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Microsoft Mechanics Podcast

Microsoft Mechanics

Made for tech enthusiasts and IT professionals. Expanded coverage of your favorite technologies across Microsoft; including Office, Azure, Windows and Data Platforms. We"ll even bring you broader topics such as device innovation with Surface, machine learning, and predictive analytics.

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08:31

Automate data-driven actions | Data Activator in...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/10/05

React fast to changes in data with an automated system of detection and action using Data Activator. Monitor and track changes at a granular level as they happen, instead of at an aggregate level, where important insights may be left in the detail and have already become a problem. As a domain expert, this provides a no code way to take data, whether real-time streaming from your IoT devices, or batch data collected from your business systems, and dynamically monitor patterns by establishing

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09:14

How Microsoft 365 Copilot can work with your external...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/09/26

Bring external data into your Microsoft 365 Copilot experience to ground generative AI results using connectors and plugins. Use Microsoft Graph connectors to integrate the data sources you want with Semantic Index for Copilot. This option pre-indexes defined read-only information used for retrieval with your prompts to drive the most relevant AI-generated responses. Use managed and trusted plugins, such as OpenAI plugins, Microsoft Teams message extensions, and Power Platform connectors. Instead of

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12:55

Build GPT-automated customer support with Azure...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/09/25

Combine Azure Communication Services, the same platform that runs Microsoft Teams, with the Azure OpenAI service for generative AI using GPT. Automate and transform your customer service interactions with faster and informed human-like responses, whether text-based through BOTs or through integrated voice channels. Provide a seamless escalation path for agents, with the context and precise information they need to rapidly and effectively respond to escalations. Bob Serr, Azure Communication Services

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08:07

How Bing Chat Enterprise works with your data using...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/09/18

How can your organization use generative AI with the right protections in place for your data today? Bing Chat Enterprise delivers built-in commercial data protection that you can use now. If your organization uses Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, or Business Premium, you already have access to Bing Chat Enterprise, included as part of those services. Jared Andersen from the Bing Chat Enterprise team at Microsoft explains how it also uses the latest GPT-4 foundation model, included as part

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05:20

Data Security Exploit Real Crime Case + How Microsoft...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/09/12

Detect and prevent data security incidents with Microsoft Purview. Combine data classification with proactive and adaptive data loss prevention policies aligned to the assessed insider risk level for a multi-layered approach. Trusted insiders working for your organization contribute to 25% of data breaches. Many of these breaches remain undetected or are discovered long after the damage is done. We deconstruct what occurred at a prominent company with an account inspired by a true story of corporate

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10:13

AI-powered Data Classification | Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/09/05

Identify, classify, and protect information at scale using Microsoft Purview's AI-powered classifiers. Gain visibility into the data inside of your organization and apply the right protections, especially important if you intend to use generative AI to create content based on the information accessible on your network. Microsoft Purview's AI-powered classifiers are extensively pre-trained and tested on vast categories of business data and Microsoft domain-specific knowledge, as well as synthetic

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10:25

Frontline updates in Microsoft Teams, Windows 365,...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/08/10

New capabilities for your frontline workers, including Windows 365 Frontline experience, Copilot in Dynamics 365 Field Service for more streamlined service delivery, and Microsoft Teams as the single collaboration hub to get work done, wherever you are. Check out updated admin experiences, from setting up Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs and configuring Windows 365 Boot, to deploying Microsoft Teams to frontline workers at scale. Microsoft 365 Frontline Product Manager, Rajiv Thandla, shares updates,

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05:33

Copilot in Microsoft Cost Management

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/07/31

Reduce unpredictability of operational costs with visibility into workload-related spend using AI chat in Microsoft Cost Management. See spending patterns and anomalies that drive up costs, set budgets, share workload costs across teams and business units, and identify opportunities for optimization. Whether running individual workloads in Azure or managing overall cloud spend for your organization, get insight fast without being an expert navigating Cost Management UI. Microsoft Cost Management is

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08:55

No tenant switching needed | Shared channels in...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/07/24

Stop workflow interruptions by continually switching between your organization and guest tenants in Microsoft Teams. Use shared channels in Microsoft Teams to seamlessly work with external organizations while staying in your home tenant. Shared channels can include a core team, internal members outside of your team, and invited external participants outside of your organization. Once created, it provides a shared workspace as a secure and more efficient means for transparent and open collaboration

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10:17

How to migrate your VMs to Azure and why | Complete...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/07/18

Move on-premises VMware or Hyper-V workloads to the cloud with Azure Migrate. Discover and assess your VMs, generate a business case for moving Windows and Linux VMs into Azure, and use integrated tools to replicate and migrate your VMs into production running on Azure. Get Extended Security Updates until October 2026 along with upgrade rights to a supported Windows Server release if you’re migrating Windows Server 2012 VMs to Azure.  Azure expert, Matt McSpirit, gives a quick overview of how to

