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Microsoft Just Dropped Some Game-Changing AI Updates! 💥 If you haven’t heard, Microsoft just rolled out some major AI upgrades, and trust me, this is going to transform the way we do business. Here’s the scoop: 1. Excel + Python = Magic ✨: Excel now has Python built right in. Analyze data and create stunning visuals with just a few clicks—no more complicated workarounds. 2. PowerPoint's AI Makeover 🎨: Enter your outline, and PowerPoint’s new AI does the rest. Full presentations with images and perfect formatting—done in minutes. 3. Teams Gets Smarter 🤓: Missed a question in a meeting? Copilot has you covered, summarizing key points so nothing slips through the cracks. 4. Custom AI Agents 🤖: Build your own AI agents within Microsoft 365, using your data securely. Forget third-party apps—now you’ve got tailored AI solutions right at your fingertips. Who Gets Access? These features are coming to Microsoft 365 business and enterprise users, so if you’re on board, you’re in luck! Why Does This Matter? Microsoft is cutting out the middlemen and bringing powerful AI tools directly to us: ✅ Efficiency boost? ✅ Cost savings? ✅ Competitive edge? I’m working on building a community focused around AI and how to use it without feeling overwhelmed. Curious if this would be of interest to you? Dop a comment below or DM me.

"**Unlock the Power of Multi-Agent AI with Microsoft's AutoGen Framework**\n\nAs we continue to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence, Microsoft's AutoGen framework is revolutionizing the way we build and orchestrate complex AI systems. This open-source programming framework enables the creation of event-driven, distributed agentic applications, empowering multiple agents to interact and collaborate to solve tasks autonomously or with human oversight.\n\n**Key Insights:**\n\n1. **Simplify Complex Tasks:** AutoGen's modular agent architecture allows for easy addition or removal of agents, making it ideal for complex task execution and retail customer experience applications.\n2. **Enhance Efficiency and Accuracy:** Multi-agent interaction and collaboration enable more efficient and accurate AI systems, perfect for tasks like market basket analysis and clickstream analysis.\n3. **Low-Code Interface:** AutoGen Studio, a low-code interface developed by Microsoft, enables developers to rapidly build, test, customize, and share multi-agent AI solutions with little or no coding.\n\n**Real-World Applications:**\n\n1. **Retail and Customer Experience:** Create personalized shopping experiences with AutoGen's Master Agent, which can coordinate specialized agents for tasks like product recommendations.\n2. **Complex Task Execution:** Execute multi-step reasoning and tool use tasks with ease, such as operating a web browser or writing Python code.\n\n**Join the Conversation:**\n\nHow can you leverage AutoGen to enhance your organization's AI capabilities? Share your thoughts, experiences, and use cases in the comments below!\n\n**Learn More:**\n\nRead the full article on Unite AI to discover more about AutoGen and its applications: [link to article]\n\n**Hashtags:** #AutoGen #Microsoft #MultiAgentAI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #AIApplications #LowCode #DigitalTransformation #Innovation"

🚀 During the last few evenings, I spent some time playing around with #Microsoft #Promptflow. While I can see the value of having more control over workflows when building #LLM #applications, a couple of additional ideas came to mind: 1️⃣ Integration with #Make/#Zapier: What if Prompt flow could easily connect with tools like #Airtable or #Gmail? Imagine triggering workflows when a new record is added in Airtable or an email arrives in Gmail, processing data with LLMs, and sending the results back. It could simplify how teams manage data and #automate tasks. 2️⃣ A #Copilot for Prompt flow: What if you could describe your goal, and a Copilot helped you build the workflow? Microsoft’s #CopilotActions already show how AI can simplify repetitive tasks—bringing that idea to Prompt flow could make it even more accessible and powerful. And here’s a thought - should Microsoft pursue deeper integration with tools like Make or Zapier, or invest heavily in building hundreds of #API integrations themselves? A hybrid approach might make the most sense: 🏃♂️➡️ Start with Make/Zapier to quickly unlock a broad integration ecosystem. 🖕Gradually build out deeper, direct integrations for Microsoft’s ecosystem (e.g., Power BI, Teams) and other key third-party apps. Better integrations and a Copilot would make Prompt flow even more useful and open up more possibilities for automation and AI-driven workflows. What do you think? Could these additions make a difference for you or your teams? #AI #Automation #Promptflow #Microsoft

