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Microsoft Applied Skills Sweepstakes

lukemurraynz — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:03:51 GMT

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Greetings everyone

NnekaEne_2023 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:42:04 GMT

My name is Sandra and I'm thrilled to join this group.

Events in the next 2 weeks!

lukemurraynz — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 02:44:14 GMT

Events in the next 2 weeks!

First up we have: Cash Strapped but Cloud Ready with Michaël Hompus

Note: Copy the tiny url to your browser, Tech Community doesn't seem to like some Microsoft team links so make sure you register!

Aug 22, 20257:00 AM - 8:00 AM GMT+12

Then we have: Creative Blogger Multi-Agent with Azure with David Lorenzo

Note: Copy the Teams meeting to your browser, Tech Community doesn't seem to like some Microsoft team links so make sure you register!

Aug 29, 20257:00 AM - 8:00 AM GMT+12

AI & Azure

showgy — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:07:54 GMT

Hi, every one there
I’m so hlad to be joing U

Events in the next 2 weeks!

lukemurraynz — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:56:16 GMT

We have the following events coming up. Make sure you register (using the Teams link):

We have more Events coming up! Make sure you join and be a part of the discussions!

Blogsite AI Voice Answer machine

Batsirai — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:43:12 GMT

Hi all, I wanted to quickly to write to show how I thought about building a system based on Azure to allow my blogsite to answer questions about a blog post that a reader may suddenly have in their mind while reading through the post to extend learning.

The basic flow is:

-User loads a blog post

-On load, the page populates 3 buttons a third of the way in the page, each with randomly AI generated questions related to the page that a reader might ask about the page content

-On clicking a button, the question is answered through voice, with the answer being 'just' enough to answer the question without being over-bearing (at least that's my feeling!)

The architecture is constructed as the following:

I wrote in full on how I did this for my blog here : https://www.imaginarium.dev/voice-ai-for-blog/

I wanted to perhaps hear on if I was missing anything here on the design, security considerations particularly on the Azure side? Any ways to improve on the AI Voice implementation? I'm using the Azure OpenAI neural voices at the moment. Gemini voices lately are really good too!!

I even thought about using a custom neural voice of my own but I ran into issues when trying to do that within Azure due to not having an enterprise subscription readily available to be allowed this capability.

Thoughts?

Youtube Playlists for Microsoft Learn

lukemurraynz — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 06:01:57 GMT

AZ‑104: Microsoft Azure Administrator - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLahhVEj9XNTcj4dwEwRHozO3xcxI_UHYG&si=-NI8s2LrtAPnve7U
AZ‑305: Azure Infrastructure Solutions Architect - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLahhVEj9XNTejs0fgXT6HXaj_a_qsUoKa&si=9BP72lGdCI16D39B
AZ‑500: Azure Security Technologies - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLahhVEj9XNTfrVnZaub9jEgN9tmH1T6-r&si=XuMJPuXTYfRLo6S2
AZ‑204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLahhVEj9XNTcQ-rtUyuly3KpWFP9xzp7A&si=Cgjb66Y1gQWHpJuG
AZ‑700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLahhVEj9XNTdToCofwwCsHyu-PkVztyz7&si=F6ei0OsCsQbgiM-E

🥅 Goals

lukemurraynz — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:59:11 GMT

What Microsoft Learn credential have you just passed, or have a goal to pass, or technology have you used in the past?

🤜🤛 Meet and Greet

lukemurraynz — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:56:49 GMT

Introduce yourself! Where you are, what you're learning, what you're struggling with, or what you want to get out of the group!

Welcome to the Community! 💫

General

lukemurraynz — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:54:15 GMT

Any general queries!