24:42 PB: Well, the other thing, what's nice is a lot of podcasts used to be in the studio, right? And now it's like, why would I go to a studio to do a podcast? Especially, I've talked to you guys in the UK. I've talked to folks from Telstra in Australia, I can have lots of different really interesting conversations with people here, and I wouldn't have you fly to Redmond to sit in a studio, makes no sense. [laughter] So a lot of these scenarios about remote, telehealth and all these things that we were sort of like inching toward, and obviously education, I mean, we've had these conversations before. Everything is just sort of hyper-accelerated through the pandemic, and it'll be interesting to see which of these stick.   25:22 MC: I think health is a very big opportunity, and we're doing an awful lot in that space as well, because there's just an awful lot of activity going on in there that's been recognized that the pandemic's really helped with, well, not helped with...   25:33 PB: Well, yeah, and getting the right expertise in the room shouldn't be bound by your geographical location. You gotta bring the knowledge to the table as quickly as possible, especially in the health scenario, so that's exciting to see how that works out. We had a conversation with David Rhew, who's our Chief Medical Officer at Microsoft a few shows ago. And he was talking about the intersection of health and technology, and that's just such a game-changer that I think we're just tip of the iceberg, trying to figure that out.   26:04 MC: Big time.   26:06 TB: Yeah.   26:07 PB: Cool. Yeah. So what else is keeping you guys busy over in the UK, other than just surviving?   [laughter]   26:16 TB: The usual pandemic... Do the Americans have the same run on toilet rolls?   26:23 PB: We did but that was a long time ago. I think we're good. I think we're good with the toilet paper. [laughter] Yeah, we got over that. I notice, Tom, that we don't have our cameras on, but Tom is actually growing out the beard too, which is good, [laughter] I like to see that [26:35] ____.   26:36 TB: Oh, yeah, don't... We could have a pandemic beard.   26:37 MC: Alright, alright, okay, [26:38] ____.   26:38 PB: You didn't catch up. We're all doing the Rumpelstiltskin thing here. So hopefully at some point we'll be able to see each other again and in person. I can't remember the last time we actually... Where was it, at Barcelona or is it?   26:54 MC: I think we're out in...   26:56 PB: What's it? No, you were out in Redmond at some point, late last...   26:57 TB: Last November or October.   27:00 MC: Is that the last flight I took and...   27:04 TB: Matter of fact, yeah, you took us to a real hell place, I think you took us to...   27:08 PB: Where was that? Was that Black Raven maybe?   27:10 TB: Yeah I think so.   27:11 PB: Yeah, that's a good place. Yeah, the thing is, hopefully all these places stay in business and...   27:18 TB: Yeah, absolutely.   27:22 PB: Support your local restaurants, that's all I can say. And breweries, I guess, in your case.   [laughter]   27:28 TB: Food is optional.   27:31 PB: That's right, that's right. Cool. Well, it's good spending some time with you both, and appreciate it, and best luck in everything that's going on over there and I'm sure we'll see each other soon.   27:42 MC: Thanks Pete, thanks for the time-speak.   27:43 PB: Alright.   27:44 TB: Really appreciate it.   27:45 PB: Thank you, Tom. Thanks, Matt. Take care.   27:45 TB: Cheers.   27:47 MC: Bye.   27:47 PB: This is Pete Bernard. You've been listening to the IoT Unicorn Podcast, and thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for the next episode, and feel free to give us some feedback at the iotunicorn@microsoft.com. Thank you.

Last week saw the first fully virtual Microsoft Ignite conference. In this episode, AC and CJ talk about their impressions of the event, cover some key announcements made, and discuss how we might see MS do events like this in the future. News MICROSOFT IGNITE 2020 BOOK OF NEWS Introducing Flexible Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Introducing Azure Orbital: Process satellite data at cloud-scale Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure bot services update AT&T powered guardian device with Azure Sphere enables highly secured, simple, and scalable connectivity from anywhere Power platform low-code updates for professional developers in public preview for GitHub and Azure New Outlook for Mac uses Microsoft Sync technology, features support OS updates New calling features are coming soon to Microsoft Teams Announcing SharePoint Syntex Picks AC’s Pick this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it’s not a small problem–it cost us 16.65 billion dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people. CJ’s Pick Airbus Redesigns A350 Center Console Because Pilots Keep Spilling Coffee on Critical Instruments

