Greetings my fellow Technology Advocates and Specialists.
This is Chapter #1 of my Data & AI Series which I started with Microsoft Build AI Day, Switzerland, 2024.
In this Session, I will provide readers a Recap of Microsoft Build AI Day, Switzerland 2024.
| Conference Date and Time:- |
| 7th May 2024, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm |
| Agenda:- |
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Data And AI with Azure - All in One:-
Greetings to my fellow Technology Advocates and Specialists.
The Objective of this series is to learn as much as possible on Data and AI and in the process help others.
| Remarks during the Key Note which made an impression:- |
| 1.) Why hire people if you don’t give them AI assistant ? |
| 2.) Collaborate more inclusively. |
| 3.) Microsoft’s Core Area is - Developer’s Productivity. |
| 4.) No system is intelligent than the data on which it is reasoned. |
| 5.) No AI Transformation is complete without security. |
| 6.) AI is creating more static fear rather than Kinetic moving fear. |
| 7.) Spending time on data is the best time we can invest. |
| 8.) AI with unstructured data is till a challenge. |
| Take a Pic and Swag Time:- |
| It was wonderful to attend AI Day in Zurich, Switzerland. Met colleagues (Past and Present) - Mathias, Gabor, and Jose and made new contacts - Amandeep and Jan. |
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| AI Transformation - Opportunities and Approach:- |
| Opportunities:- |
| 1. Enrich employee experiences. |
| 2. Reinvent Customer Engagement. |
| 3. Reshape Business Process. |
| 4. Bend the Curve on Innovation. |
| Approach:- |
| 1. Copilot Empowerment. |
| 2. Open Copilot System. |
| 3. Your AI differentiation. |
Below follows the table displaying Solution Area; AI Innovation; and Availability Status:-
| Solution Area |
AI Innovation |
Availability Status |
| Modern Work |
Copilot for M365 |
Available |
| Business Applications |
Copilot Studio; Copilot for Sales; Copilot for Service; Copilot for Finance
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All Available, except Copilot for Finance which is in Public Preview (Available in May). |
| Digital & App Innovation |
Github Copilot |
Available |
| Data and AI |
Azure OpenAI Service; Copilot in Fabric which is in Public Preview (Available in May). |
Available (GPT 3.5, GPT 4, DALL-E 3, Codex); Public Preview (GPT 4 Turbo, GPT 4 with Vision, Dall-E 2) |
| Security |
Copilot for Security |
Available |
| MICROSOFT AI PORTFOLIO:- |
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| MOST IMPORTANT TO NOTE:- |
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| LITTLE REFRESH OF CONCEPTS DOES NOT HURT:- |
| I captured snapshots of the concepts which was presented in a very precise manner. This provides a quick refresh. So here, you go:- |
| Definition of OpenAI:- |
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| Azure OpenAI: Models and Deployments:- |
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| Concept: RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation):- |
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| Concept and Use cases: Vector Embeddings:- |
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| LLM Based Application Lifecycle:- |
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| Prompt Flow Components:- |
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| SESSIONS I ATTENDED:- |
| There were several interesting sessions which I wanted to attend but as they were in parallel, So I attended the below:- |
| 1. Building AI Applications using Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flex.
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| 2. Building Enterprise Landing Zones for AI Apps._ |
| 3. Advanced AI Apps Patterns.
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| 4. Securing Generative AI Application.
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| TAKE AWAYS FROM THE SESSIONS ATTENDED:- |
| Reference Architecture Diagram: Building AI Applications using Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flex:- |
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| Azure Database for PostgreSQL is AI Ready for Enterprise Applications. |
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| Reference Architecture Diagram: Building Enterprise Landing Zones for AI Apps:- |
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| Reference Architecture Diagram: Advanced AI Patterns:- |
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These were the few highlights of the conference and indeed a good learning for technology enthusiast.
Hope You Enjoyed the Session!!!
Stay Safe | Keep Learning | Spread Knowledge
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