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Business Card Reader with AI Builder: Digitizing Contact Information
The business card reader streamlines contact digitization: Instant extraction of contact details Integration with CRM systems Perfect for events and…
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Receipt Processing with AI Builder: Automating Expense Management
AI Builder extracts the following fields from receipts: Receipt processing with AI Builder transforms expense management: Instant data extraction from…
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Document Processing with AI Builder: From PDFs to Structured Data
AI Builder document processing transforms manual data entry: Pre built models for common documents Custom models for specific formats Human in the loop for…
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AI Builder: No-Code AI for the Power Platform
Ready to use AI that requires no training: Train models on your own data: AI Builder makes AI accessible: Pre built models for common scenarios Custom…
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RPA with Azure: Scaling Robotic Process Automation in the Cloud
Cloud powered RPA with Azure provides: Scalable bot infrastructure Queue based work distribution Centralized monitoring Enterprise grade security Combining…
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Power Automate Desktop: Robotic Process Automation for Everyone
Power Automate Desktop is free for Windows 10/11 users. Premium features require a Power Automate license.
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Building Custom Connectors for Power Automate
A custom connector defines: API endpoints and operations Authentication method Request/response schemas Triggers and actions The easiest approach is…
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Power Automate Cloud Connectors: Connecting Your Enterprise
Included with most Power Platform licenses: Require Power Automate Premium or per flow license: 1. Use managed identity when possible : Avoid storing…
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Power Apps Cards: Micro-Apps for Microsoft Teams
Cards are lightweight, interactive UI components that: Appear inline in Teams conversations Support data input and actions Connect to Dataverse and other…
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Microsoft Power Platform Updates: What's New in Spring 2022
The new modern app designer is now generally available: New functions and capabilities: New triggers and actions: Power Automate Desktop enhancements: AI…
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Azure Data and AI: March 2022 Recap and What's Ahead
March 2022 was a productive month for the Azure data and AI ecosystem: the Azure OpenAI Service access expansion brought GPT-3 and Codex to more enterprise…
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DNS Forwarding Strategies for Azure Hybrid Architectures
1. Document all forwarding rules : Maintain a central registry 2. Use redundant DNS servers : Always specify multiple targets 3. Monitor DNS query latency :…
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Azure DNS Private Resolver: Hybrid DNS for the Cloud Era
DNS Private Resolver solves this without virtual machines.
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Azure Private Link Service: Expose Your Services Privately
Private Endpoint : Consume services privately (you're the client) Private Link Service : Expose services privately (you're the provider) 1. SaaS providers :…
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Private Endpoints Everywhere: Securing Your Azure Data Platform
A private endpoint: Creates a network interface with a private IP in your VNet Maps to a specific Azure resource (or sub resource) Enables DNS resolution to…
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Azure Data Factory Managed Virtual Network: Secure Data Integration
Data Flows automatically use the managed VNet when connected to private endpoints.
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Materialized Views in Delta Live Tables
For large datasets, use streaming to incrementally update: Materialized views in Delta Live Tables provide: Precomputed results for fast query performance…
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Streaming Tables in Delta Live Tables
DLT streaming tables use append mode by default. For aggregations: DLT handles checkpointing automatically: Streaming tables in Delta Live Tables provide:…
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Change Data Capture with Delta Live Tables
DLT's applychanges function processes these into clean, current-state tables.
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Data Quality with Delta Live Tables Expectations
The expression must evaluate to true for valid records.
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Delta Live Tables: Declarative Data Pipelines on Databricks
Traditional ETL: Delta Live Tables: DLT provides built in data quality enforcement: Handle CDC feeds with APPLY CHANGES: Delta Live Tables transforms data…
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Databricks Workflows: Orchestrating Data and ML Pipelines
Key features: Jobs : Multi task workflows with dependencies Triggers : Schedule, file arrival, or API based Compute : Job clusters or serverless Monitoring…
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AutoML in Databricks: Automated Machine Learning Made Simple
Databricks AutoML automatically: Prepares and preprocesses data Engineers features Selects algorithms Tunes hyperparameters Evaluates and compares models…
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MLflow Model Registry: Versioning and Deploying ML Models
The registry organizes models with: Registered Models : Named model artifacts Model Versions : Specific iterations of a model Stages : Lifecycle states…