Premieres: September 30th, 9am-10am PDT with live Q&A and on-demand following the event. To ask questions during the live event, please go here and join chat: https://aka.ms/live/deepdive/azure-sphere-otaCalendar InviteDeep Dives are interactive technical live and on-demand events for developers, architects, or anyone building IoT solutions. Microsoft engineers and guest speakers do technical deep dives about a new feature or scenario. List of all upcoming Microsoft IoT Deep Dives: https://aka.ms/iotshow/deepdiveDeep Dive: Developing for Azure Sphere Over the Air UpdatesAzure Sphere is a platform for creating new internet-connected IoT devices with built-in security and for securely connecting existing equipment. The secure-by-design hardware, layered defense-in-depth OS, and cloud-based security service work seamlessly together to deliver active security and to provide ongoing security updates delivered directly to every device for more than ten years.Azure Sphere supports updates to the OS, which are provided by Microsoft, and also supports updates for the applications written for your device. These updates can fix problems, provide new functionality, and counter emerging methods of attack. Updates ensure continued operation and renewable security, however, there are a number of scenarios in which updates need to be deferred and/or scheduled.In this Deep Dive we will walk through the update model for Azure Sphere devices and how developers can make best use of these capabilities to keep devices up to date and secured.Guest Speakers: Mike Hall, Principal Software Engineering LeadDeep Dive Host: Pamela Cortez - Azure IoT Senior PM

This week’s show starts off with the FBI’s concerns about the Ring doorbell, then news about Apple and Google making their COVID-19 exposure notification framework easier for states to use. We discuss consolidation in the smart apartment market, vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Azure Sphere and then dive into a heap of newly launched devices. First up … Continue reading Episode 284: Amazon Halo, the FBI and smart cars