According to Microsoft's research, 70% of their respondents said that they felt more productive, while 68% said Copilot improved the quality of their work. Overall, users were found to be 29% faster in completing tasks like searching, writing and summarising. Microsoft Copilot is a suite of #artificialintelligence-powered tools designed to enhance #productivity across various Microsoft #enduser applications. It leverages #generativeAI. Aside from answering questions, it can also analyse data, automate tasks, and suggest content, ultimately helping users get things done more quickly and efficiently. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Yr1y50TcjN5

Unlock the Power of Data and AI with Microsoft! Imagine having a treasure trove of tools at your fingertips, transforming the way you manage and interact with data in your organisation. That's what Microsoft brings to the table. Picture yourself sailing smoothly through spreadsheets, with Excel becoming your trusted navigator. Then, Power BI beams like a lighthouse, guiding you through the fog of complex metrics with clarity and precision. On your quest, you stumble across Microsoft Fabric, the hidden gem of data management. It's your secret weapon, ready to deploy when battling data demons. Last but not least, Azure AI services emerge from the horizon. They offer a new frontier in data exploration, taking you on a journey to the AI realm, where you define the rules. This is not just a list of tools, it's the compass for your data journey. Where are you and your business in leveraging data and AI with Microsoft?

Today we're excited to announce that Osmos has partnered with Microsoft to launch the fully autonomous AI Data Wrangler on Microsoft Fabric! 🎉 An insurmountable volume of data sits in siloes, unused and unleveraged for insights and analytics. This game-changing solution lets any team member clean and prepare data effortlessly with AI assistance - no expertise, certifications, or scripting skills required. Just spin up an AI Data Wrangler, point it to a folder of files, and let the AI do the dirty work. The AI Data Wrangler autonomously interprets complex information, merges tables, un-pivots column groups, processes section headers, normalizes field types, and transforms data, all without laborious manual work or unsustainable code. - Any team member can harness the power of agentic AI to autonomously clean even the most unruly data ✨📊  - Save significant time and resources and put the full breadth of your data to work 🛠️📈 - Centralize more of your previously unusable data in Fabric to drive better decisions. 🔄🧩 By bringing an AI data practitioner alongside Fabric’s powerful data and analytics capabilities, this partnership enables organizations to save significant time and resources, and put the full breadth of their data to work within the Microsoft Fabric environment. Check out the video in the comments! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gkTWs-v5 #AI #DataWrangling #MicrosoftFabric #Osmos #DataTransformation #DataPreparation

Microsoft has denied claims that it uses Microsoft 365 apps (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to collect data to train the company's artificial intelligence (AI) models. This comes after a Tumblr blog post claiming that Redmond used a "Connected Experiences" feature to scrape customers' Word and Excel data for AI training spread on social media #noble1 TOM SHAW

Put application development in overdrive! Read "Build solutions faster with Microsoft Power Platform and next-generation AI," a post on the @Microsoft Power Platform Blog. Get insight on the challenges of creating applications that require complex decisions and how Microsoft's Power Platform and #AI speed the process. Dive in now! #dsoft #microsoft

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#MicrosoftNews - Satya on the cultural shift of AI and our adoption and adaptation to this innovation...this was such a powerful read. For those who know and remember the transformational change of a personal computer, we are now amid the next one...and I could not agree more...I am using Copilot in almost every Microsoft app, and it can be as simple as coaching my emails, to generating powerful PowerPoint decks. I have also started to play around with my annual review write ups and more...imagine what this generation will be able do. link: https://lnkd.in/eGigETEF