Azure Data and AI Architect Handbook

In this technical handbook, learn to build commercially successful AI-powered solutions and applications on Azure, apply Azure AI tools for advanced analytics, and establish strong data governance to drive innovation, sales, and business growth.

Read the Azure Data and AI Architect Handbook for technical guidance on:

• Identifying key roles in data science, governance, and compliance that are essential to scaling AI on Azure.
• Designing AI solutions by assessing data quality, selecting pre-trained or custom models, and meeting performance standards.
• Implementing robust data governance frameworks to maintain security, compliance, and data integrity.
• Evaluating AI investment opportunities, managing evolving data architectures, and navigating industry regulations to stay competitive.

Access the Ebook here: Azure Data and AI Architect Handbook: Adopt a structured approach to designing data and AI solutions

AI Agents for Beginners

AI Agents is the hottest topic in today's IT World, if you are a beginner and starting your learning towards AI Agents, Microsoft has launched a new fundamentals course which would be good starting point for your learning Journey.

Access the course here: AI Agents for Beginners 

Microsoft Build 2025 - Book of News

 Microsoft Annual developer Conference "Microsoft Build 2025" completed this Month and we have lot of great announcements from Microsoft on AI Technologies, and innovations that are going to share the future of IT.

You can access this Book of News to know more: Microsoft Build 2025 - Book of News

Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News

Microsoft Ignite 2024 event completed last week with lot of great announcements and new innovations that would shape the future of Technology. 

You can access this Book of News post to understand all the key updates in detail: Microsoft Ignite 2024 Book of News 

Recorded Keynote and other key sessions are now available on demand access them to know more.

If you are specifically looking for Microsoft 365 Copilot Sessions you can access the below post to review the sessions and understand the latest updates through the available on-demand videos 

Access here: Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Ignite 2024 Event Guide

Microsoft Copilot for Security Flight School Series

If your organization is on the Journey to adopt Microsoft Copilot for Security, you have a new essential resource from Microsoft to know more on product and how to utilize the same for better for Organization Security.

Access the Series here: Microsoft Copilot for Security Flight School

AI on Azure Guidance

Microsoft has published new guidance on AI Adoption under their Cloud Adoption Framework, this guidance provides a structured approach for integrating AI into your organization using Azure. The guidance is relevant for organizations of any size and industry. It covers both generative and nongenerative AI adoption guidance. It is your roadmap for AI adoption and a central hub to find the resources you need.

You can access the guidance here: AI on Azure

Access the 6 Phases directly below,

• AI Strategy
• AI Plan
• AI Ready
• Govern AI
• Manage AI
• Secure AI

If you are building an AI Center of Excellence, then below guidance will be the starting point.

Access here: Establish an AI Center of Excellence

Microsoft Learn Challenge | Ignite Edition

It's time for The Microsoft Learn Challenge | Ignite Edition starts on November 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and ends on January 10, 2025, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC. 

You have 8 challenges available to choose from, and you can complete them timely to earn your Digital badge and show case the same in your Microsoft Learn profile.

More details with registration are available here: Microsoft Learn Challenge | Ignite Edition

Register soon!

 

Copilot Developer Camp

Microsoft launched a new Copilot Developer Camp, a workshop for professional developers who want to learn how to build agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot.

You can access here to know more: Copilot Developer Camp

Register for In person or Live Stream Event once available for your region here : Copilot Developer Camp Series 

It's now time for Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge

It's now time for Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge and it starts on September 24, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and ends on November 1, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC. Dive into advanced AI technology with these six curated topics designed to elevate your skills.

Access the official site to know more register: AI Skills Challenge

Once you complete the Challenge successfully you will receive a receive a digital badge via email that you can add to your Microsoft Learn profile.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 – Announcements

Microsoft has announced some great features and updates on Microsoft 365 Copilot during yesterday's Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 event.

Access the official Blog post here to know more: Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents | Microsoft 365 Blog

Microsoft New site here: The next phase of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation

You can view all the announcements in nutshell using the below one pager.

Join the upcoming Copilot for Microsoft 365 AMA Event to get your questions answered by Microsoft team of experts following the news from the Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 event on September 19.

Copilot for Microsoft 365 AMA - Microsoft Community Hub

Get ready to Upgrade to Exchange Server SE !

 Microsoft Exchange Team recently published a blog post outlining the timeline when the next version of On-Premises Exchange Server 2025 aka Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) will be available, and how you can prepare your organization to prepare for this upgrade journey.

As of today, most of the large Enterprise Customers still has Exchange Hybrid deployment in their environment, and the existing Exchange Server 2016 (Currently on Extended support) and Exchange Server 2019 will go completely out of support next year October 2025, so to stay supported with Hybrid deployment these Organizations need to start their upgrade plan asap and the article clearly explains the supported deployment model like with which version Co-existence is supported when RTM gets released and when CU1 gets released etc. 

The blog post also answers most of the FAQs and upgrade guidance, if you are using Legacy Version of Exchange Server, it's now time to start reviewing your landscape and plan for the upgrade journey.

Access the Blog post here: Upgrading your organization from current versions to Exchange Server SE

Join Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2

The next phase of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 innovation is designed to help optimize your customers’ daily operations. Join Satya Nadella and Jared Spataro on September 16 for Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 to discover the next phase of Copilot for work.

RSVP here: Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2

Microsoft Ignite 2024 Registrations now open!

 Its time for Microsoft Ignite 2024 and registrations are now open, this time you will have more AI innovations showcased with lot of exciting announcements a head,  and a great opportunity for Networking if you are attending in person and you have Online registration available for virtual participation.

Access here to know more and register: https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home

Stay tuned for more updates...

Do I Extend or Build my Own Copilot ?

Most Organizations that had adopted Copilot for Microsoft 365 has this dilemma on when to extend and when to build Custom Copilots, both options provide benefits and choosing the right approach provides enhanced productivity features as desired.

Having the fundamental understanding of each of the available options will help you decide the suitable option and you have related guidance from Microsoft with various options to extend or build your Custom Copilots.

Microsoft have updated their guidance to reflect the recent updates, which can be accessed here to know more: Extending Microsoft Copilot versus building your own copilot

Recently Microsoft team added a new MS Learn module to help you understand how you can extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Copilot Studio.

You can access the learning path here: Extend Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Copilot Studio

Also register for the Upcoming Microsoft Adoption - Customer Hub Sessions on Copilot for Microsoft 365 Extensibility scheduled in coming Months and on demand to know more.

Register here:  Copilot for Microsoft 365 extensibility

Copilot for Microsoft 365 Risk Assessment QuickStart Guide Now Available !

As Organizations started to adopt Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft team has recently published the Quick start guide to assist organizations in performing a comprehensive risk assessment of Copilot for Microsoft 365. The document serves as an initial reference for risk identification, mitigation exploration, and stakeholder discussions.

You can download guide from Service Trust portal here: Microsoft 365 - Copilot for Microsoft 365 Risk Assessment QuickStart (Aug 2024)

Review the official blog post to know more: Now Available: the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Risk Assessment QuickStart Guide