On this episode of The IoT Unicorn podcast, learn from Lou Lutostanski, VP of IoT at Avnet, as he discusses the evolution of IoT including the need to partner on solutions, especially at scale, lessons learned from years in IoT, and the ways IoT and AI can be leveraged specifically within the healthcare industry, including with remote telemedicine. Download the Transcript Here Pete Bernard: Welcome to the IoT Unicorn podcast. This is Pete Bernard from Microsoft. And this podcast is for anyone interested in the long-term technology trends in the IoT space and the journey from here to there. So, let's get started. Pete Bernard: This week we are talking with Lou Lutostanski, who's the vice president of IoT at Avnet. Lou's been in the business a while and he's going to be talking about his journey there and also reflect a little bit on the lessons learned that he sees over and over again. And how can we work together to help mitigate some of those things. We'll also talk a little bit about how things like national emergencies like the pandemic accelerate existing trends.  This was recorded actually only about a few weeks into quarantine back in March so an interesting perspective there. So please enjoy my conversation with Lou. Pete Bernard: So Lou, thanks again for taking the time to join us here on the IoT Unicorn. I know that we've been working together for a few months now, I think we met last June at the NXP Connects event for the first time. And, maybe you can give us a little background as to what you're currently doing at Avnet and maybe we can chat a little bit about how you got there and what that journey looks like. Lou Lutostanski: Sure. Well Pete, thanks for having me, I'm excited to be on your podcast. It was last year at the NXP event that we met and we've been working together quite frequently here over the last few months. But I'm currently the VP of IoT at Avnet. We're traditionally come from a historical industrial distribution business and we realized that the next wave in technologies was all around IoT. So I'm doing that now. But to go way, way back, my formal education was in electrical engineering at Purdue University. Pete Bernard: I see that, yes. I'm looking at your LinkedIn profile as we speak. Lou Lutostanski: Yeah. And I quickly discovered that my area of interest wasn't really in hardware and moles and electrons migrating across a PM junction, but more interest in software, all kinds of software. So there was a new technology in electronics when I went to school sweeping the land called microprocessors and I kind of fell in love with the 8080. So by the time I graduated college I had taken classes in computer system design, which is the equivalent of computer engineering before there was a name for it. I did a lot of embedded programming. I had written two pass assemblers for the PDP-11 processor in   C and wrote disk allocation systems for mainframe resource management. And I actually worked summers for my dad's company writing applications around accounts payable or accounts receivable, inventory management and work orders. So, I kind of loved all kinds of programming. Pete Bernard: Sure, sure. Cool. And yeah, it's interesting. I've had some guests on here, it's okay to refer to IoT as embedded systems because that's what we used to call it. But now it sounds a lot cooler. But it sounds like you had a lot of hands on experience with that through your career. So you ended up at Avnet, it says 2013, was that when you started at Avnet? Lou Lutostanski: Actually, I ended up at Avnet in earlier than that. 1987. Pete Bernard: Holy mackerel. Lou Lutostanski: Yeah. I came off a brief stint at IBM out of college went to work for my dad's company. He had a company that did industrial equipment and so I sold for him for a while before I moved back to Austin, Texas, where I had started with IBM. Love took me there, I married a girl from there, and got involved in the wonderful world of distribution. So, my first job was with Hallmark Electronics and I was a sales manager, or actually a system sales manager selling storage terminals, PCs, monitors, motors, and printers. And I did that job for about a year before I figured out all the action in industrial distribution was in the semiconductor world. So, I converted over to become one of the first field applications engineers in distribution for the Motorola line. And later on, I moved up to sales management in Dallas and moved back to Austin as branch manager. Around that time Avnet bought us. So that's where I became a member of the Avnet family, even though I started in '87, 1993 was when the acquisition happened. Pete Bernard: Wow, okay. You put your time in there. That's good. Lou Lutostanski: I did. And I floated through the ranks of VP area director until 2000 and that's when I went on my, what I'll refer to as a sabbatical. So I left for Motorola and after serving as a VP of global sales for both the HP account and later the Motorola account, I became the VP of sales and marketing for the Americas as we transitioned to Freescale. So my sabbatical there lasted 12 years and I returned to Avnet seven years ago running sales for the Americas. Pete Bernard: Wow. So you've been involved in sort of industrial, commercial, computer things kind of forever. You followed your, that's a kind of a red thread, they call it, through your career. That's pretty awesome. Well, it's good. It's good. It's good to have that, I think sometimes people take wildly different right and left turns to sort of find their passion and other folks just know, they have an internal compass that sort   of just kind of keeps pointing them in the right direction, which is pretty awesome too, but that's cool. Good stuff. I was down in Austin, let's see, I was visiting with NXP, I think I told you this story, and they took me to a place called Chuy's. Lou Lutostanski: Absolutely. Pete Bernard: That was delicious. And it had hubcaps on the ceiling, and it was kind of one of the local, I guess, awesome restaurants that you have in Austin. So that was pretty good. Lou Lutostanski: You got your chips and queso out of a back of a classic car's trunk, I imagine. Pete Bernard: That's right. Yes, exactly. Yes. And the Elvis chicken, I think it was what I had, but good stuff. All right, I'm getting hungry. It's around lunchtime, by the way, when we're recording this, I probably shouldn't talk about Chuy's restaurant. Anyway, so you've been in the business a while. You've seen the evolution, like I said, we used to call it embedded systems, now it's called IoT and stuff. Maybe you can share with us what have we all learned as an ecosystem, as a community around this space over the years. What are some of the lessons learned that you've seen sort of repeated over and over again? Lou Lutostanski: Yep. So it was a funny story. I was in the field selling for Avnet, running the sales organization in the Americas. And I started hearing about IoT and over time that's all everybody wanted to talk about. So I thought originally thought IoT was kind of a marketing hype thing. So, when they created the position here at Avnet, I lobbied for one of my marketing friends from Freescale to come over and join and unfortunately he didn't get the job, but a year later it was available again. And in that year I grew and understood it was really an incredible opportunity to transform businesses through the application of IoT. So, three years ago I joined this mission here at Avnet. And the lessons I learned in IoT were many. And I've kind of distilled them down to the 10 main issues. Lou Lutostanski: So it was funny the first time, I got this job around March, three years ago and I was a keynote speaker at a IoT World in Santa Clara a couple of months later. And my first thought was kind of being intimidated on what am I going to talk to all these people about? And when I got there, I realized IoT was really in its infancy and there were a whole lot of people there trying to figure out really what IoT was. Even though they've been working on it for a year or two or decades when it was called- Pete Bernard: For a decade or two, yeah exactly.     