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 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.
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You can access this Book of News to know more: Microsoft Build 2025 - 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 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,
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
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!
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 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 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
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
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
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...
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.
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
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
Microsoft recently published a new Course on Generative AI for Beginners; in this course you have 18 lessons developed by Microsoft Cloud advocates and gives you a comprehensive understanding on Generative AI that would help you to start your AI learning.
Here is the complete lesson list:
You can access the course here: Generative AI for Beginners (Version 2) - A Course