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Thursday, 28 November 2024

Microsoft Ignite 2024 keynote

The Microsoft Ignite keynote in Chicago November 2004 looked at adoption, extensibility and ROI. Copilot is the UI for AI. There were many announcements as expected for Microsoft Ignite

Copilot Action - regain focus time and simplify you workday Read More: aka.ms/CopilotActions

Agents in Microsoft 365 Read more:  aka.ms/AgentsinM365

Copilot studio - Autonomous agents and thirty Party Agents. Importantly Copilot Analytics including 

  • Copilot Dashboard
  • Business Impact Report
  • Advanced Insights

to measure AI impact on your business. This impact report will help drive valuable insight to gain business value. It shows how AI is driving revolutionary productivity and changing business.

Read More: aka.ms/CopilotAnalytics



It was exciting to see the announcement of SQL Server 2025


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New centralized management and governance controls and risk and safety evaluation for images with Azure AI Foundry announced



These governance controls are in private preview
  • create AI reports to govern AI apps and models
  • view and manage key subscription details
  • simplified setup of hubs, projects and resources

The breadth of Azure AI model was shown with their being offerings from a wide collection of frontier and open models.  Being around 1800 models currently.

Risk and safety evaluations for images to assess AI models and apps for harmful outputs. Looking to 
  • Understand frequency and severity of risks
  • Streamline risk assessment processes
  • Measure impact of targets mitigations
Data Governance also took a central conference place because in the age of AI, Data Governance takes on an even more critical, central & important role. Watch the session 'Secure and govern your data estate with Microsoft Purview' BRK317 that covers the new security and governance capabilities. 

Successful AI transformation starts with a security-first approach. The new capabilities announced 

Prevent data oversharing and detect insider risks in Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI, formerly known as Microsoft Purview AI Hub, is now generally available
  • Microsoft Purview DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot, now in public preview. It enables processing files based on their sensitivity label to restrict Microsoft 365
  • Detect and investigate risky AI usage for Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management and Communication Compliance in public preview
Secure and govern custom AI with new capabilities in Purview, Defender, and Azure AI
  • Public preview of Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI, Insider Risk Management, and data compliance controls for agents  in Copilot Studio
  • AI-Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) in Defender for Cloud is now generally available
  • New centralized management and governance controls and risk and safety evaluation for Azure AI Foundry 
And last but not least  AI regulations preparation, such as the EU AI Act with new capabilities in Purview Compliance Manager and Azure AI.
  • There are 4 new generally available AI compliance assessment  including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and ISO 23894. 
  • AI reports in Azure AI in private preview


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