Lou Lutostanski: But the first lesson that I learned is that nobody knew enough about IoT, but they were certain, whatever it was they contributed to, it was the most important, and was the most margin. Lou Lutostanski: I tell the story about the blind men and the elephant going through and feeling various parts of the elephant and all coming out and having a violent discussion over what exactly an elephant was. And it's the fact that no one saw the entire elephant holistically. None of them were wrong, but none of them saw the thing holistically. And I think that's where IoT was several years ago. I also learned very early on lesson number two, that from Microsoft, it took 10 to 20 companies to do an IoT implementation, which is why very few IoT implementations were happening. It's just a lot of work to try to get 10 people or five people to agree on anything, much less figure out how you're going to support a customer over long-term and where are the liabilities for service and warranties are going to lay after the original installation. So that was another thing I learned. I also learned that IoT is really about, it's a technology enabler for business transformation. And what I saw when I got here was that people were very focused on the implementation without even understanding why. So, I learned very long that that business case has to far precede the actual implementation because, there's no way you can succeed understanding technology but not understanding why. Pete Bernard: Yeah, totally. We see that a lot now and a big part of our process with customers is to start with the business leadership and talk about business outcomes and objectives and then let's get clear on what those are. And then the technology will follow. There's no shortage of tech, but if you don't have a North Star of a business outcome that you're shooting for, then you're probably just going to have a series of science experiments. Right? Lou Lutostanski: Exactly Pete, exactly. I think another thing I learned was that the true value of business transformation goes beyond just asset monitoring. And it must have a component of AI applied to the data that you're getting. And I think the initial reaction is, "Okay, I can monitor that machine and I don't have to have somebody stop by and check it." But that's really not what it's about. It's about taking information off the machine on a continuous basis and analyzing that and trying to predict things that are going to put you in front of the competition or things that are going to lower your costs or things that are going to please your customers, more than anything else. So much more than just simple machine monitoring, or asset monitoring. Pete Bernard: So, just kind of little sidebar, we're recording this podcast here in late March, and we're living in some extraordinary times as you know. And we've talked about that. I just saw a section on something last night on Rachel Maddow, is a company that had web connected thermometers and they were looking at their data, so you're talking about just kind of analyzing data, but they were looking at the trend data from their thermometers. Looking at it across the United States, and they believe that they're able to get a few weeks' worth head start on where certain fevers and other higher temperatures are starting to occur. And I thought that was really an interesting way of thinking about, we think about sometimes   looking at data for preventing motor burnout and other kind of industrial things, but also the ability to predict certain trends based on kind of the analysis of that data could be pretty consequential, for sure. Lou Lutostanski: They say Pete, that there are billions of people that are confined to their homes right now. And the thing about IoT is if you scale it beyond a small sample of a thousand, if you really had sensors on billions of people, it's unrealistic to think you're going to send some poor guy a spreadsheet and try to ask him what the trends are globally. That's where AI comes into play and not being able to monitor individuals, but trends across geographies over time, and trying to predict where the next outbreaks are going to be and how long the outbreaks are going to last based on the temperature of all your subjects out there. So I think scaling IoT really requires AI to get the insights to the golden nuggets of what we're looking for. Pete Bernard: Yeah, definitely, yeah. They go hand in hand, the big data analysis and, IoT is there to provide a lot of that real time data across all kinds of geographies and transports and things. And then there's the action taken on the data that they really need the hyperscaler cloud and AI capabilities to do that. So, for sure. Lou Lutostanski: Exactly. I think another one of my learnings was I learned that customers will not live with 95% of the solution. If you give a customer 95% of the solution and you ask them to go figure out the other 5% it will never get done. So you've got to be able to walk the customer through and make it very, very easy, because this is very complex with all kinds of visible insight together. And there's very few people that understand all of it or even large pieces of it. So it's required to give a 100% of the solution to the customers. Pete Bernard: They say the last 10% of a project takes 90% of the effort, so- Lou Lutostanski: Exactly. And that's where all the value is added as well, right Pete? Pete Bernard: Sure, sure. Lou Lutostanski: Along a similar line, I've learned that there's no silver bullets for 100% repeatable solutions. They all require some modifications, and some are in hardware, some are in software, some are in AI, some are wireless infrastructure. And it goes back to what you just said. That last 10% is where all the hard work's done. But that's the thing that makes it fit specifically for the customer's application, for their own application. I think another thing that I learned is that without complete knowledge and capabilities of the IoT stack, including a robust security capability, an organization can never lead in IoT. They could participate but they couldn't lead. So I think that's very, very important. And I think few organizations possess that capability, which I think is another reason, if everybody had that capability, I think there'd be more IoT implementations out there.   Pete Bernard: That's an interesting point. I was reading about McDonald's did an acquisition of a company in Israel and I think Walmart obviously has lots of technical capabilities. So, a lot of these bigger companies are building in-house technology capabilities. They're becoming software, and in some cases, hardware companies in addition to being restaurants or retailers or whatever. We talk also about Tesla being able to, the number of software engineers they have is really far and above any other automaker. So I think a lot of the technology companies, or companies I should say, that are really taking advantage of some of these C changes that are happening in digital transformation, are companies that are empowering themselves with more capabilities around technology. Whether those are in-house software capabilities or hardware capabilities. But like you said, you can't really take full advantage of the tech if you're a sort of a passive bystander. Lou Lutostanski: If you take somebody like Tesla, their software is core to their product. They are really a software product that has some metal wrapped around it. If you go to somebody like a McDonald's or other large corporations that have a lot of resources, their competitive advantage is their ability to predict what's going to happen. And doing that through IoT with a team that understands a lot of the pieces and bringing on other people to do parts of it, I think is good. But for the vast majority of the companies, in terms of numbers, they just don't have the resources to put all of it together or even understand most of it. And I think that's the big spot where IoT can shine in the future when it's allowed to scale. Pete Bernard: Yeah, for sure. For sure. Lou Lutostanski: At our company, I think one of our other lessons are, we learned that one company with all the capability to do end-to-end can never scale. The world is so vast, that just the resources within one organization, even if he can do it well for one, for five, for 10, when you talk about hundreds of thousands, it's not practical. Pete Bernard: Right, right. And that's a big challenge, right? We had someone on recently, talking about the heterogeneity of the ecosystem in IoT, relative to the PC. And this is a transformation that Microsoft's been going through, is how do we work with a broad range of commercial customers and a very broad ecosystem of Silicon partners, hardware manufacturers, system integrators. Like you said, it's kind of a team sport, I'd heard that before too. And in order to scale everyone needs to be able to glue pieces together essentially, or reuse platforms and other elements from different parts of the ecosystem to get to the outcomes they want to get to. So, I think it's part of it's are there the right platforms and tools out there and protocols, but also it's part education too. I think people just learning more about how they can make that connection to the cloud or add AI capabilities to their systems or get devices that they know will work with other devices. So it's a definitely a big problem to solve.     