Prior to today’s Microsoft Ignite 2023 event, the Redmond company sent us a huge document containing a detailed listing of its main announcements. Microsoft has a strong focus on enhancing and innovating in the areas of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and developer tools.
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I’ve decided to pick seven areas I think will be of the most interest to developers. Here is my quick rundown:
Launch of Azure AI Studio
If I were to pick one major announcement out of everything Microsoft is spotlighting, it would be its launch and preview of Azure AI Studio.
Accompanying this article is a complete deep dive into Microsoft’s Azure AI Studio announcement, so I’m not going to go into a great deal of depth here. Pop on over and read that article as soon as you’re done with this one.
The key point is that Microsoft has created a toolkit that provides many of the technologies necessary for building AI-based solutions into an integrated platform that organizations can use to build their own AI-based solutions.
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The offering includes data analysis tools, predictive modeling tools, natural language processing tools, computer vision tools, speech recognition tools, recommendation engines, custom model building tools, as well as automation and analysis and reporting capabilities.
Azure AI Services and machine learning updates
Azure AI Services is the overall name for Microsoft’s complete collection of AI tools and platforms. Azure AI Studio is just one component of that.
Beyond Azure AI Studio, Microsoft is introducing new features like a guided system that walks developers through the steps of model creation from beginning to end, and a comprehensive repository that developers can use to store, organize, and manage their machine learning models.
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These tools help provide an improved AI development lifecycle, facilitating designing, building, and deploying AI-centric applications.
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