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Semantic Kernel: Building Production AI Agents
After building agents with LangChain, AutoGen, and custom solutions, I finally gave Semantic Kernel a proper try. Here's what I learned building production…
Microsoft
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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Preview: What to Expect for Azure AI
Ignite 2025 promises to be a pivotal event for enterprise AI adoption. The convergence of Azure AI, Fabric, and Copilot technologies creates opportunities…
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Getting Started with Semantic Kernel 2.x: A Practical Introduction
Semantic Kernel is an SDK that integrates Large Language Models (LLMs) with conventional programming languages. Version 2.x introduces a more streamlined…
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Semantic Kernel v2: Building Composable AI Applications in C#
Semantic Kernel v2 brings enterprise-grade patterns to AI development, making it easier to build maintainable, testable AI applications.
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Post-Build 2025: Implementing New Features
Start with non-critical systems to validate changes before production deployment.
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Semantic Kernel 2.0: Major Updates and New Features
Semantic Kernel 2.0 provides enterprise-ready AI orchestration with improved developer experience.
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Build 2025: Developer Tools and AI Integration
Full agentic coding experience directly in VS. These tools transform the development experience with AI assistance at every step.
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Build 2025: The Copilot Stack Deep Dive
The Copilot Stack makes it straightforward to build AI-powered applications across the Microsoft ecosystem.
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Build 2025: Azure AI Platform Deep Dive
The new orchestration engine supports complex multi-agent workflows with built-in state management.
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Build 2025 Day One: Major Announcements and Developer Impact
New agent capabilities with improved reasoning Enhanced model routing and orchestration Expanded model catalog with latest versions Simplified deployment…
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Power BI Copilot: AI-Powered Business Intelligence
Power BI Copilot makes data analysis accessible to everyone through natural language.
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Phi-3 Local Deployment: Running Microsoft's SLM On-Device
Phi-3 enables powerful AI capabilities entirely on-device with no cloud dependency.
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Windows AI Features: Building for the AI PC
Windows AI brings powerful on-device intelligence to every application.
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Copilot Extensibility: Building Custom Copilot Experiences
Custom Copilot plugins bring your business data into the AI conversation.
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Build 2025 Preview: What to Expect from Microsoft's Developer Conference
Build 2025 will likely be the most AI-focused Build ever. Prepare to learn and adapt quickly.
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GraphRAG Implementation: Combining Graphs with Retrieval
GraphRAG excels at complex questions requiring synthesis across multiple documents.
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Semantic Kernel Patterns: Building AI Applications with Microsoft's SDK
Semantic Kernel provides a clean abstraction for building AI applications with plugins and natural language orchestration.
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Phi Model Family: Microsoft's Small Language Models Guide
Phi models represent the future of practical AI - powerful enough for real tasks, small enough to deploy anywhere. Start with Phi-3-mini for most use cases…
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Windows AI Evolution: NPU, Recall, and On-Device Intelligence
Windows AI brings intelligence to the edge. For data professionals, this means faster, more private analytics on your desktop.
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Next-Gen Copilot Features: What's Coming in 2025
The next generation of Copilot will transform how we build software. Start exploring the current capabilities to be ready for what's coming.
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Phi-3 Family: Microsoft's Small Language Models
Phi-3 uses high-quality training data (textbooks, filtered web content) rather than raw internet scale.
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The Rise of AI PCs: NPUs and Local AI Processing
NPU wins on efficiency, crucial for battery life.
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AutoGen Introduction: Microsoft's Multi-Agent Framework
I've used AutoGen to prototype multi-agent workflows that handle planning, tool use, and execution. This practical introduction focuses on the patterns that…
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Responsible AI Practices: Building Ethical AI Systems
Responsible AI isn't merely compliance box-ticking; it's product design that protects people and preserves trust. In practice I've found that pairing…
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2023 AI Year in Review: Microsoft's AI Transformation (Part 2)
Microsoft's 2023 felt like an all-in moment: platform bets, product integration, and commercial commitments that reshaped the enterprise AI landscape. From…
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Azure Machine Learning Updates at Build 2023
Azure ML continues to evolve as a comprehensive platform for both traditional ML and GenAI workloads. Tomorrow, I will cover Responsible AI improvements in…
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Azure AI Studio Preview: The Future of AI Application Development
Azure AI Studio provides a comprehensive environment for building, testing, and deploying AI applications. Tomorrow, I will cover Prompt Flow in more detail.
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Azure OpenAI Updates at Build 2023: What Developers Need to Know
Azure OpenAI is becoming the enterprise-grade platform for building generative AI applications. Tomorrow, I will cover building plugins for ChatGPT.
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Looking Ahead to Microsoft Build 2023: What to Expect for Data and AI
Microsoft Build 2023 is scheduled for May 23–25, 2023, in Seattle—and based on the product roadmap signals Microsoft had been sending through Ignite 2022…
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Edge Copilot: AI Built Into Your Browser
Edge Copilot brings AI assistance to every webpage, transforming passive browsing into active learning and productivity.
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Bing Chat: GPT-4 Powered Search
Bing Chat represents the future of search: not just finding links, but synthesizing answers from the web with AI understanding.