Lou Lutostanski: Again, I learned that determining how to put together an infrastructure for people with hardware, IP, and services together, is the only hope of achieving scalability in the IoT market. So that's something that we spent a lot of time on. Pete Bernard: Yeah, we call it repeatable solutions. I think that's not a unique term. We try to help customers understand, there's a solutions out there for all kinds of business outcomes and being able to implement those without having to reinvent the wheel or pour sand in one end and the solution comes out the others kind of required because otherwise the ROI just gets blown up, and you can't start from scratch and invent everything from scratch and still get a good return on investment. So, I'm sure- Lou Lutostanski: It's really about two major things. One is scalability and one's time to market. Customers lose interest after a couple of years, right? Pete Bernard: Yeah, exactly. Lou Lutostanski: I do think speaking of the time to market and the losing interest, I think another big, big learning that I had is the action short term in IoT is going to be brownfield. So how do you take equipment that's been out there for a long time and retrofit it to get the information to the cloud and apply AI to provide immediate services to customers? Pete Bernard: Yeah, that's a big thing. We had talked about with Azure Sphere, the work we did with Starbucks and with you guys on outfitting those existing espresso machines. But I've also seen really interesting implementations where, by measuring things like current draw on motors, you can actually use that kind of dumb data and AI and anomaly detection algorithms on that current draw data to actually discern preventive maintenance and other things in the cloud, which is kind of fascinating. Real brownfield stuff where that device was not designed at all to be cloud connected but you're able to attach something to it to do some basic data monitoring and then use the cloud and some big data analytics to come to some conclusions. Lou Lutostanski: Exactly. By the way, Pete, those are the high level learnings I learn every day. I'm always smarter, two o'clock in the afternoon than I was at nine o'clock in the morning, every day. Pete Bernard: I feel like I get dumber as the day goes on. I don't know. I'm more of a morning person. I feel like I'm totally on my game at like 10:30 and then by four o'clock I'm just kind of listening at that point. I don't know what's going on, but that's just me. But I get the sentiment. Yes, of course. It's a daily learning.   Actually speaking of that, one of the things that I was reading about yesterday was, and we had mentioned kind of the extraordinary times that we're in, and there's an author named Yuval Harari and he's written some excellent books. One of the interesting things he said was that in emergency situations emergencies basically fast-forward historical processes. Pete Bernard: I think before we started recording actually we were talking about Teams and we're on Teams right now and recording. We're all using Teams a lot now on a daily basis. You were talking about how quickly Avnet has now sort of learned to use Teams, because we're in a situation right now where we have to, and so things that maybe would have taken six months, a year, or years, because of an emergency situation, they're being fast forwarded and they're becoming daily habits now. Whether that's online learning or working remotely. So it'd be interesting to see when the dust settles on this whole thing, which hopefully will be soon, what other processes have been fast forwarded that were sort of already in the pipeline, especially in the technology space. Lou Lutostanski: I would say you're 100% right. And I would think the leader in that category would be remote telemedicine. You see all the time, every night on the news, that doctors don't want to go in and visit patients and patients don't want to go to places where sick people congregate. Telemedicine was already something that was in development and I'm sure it's being accelerated right now to meet the current needs of the global marketplace. So I'd be very surprised if those programs hadn't been accelerated and people buying those types of products and demanding those kind of solutions yesterday aren't really driving a demand for telemedicine. Pete Bernard: For sure. I think that's a big one. Online learning, remote learning, remote work, maybe even take out on restaurants might get a little better. Might become standard fare. Actually one of the interesting things I've been using more, and I don't venture out much, but when I do venture out, I have a Fitbit Versa 2 that I've been wearing and it has a cool little wallet on there. And so I have my Amex card programmed in there and I can pay for things just by sort of leaning my wrist toward the payment instruments so I don't have to give anyone a card or get the card back and all this other stuff. So contactless payments I think is another thing that people will start to just kind of by necessity just start using much more. And I think that'll be another big, big thing that kind of sticks around after a while. But it'll be interesting to see what habits are we building now that will stick with us for a long time to come. Hopefully- Lou Lutostanski: Not to make this a Fitbit commercial but I have my Versa 2 on as well. And I absolutely love it, for all the same reasons. Pete Bernard: #Versa 2, we should get a sponsorship on them. Well the other thing, I was going back to that thermometer, that web connected thermometer example was fascinating data and you can look it up. Thinking about sort of the measured self, right? And that is kind of a what Fitbit and a bunch of other   companies are doing. So I'm getting this data about myself, about my sleep patterns and my resting heart rate and whatever and all that stuff and people will be, I think, a little more self-aware about kind of listening to their health and understanding where they're at and if there's things that they can wear, other things they can do to sort of be more self-aware about their health and trends in their health. That might be another thing that sticks around after all this too, which would be good, I think. I think people need to be self-aware about their health. Lou Lutostanski: Absolutely. Pete Bernard: I think we have a lot of work to do, a lot of work ahead of us to, like you said, help people stitch things together to get these repeatable solutions out there to get time to market. But also I think just kind of keeping our ears open as to how the world's changing around us and how we can help make sure that is a productive for everybody and healthy for everybody. So lots of work to do. Like you said, you've been in the business for a while. I think we still got another few decades of work ahead of us. Lou Lutostanski: I think it's just getting started. I think we're in for a 30-year run on IoT and all the things it can do. It's funny, people ask me all the time "Is it hype?" And I'm so excited every day about the stuff that we work on and it's not hype, but I understand why people think it is because we've been talking about it forever and the conditions aren't right yet for it to scale. And I think people bringing together ecosystems on a limited number of platforms will add to that scalability. And I would imagine five years from now it's going to be commonplace and 10 years from now people will forget when you couldn't get information off of any device. Pete Bernard: Right. Yeah, exactly. I think it's sort of extraordinary these days when you can show a system like that in process and how it can drive some great business outcomes. I think, like you said, 10 years from now it will not be extraordinary. It will be sort of required to be competitive out there and to just be able to use that data and be able to just make assumptions that data will be flowing and you'll be able to take actions on it. It's exciting. It's exciting stuff. Any kind of closing thoughts or words of wisdom, things we should squeeze into this podcast? Lou Lutostanski: I just think we're on a mission to bring people together and take the best that they have, like Microsoft's Azure IoT suite and build on that. Allow people easy building blocks and interfaces to be able to how these implementations come together with the predefined rules. And I think until somebody orchestrates an ecosystem around the platform or maybe a couple people do, as you've had with iOS and an Android in the B2C space, I just don't think you're going to have the scalability that's going to make all of us happy. We're trying to make a living in this industry. I think picking key partners is very, very crucial to making this all work.     Pete Bernard: Yeah, for sure. For sure. Well, I definitely share your perspective on that one. Lou, thanks again for taking the time with us. Really appreciate it and stay safe. Lou Lutostanski: Will do Pete, thank you. Pete Bernard: All right, take care. Lou Lutostanski: Have a good day. Bye-bye. Pete Bernard: This is Pete Bernard. You've been listening to the IoT Unicorn. Thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for the next pod.    