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10:36

Azure Virtual Desktop efficient operation | Scaling,...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/07/18

Configure Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure to run efficiently. Drive up utilization with scaling plans. Scale session host VMs in a host pool up or down automatically, without paying for idle resources. Ensure your VM images are up-to-date with required software, configurations, and Windows updates. Gain an end-to-end view of your services' performance by utilizing Azure Virtual Desktop Insights at Scale, which provides comprehensive visibility into how your services are running, and access a

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07:58

AD FS to Microsoft Entra | How to migrate your cloud...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/07/12

Migrate from Active Directory Federation Services to Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory. Many key blockers have been removed with Microsoft Entra ID, including capabilities like certificate-based auth, group filtering, group transformation, and token augmentation. Additional capabilities include conditional access and phish-resistant passwordless authentication. Jeremy Chapman, Director at Microsoft 365, shares the steps to migrate from AD FS to Microsoft Entra, as well as an inside

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09:06

Automate onboarding & offboarding tasks with...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/07/11

Automate manual steps to onboard and offboard users as they enter or leave your organization using Microsoft Entra. For onboarding, manage user identities, grant permissions to access necessary information, and provide users with what they need to be productive, such as computer hardware. As people leave the organization, deprovisioning is critical to maintain security and compliance. Lifecycle Workflows in Microsoft Entra ID Governance can help with pre-built templates for common tasks. Microsoft

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10:16

Can cloud native architectures lower your long-term...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/06/28

Architect workloads in Azure for long-term efficiency and growth. Consolidate VM count and transition applications to containers using the discovery and assessment tool in Azure Migrate. Use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and DevOps practices for more efficient workload management. Increase capacity at any scale and work across different data types using SQL Serverless architecture. Azure Expert, Matt McSpirit, joins Jeremy Chapman to share cloud-native approaches to run workloads in Azure for

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08:21

How to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/06/22

Get information ready for search, put key prerequisites in place, and assign licenses to prepare for the next transformation in how we work with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Copilot leverages large language models that interact with your organization's data using the Microsoft Graph to generate personalized experiences with related context, reducing the steps to find the information you need and generate content. By design, Copilot respects user-specific permissions to any content or information it

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08:52

Fixes & Reporting | Multicloud Vulnerability...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/06/14

Automate multicloud regulatory assessments with Microsoft Purview to keep data sitting in multiple clouds from becoming a liability. Compliance Manager in Microsoft Purview provides a single view of your compliance status across your multicloud data estate, whether IaaS including virtual machines, PaaS with cloud storage accounts, or various SaaS apps in use by your organization. The solution deep links directly to where settings are configured, so you can pinpoint what needs to be fixed. Daniel

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08:04

How do LLMs work with Vision AI? | OCR, Image & Video...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/06/01

Combine vision and language in an AI model with the latest vision AI model in Azure Cognitive Services. Use natural language to fetch visual content in images and videos without needing metadata or location, generate automatic and detailed descriptions of images using the model’s knowledge of the world, and use a verbal description to search video content. Cognitive Service for Vision AI combines both natural language models (LLM) with computer vision and is part of the Azure Cognitive Services

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14:09

Copilot AI updates across the Power Platform |...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/26

Use AI Large Language Models with Microsoft’s Power Platform to create automated workflows, apps, web pages and bots—without knowing how to write code. AI and Copilot help build fully functional experiences. Generate workflows using only natural language prompts in Power Automate, create apps in seconds in Power Apps, build professional websites with Power Pages, and use the new Boost Conversations capability with GPT to create FAQ bots with Power Virtual Agents. Stephen Siciliano, Vice President of

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15:09

Can cross-cloud data analytics be easy? | Microsoft...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/25

Work with your data in place, wherever it resides, with Microsoft Fabric, our next generation data analytics service powered by one of the first true multi-cloud data lakes, called OneLake. Go from raw data to meaningful insights over data spread across your organization and in other clouds in seconds—without moving it. Microsoft Fabric provides a single integrated service that includes data integration capabilities, data engineering for shaping your data, data warehousing, the ability to build data

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16:28

What runs ChatGPT? Inside Microsoft's AI...

Microsoft Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/24

Get an inside look at the AI supercomputer infrastructure built to run ChatGPT and other large language models, and see how to leverage it for your workloads in Azure, at any scale. Go behind the scenes: -For how we collaborated with NVIDIA to deliver purpose-built AI infrastructure with NVIDIA GPUs -How Project Forge checkpointing works to restore job states if a long training job fails or needs to be migrated -How we used LoRA fine-tuning to update a fraction of the base model for more training

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