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Microsoft Security Copilot: AI-Powered Threat Defense
Security Copilot addresses the security skills gap by augmenting analysts with AI-powered investigation and response capabilities.
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Dynamics 365 Copilot: AI for Business Applications
Dynamics 365 Copilot transforms business applications from data systems into intelligent assistants that augment human decision-making.
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Power Platform Copilot: Low-Code Meets AI
Power Platform Copilot makes citizen development more accessible than ever. Combined with proper governance, it enables rapid digital transformation.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot: AI for Every Knowledge Worker
Microsoft 365 Copilot will fundamentally change how knowledge workers interact with productivity tools. Organizations should start preparing now.
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Copilot Everywhere: Microsoft's AI Strategy
Microsoft's strategy is clear: every product gets an AI assistant. These aren't separate products but integrated capabilities powered by Azure OpenAI.
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Azure Cognitive Services Updates: What's New in Early 2023
GPT 4 integration in Azure OpenAI More neural voice options Enhanced document understanding Improved multi modal capabilities What's New in Azure AI Azure…
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Semantic Kernel Introduction: Microsoft's AI Orchestration SDK
Define AI functions using natural language prompts: Create reusable prompts: Add Python functions as skills: Combine functions into pipelines: Store and…
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2022 Azure Year in Review: Major Releases and Milestones
The biggest story of the year bringing GPT 3, Codex, and DALL E to enterprise: General availability expanded New models including GPT 3.5 Content filtering…
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AI Ethics and Responsible AI: Building Trustworthy Systems
Microsoft's framework provides a solid foundation: 1. Fairness : AI should treat all people fairly 2. Reliability & Safety : AI should perform reliably and…
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Power Virtual Agents Updates: Low-Code Conversational AI
Power Virtual Agents now can generate responses using GPT models: Topics now support more complex logic: Create complex workflows triggered by chatbot…
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Azure Bot Service Updates: Building Intelligent Conversational AI
Bot Framework Composer now supports more advanced dialog patterns: Azure Bot Service provides a comprehensive platform for building conversational AI. With…
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.NET 7 Release Candidate: Final Preview Before GA
.NET 7 continues the tradition of making .NET faster and more cloud-native with each release. Here's a preview of the key improvements we'll see at GA.
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Microsoft Build 2022 Recap: Key Azure and AI Announcements
Cloud based developer workstations with instant provisioning: Pre configured development environments Self service portal for developers Cost management…
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Azure 2021 Year in Review: The Platform That Kept Evolving
Arc-enabled data services brought Azure SQL and PostgreSQL Hyperscale to any infrastructure, a game-changer for hybrid scenarios.
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Microsoft Ignite 2021 Recap: Looking Forward to the Intelligent Cloud
Ignite Fall 2021 was dense with announcements—Azure Container Apps, Chaos Studio, Load Testing, Service Connector, Azure Developer CLI, Arc-enabled data…
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Responsible AI in Practice: Building Ethical AI Systems
Responsible AI isn't a one-time checkbox - it's an ongoing commitment that must be embedded in every stage of the AI lifecycle. Microsoft's tools and…
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Power BI Deployment Pipelines: CI/CD for Business Intelligence
Power BI Deployment Pipelines transform how organizations manage their analytics lifecycle. By bringing CI/CD practices to BI, teams can deliver insights…
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Power BI Premium Capacities: Scaling Enterprise Analytics
Premium capacities offer: Dedicated compute : No sharing with other tenants Larger datasets : Up to 400GB per dataset Paginated reports : Enterprise…
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Power Fx: The Low-Code Programming Language for Everyone
Power Fx makes programming accessible to everyone who knows Excel. As it expands across the Power Platform and beyond, expect to see it become a standard…
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Power Platform Managed Environments: Enterprise Governance at Scale
Managed Environments represent a significant maturation of Power Platform governance. For enterprises that want to enable citizen development while…
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Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6: Building Lightweight HTTP Services
Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6 are the answer to the question "why do I need controllers, action filters, model binding, and routing tables just to expose a…
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.NET 6 GA: The Long-Term Support Release That Changes Everything
No Startup.cs, no Main method, no namespace declarations. This is possible thanks to C# 10's global usings and file-scoped namespaces.
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Microsoft Ignite 2021: Data, AI, and the Intelligent Cloud
Microsoft Ignite Fall 2021 brought a wave of announcements across Azure. While hybrid work and Microsoft Teams dominated the headlines, the data and AI…
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Microsoft Build 2021: GPT-3 in Power Apps and Azure AI Updates
The headline announcement for me was the integration of GPT-3 into Power Apps. You can now describe what you want in plain English, and GPT-3 generates the…
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Azure Applied AI Services: Pre-Built AI for Common Scenarios
Applied AI Services are Microsoft's answer to "I need AI in this process, but I don't want to wire up five Cognitive Services and build the integration…
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Power BI Dataflows - Best Practices for Enterprise Data Preparation
Dataflows are collections of entities (tables) that are created and managed in workspaces in the Power BI service. They allow you to: Connect to various…
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Microsoft Ignite 2020: Azure, GPT-3, and the Future of AI
Microsoft Ignite 2020 was different this year - a fully virtual 48-hour event instead of the usual 5-day in-person conference. Despite the condensed format…