Andrew is currently the Director of Emerging Technology for AMB Sports and Entertainment which encompasses the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United FC, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Andrew is a technologist with a background in IoT and big data product development. His career has centered around technology, first in consulting, then building a start-up, and now as an innovator-in-residence for AMBSE. Andrew got his start in tech entrepreneurship during his MBA, when he co-founded Aspirum Technologies. Later, he envisioned and commercialized many new products and features at Microsoft, including Windows Ink, Windows Focus Assistant, and Windows Timeline while on the Windows team, and Azure Sphere and Azure Time Series Insights while on the Azure IoT engineering team. Andrew is an Atlanta native, attending Georgia State University for his undergrad and Georgia Tech for his MBA and MS-CS. Andrew shares how AMBSE is using technology for the safe return of fans to Mercedes-Benz Stadium with a "frictionless fan-experience". Shownotes: https://sportstechfeed.com/

Power Down in Azure Sphere enables power-constrained scenarios for IoT devices to provide more flexibility and options for power management when building and deploying Azure Sphere devices. Tyler Fox, PM in the Azure Sphere OS team, demos Power Down and talks through low-power IoT device scenarios and how Azure Sphere maintains device security and connectivity even in ultra-low power scenarios.Learn more reading Tyler's blog post on Azure Sphere power down at https://aka.ms/azurespherepowerdown

