Introducing Mistral Small: Empowering Developers with Efficient LLMs on Azure AI Models as a Service
Microsoft’s collaboration with Mistral AI continues to accelerate AI innovation. After the successful launch of Mistral Large, Mistral AI’s flagship model, we’re thrilled to unveil Mistral Small – a compact yet powerful language model designed for efficiency. Available in the Azure AI model catalog, Mistral Small joins our growing collection of LLMs....
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
Businesses have committed to the cloud for its scalability, agility, and security. Without optimization, however, this flexibility can lead to unmanaged sprawl. Continuous improvement and careful management through all phases of your cloud journey help you to avoid unexpected costs and inefficient resource allocation while improving security...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
In the Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024, Maya Shavin a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, presented a session called "Have a safe coffee chat with your documentation using Azure AI Services". And she introduced innovative approaches for integrating AI technologies to ensure the safety of document-based Q&A systems. Let's dive into...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
Attracting and retaining top talent is a strategic imperative for leaders, emphasizing the need to focus on employee engagement and experience. Engaged employees not only contribute to a positive workplace atmosphere; they are also more productive, innovative, and committed to their roles, which directly enhances organizational performance and success. This...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
In this blog series dedicated to Microsoft's technical articles, we'll highlight our MVPs' favorite article along with their personal insights. JinSeok Kim, Developer Technologies MVP, Korea Build a Connect Four game with Blazor - Training | Microsoft Learn “Connect-four enables everyone to develop very famous game. We can learn...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
M365 Community Conference: How SharePoint can help you maximize the value of your content processing
Session: How SharePoint can help you maximize the value of your content processing Speaker: Chris Bortlik, Kristen Kamath, and Sanjoyan Mustafi Content is the lifeblood of every organization but managing it effectively can be challenging. Traditional methods of content management are often manual, error-prone, and inefficient. That's why SharePoint...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
Hi! Welcome to the exciting world of local Large Language Models (LLMs) where we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI. Today let’s talk about a cool topic: run models locally, especially on devices like the Raspberry Pi 5. Let’s dive into the future of AI, right in our...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 178 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Get it now in our marketplace AlmaLinux 9 with HashiCorp Packer and Node.js: This offer from Home & Office Improvements Ltd....
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
Azure Kubernetes Service Baseline - The Hard Way Welcome to "Azure Kubernetes Service - The Hard Way". From this blog, you will learn how to deploy a scalable and resilient Kubernetes cluster on Azure using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and a number of adjacent Azure services. You will...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
With the rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are increasingly turning to Microsoft Intune as their preferred MDM (Mobile Device Management) provider and working on migrating devices from existing MDM solutions to Microsoft Intune. Migrating device management from one MDM Provider to Microsoft Intune requires several configurations - more details can...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
The Imagine Cup is a global student competition for visionary entrepreneurs building with AI – and empowers this next generation to use Azure and AI services to solve some of the most challenging local, industry and global challenges. Every year, students from across the globe compete for the honour of...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
What will you learn in this blog? What is Azure Virtual Network Manager’s UDR management feature? How UDR management simplifies route settings How you can automate routing behavior for the following scenarios: Spoke virtual networks communicate to each other in a hub and spoke topology via a firewall in the...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-03
Source:
Windows IT Pro
A common challenge for customers running Kubernetes is keeping up with the rapid pace of bug fixes and security updates for all the software running on their clusters. To help address this, in April last year, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) added support for Long Term Support (LTS) for certain Kubernetes...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-02
Source:
Windows IT Pro
Hi folks, Today I’m thrilled to share that the public preview of external authentication methods in Microsoft Entra ID is scheduled for release in the first half of May. This feature will allow you to use your preferred multifactor authentication (MFA) solution with Entra ID. Deploying MFA is...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-02
Source:
Windows IT Pro
The Microsoft Entra team is looking forward to connecting with you next week at RSA Conference 2024 (RSAC) from May 6 to 9, 2024, in San Francisco! As we enter the age of AI and there are more identities and access points to protect, identity security has never been more...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-02
Source:
Windows IT Pro
It’s been almost two years since the announcement of AzAPI, and the provider has eclipsed 20M+ downloads thanks to all of you. We’re excited to share today that we’ve released v1.13 of AzAPI, which comes with support for dynamic pr While this is not a major release, the features...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-02
Source:
Windows IT Pro
Explore a new way to access experimental features in WinGet. The Windows Package Manager (WinGet) is a command-line tool that allows you to install and manage applications on Windows. WinGet has been in development since 2020 and has been releasing new features and improvements regularly. However, to date, the use...
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-02
Source:
Windows IT Pro
The post How Xbox is supporting Asian and Pacific Islander communities appeared first on Source....
Read more
Published on: 2024-05-01
Source:
news.microsoft.com
The post To keep fish and shrimp healthy, farmers in Indonesia now have a copilot to help appeared first on Source....
Read more
Published on: 2024-04-30
Source:
news.microsoft.com
FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen If you want me to use your fancy new feature in Windows, it better be fewer than three clicks away. Two is better. It’s not that I’m being difficult. I’m just very conscious of how many clicks I’m using. SmartContextMenu is an enhanced version of...
Read more
Published on: 2024-04-29
Source:
Ask Woody Blog
PATCH WATCH By Susan Bradley The Professional and Home editions of Windows 11 22H2 reach end of life on October 14, 2024. Between now and then, those of you on Windows 11 22H2 should begin the process of moving to 23H2. For users with Windows 11 Education and Enterprise editions,...
Read more
Published on: 2024-04-29
Source:
Ask Woody Blog