Together, Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS are the ideal solution for developers wanting to quickly build highly secured IoT devices with real-time processing capabilities. Many connected devices require small and fast real-time processing components that Azure RTOS offers. With Azure Sphere, these devices are secured by default and stay secured against evolving security threats. Mike Hall joins to discuss and demo how Azure Sphere handles the most demanding device security requirements, while Azure RTOS handles the most demanding real-time and safety-critical aspects.Learn more about Real Time application on Azure Sphere: https://aka.ms/AzureSphereRTApps.For more information on Azure RTOS, visit https://azure.com/rtos.A combined Azure RTOS + Azure Sphere sample will be available in the next couple of weeks to enable you to get started quickly – please check back soon for more!

Together, Azure Sphere and Azure RTOS are the ideal solution for developers wanting to quickly build highly secured IoT devices with real-time processing capabilities. Many connected devices require small and fast real-time processing components that Azure RTOS offers. With Azure Sphere, these devices are secured by default and stay secured against evolving security threats. Mike Hall joins to discuss and demo how Azure Sphere handles the most demanding device security requirements, while Azure RTOS handles the most demanding real-time and safety-critical aspects.Learn more about Real Time application on Azure Sphere: https://aka.ms/AzureSphereRTApps.For more information on Azure RTOS, visit https://azure.com/rtos.A combined Azure RTOS + Azure Sphere sample will be available in the next couple of weeks to enable you to get started quickly – please check back soon for more!

La Nube de Microsoft cuenta con diversos servicios y productos relacionados con el Internet de las Cosas, tales como Azure IoT Edge, Azure IoT Digital Twins, Azure IoT Central, Azure Sphere, entre otros. Para ayudarnos a entender para qué sirven estos y más servicios de IoT, en este episodio contamos con la presencia de Manuel … Continue reading Interfaz Podcast Episodio 144 – Servicios de IoT en Azure con Manuel Sánchez The post Interfaz Podcast Episodio 144 – Servicios de IoT en Azure con Manuel Sánchez appeared first on Rodrigo Díaz Concha.

Barry Bond and Ryan Fairfax walk through the Azure Sphere OS architecture, why we chose a Linux kernel, and how the Azure Sphere OS is designed to offer unequaled security and agility for IoT devices and experiences.Learn more visiting https://aka.ms/iotshow/azuresphere

Even as threats to IoT devices increase, very few of them are being designed with security in mind. Azure Sphere introduces a trusted and secure platform to build software upon, combining the security of open source with Microsoft's Seven Properties of Highly Secured Devices. Let's walk through our security model and what it takes to keep a system secure for the next decade. Learn more: https://aka.ms/iotshow/defenseindepth

Bruce Schneier puts his name behind Solid, Firefox starts to roll out DNS over HTTPS as default, and Microsoft's Linux first device ships to customers. Plus a birthday gift to Raspberry Pi users, Collabora comes to mobile, and more.

Caitie McCaffrey joins Scott Hanselman to give a detailed overview of Azure Sphere, including how the hardware, operating system, and cloud-based security service work together to deliver end-to-end security for IoT devices. Azure Sphere is now generally available. A secure foundation for IoT, Azure Sphere now generally availableGet started with Azure SphereThe Seven Properties of Highly Secure DevicesAzure Sphere overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

Caitie McCaffrey joins Scott Hanselman to give a detailed overview of Azure Sphere, including how the hardware, operating system, and cloud-based security service work together to deliver end-to-end security for IoT devices. Azure Sphere is now generally available. A secure foundation for IoT, Azure Sphere now generally availableGet started with Azure SphereThe Seven Properties of Highly Secure DevicesAzure Sphere overviewCreate a free account (Azure)

Today's episode features a new collaboration project, the audio recording of a LinkedIn Live Video Broadcast that a colleague and I created, co-host Ali Mazaheri, the director of the Microsoft Technology Center in Irvine. Simply Tech Live is a LIVE broadcast, focusing on the evolving landscape of technology through the lens of Microsoft focus areas, our partner ecosystem, and our customers."Invincible Expresso: A connected experience with Azure Sphere", features Phil Heine from Avnet. Phil is currently the director of Global Business Development at Avnet, where's has spent over 17 years of his career in roles ranging from engineering, sales, business development, and now product management. Avnet is a global distributor, solution provider, designer, and engineering firm with more than 15,000 employees in over 140 countries worldwide. Their vertical segments include everything from electronics manufacturing and consumer devices, all the way to healthcare and energy. Avnet also became the sole distributor of Azure Sphere just over a year ago, and businesses are taking full advantage of the secure IoT environment that it enables. You'll quickly understand why we call this expresso invincible, but it's founded on capabilities that Azure Sphere enhances. Azure Sphere, is a micro controller unit, or MCU, with built in security and high performance operability right on the chip, including a MSFT operating system, as well as a security service that is designed to guard it's connected ecosystem from emerging threats.Big topics we cover in today the discussion:-A live demo (for those who watched live or on demand), of Azure Sphere and the connected coffee experience-What differentiates Azure Sphere from ordinary microcontrollers in IoT solutions: the secured MCU, the secured operating system, and the included security service-The importance of a strong security profile, and why device isolation from the cloud can protect against incoming threats, and asset monitoring and predictive maintenance use cases that benefit-Guidance for businesses who are implementing IoT solutions, but have security concerns do to the complexity of building a secure deviceThanks for listening!Watch the on-demand episode here:https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6600117483707994112/Follow The Data Binge Podcast LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-data-binge-podcast/?viewAsMember=trueFollow Simply Tech Live LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simplytechlive/?viewAsMember=trueHow to connect with PhilLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-heine-a00721196/Resources:https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-sphere/https://www.avnet.com/wps/portal/us/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SevenPropertiesofHighlySecureDevices.pdfhttps://azure.microsoft.com/mediahandler/files/resourcefiles/securing-iot-devices/Azure%20IoT_Securing%20IoT%20Devices.pdfLearn more at www.thedatabinge.comConnect with Derek on LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

The Internet of Things keeps evolving! Carl and Richard talk to Suz Hinton about her on-going work in the IoT space, including joining Microsoft! It's been five years since Suz created the MeowShoes, and the combination of Moore's Law and the Cloud has made IoT more powerful and less expensive at the same time. Suz talks about coding in JavaScript via NodeJS to deploy code to all sorts of devices, along the way mentioning that operating systems just don't matter much, these days you can program what you want with whatever you want. Security continues to be a key issue, but things are looking up with smart ecosystems like Azure Sphere on the way. More IoT FTW!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

The Internet of Things keeps evolving! Carl and Richard talk to Suz Hinton about her on-going work in the IoT space, including joining Microsoft! It's been five years since Suz created the MeowShoes, and the combination of Moore's Law and the Cloud has made IoT more powerful and less expensive at the same time. Suz talks about coding in JavaScript via NodeJS to deploy code to all sorts of devices, along the way mentioning that operating systems just don't matter much, these days you can program what you want with whatever you want. Security continues to be a key issue, but things are looking up with smart ecosystems like Azure Sphere on the way. More IoT FTW!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Azure Friday visited various Microsoft booths in the Expo Hall at Build 2018 to learn what's new. In this episode, Scott Hanselman gets an update on Azure Sphere from Caitie McCaffrey.For more information, see:Azure SphereAzure Sphere (azure.com)Create a free account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday

Azure Friday visited various Microsoft booths in the Expo Hall at Build 2018 to learn what's new. In this episode, Scott Hanselman gets an update on Azure Sphere from Caitie McCaffrey.For more information, see:Azure SphereAzure Sphere (azure.com)Create a free account (Azure)Follow @SHanselman Follow @AzureFriday