Microsoft + Partners Make More Possible: Retail
If in the retail space and heading to #NRF2025 this month, get a sneak peek at how @Microsoft is harnessing the power of data to personalize retail experiences and transform how we shop in the latest blog from Nina Harding, Corporate Vice President of Americas Global Partner Solutions. Don’t miss out on her conversation about industry changes with retail expert and President of IHL Services, Greg Buzek in the companion video! https://aka.ms/AAtnvbkUpdates to the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards! 🏆
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards acknowledge outstanding successes and innovations by partners in over 100 countries and in a wide variety of categories and industries, including cloud to edge technologies, entrepreneurial spirit and social impact. In 2025 we’re shifting the awards timeline to later in the calendar year to give our partners more time to showcase their innovations and achievements. Watch this space for more updates on nomination details coming later this spring and mark your calendars to celebrate the winners and finalists during Microsoft Ignite. Thanks to all the partners who submitted nominations for this year's awards! Explore the winners and finalists now. Meet the 2024 Partner of the Year Award winnersMondays at Microsoft | Episode 35
NOW ON DEMAND | Get ready for the week with "Mondays at Microsoft" - this time *on Tuesday*! Karuana Gatimu & Heather Cook will focus on Trustworthy AI, new Copilot features, fighting deepfakes, Office 2024 release update, plus highlight upcoming community events, and more. Aired Tuesday, October 8th, 2024, 8:00am PDT. See you there! #CommunityLuv💝 Show notes & links to all that was shared and discussed on October 8th, 2024: "Microsoft Trustworthy AI: Unlocking human potential starts with trust" by Takeshi Numoto. Live from the Microsoft AI Tour: Mexico City - https://aka.ms/MicrosoftAITourLive. Copilot is an AI companion for everyone, with new Vision and Voice features. "Fighting deepfakes with more transparency about AI" by Vanessa Ho. "Office 2024 for consumers available October 1" by Bryan Rognier — https://aka.ms/Office2024. "Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service for the second year in a row" by Stefan Kinnestrand. Power Apps Pulse video series hosted by April Dunnam + What's new in Power Apps. "European Fabric Community Conference 2024: Building an AI-powered data platform" by Arun Ulagaratchagan + "Activate your data responsibly in the era of AI with Microsoft Purview" by Rudra Mitra. To learn more about the Microsoft Global Community Initiative - a meeting place for all who are part of the Microsoft Community ecosystem, all are welcome:https://aka.ms/MGCI. We launched a new page listing our newly minted regional directors: https://aka.ms/MGCIAdvisors. "Get ready for the 2025 Microsoft Imagine Cup: Let the innovation begin!" by the Student Developer Evangelism Team. Find your next event: https://CommunityDays.org Community Days speakerboard – https://communitydays.org/speakerboard Microsoft Ignite | November 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, IL, USA. In person is sold out. Online is open to all - register today. Join us for the next episode of Mondays at Microsoft (this one back on Monday) with Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook on Monday, October 21st, 8:00am PDT. Check out our page for our show and Community Studio efforts at https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft.Mondays at Microsoft | Episode 34
Power boost your day with Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook. They've got the latest community news and events prepped for the next "Mondays at Microsoft." This event aired live at 8am PST on Monday, September 23rd, 2024!😎 [Episode 34] Show notes and links to all that was shared and discussed during this episode: TurboVote | Register to vote, check your registration, or sign up for election reminders — https://aka.ms/TurboVote. The next phase of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation — https://aka.ms/Copilot/NextPhase. #Wave2: Copilot Pages, Copilot in Excel with Python, Copilot in PowerPoint, Copilot agents in SharePoint, and more. Plus, Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 announcements blog — https://aka.ms/Copilot/NextPhase/blogby Jared Spataro. Microsoft’s new Qualcomm-powered Surface devices now available — https://aka.ms/QualcommDevices. Learn to build a security-first culture with AI at Microsoft Ignite 2024 — https://aka.ms/SecurityIgnite2024. New Copilot enhancements help small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) innovate — https://aka.ms/CopilotEnhancementsSMB. Bidirectional translation support now available for language interpretation in Teams — https://aka.ms/BidirectionalSupport. Unveiling Copilot agents built with Microsoft Copilot Studio - https://aka.ms/UnveilingCopilotAgents. "How the Microsoft Power Platform community is using low-code and AI to transform work and lives" by Charles Lamanna. Register for the European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference in Stockholm (September 24-27) - https://aka.ms/Fabric/CommunityConference. To learn more about the Microsoft Global Community Initiative - a meeting place for all who are part of the Microsoft Community ecosystem, all are welcome: https://aka.ms/MGCI.We launched a new page listing our newly minted regional directors. https://aka.ms/MGCIAdvisors So many great events coming up and all available to check out on https://www.communitydays.org. We also just launched a community calls page here so you can find community related called host by Microsoft and the community. Join us for the next episode of Mondays at Microsoft on October 8th at 8am PDT for our next show and check out our page for our show and Community Studio efforts at https://adoption.microsoft.com/mondays-at-microsoft.Mondays at Microsoft | Episode 29
Hello, July! Catch up on the latest Microsoft Community news and events on the next episode of Mondays at Microsoft. Register today to join Karuana_Gatimu_MSFTand Heather NewmanLIVE at 8am PDT on July 8th, 2024. Note: We multicast all episodes. You can watch the show live right here on its Community News Desk event page, via LinkedIn Live from the"Microsoft Community" page, or direct within YouTube on the Microsoft Community Learning channel.#CommunityLuv Show notes & links to all shared and discussed on July 8th, 2024: Subscribe to the Community News Desk: https://aka.ms/CommunityNewsDesk/blog. In-depth product learning: https://aka.ms/M365ConSessions. “10 AI terms everyone should know” by Susanna Ray. “Empowering every scientist with AI-augmented scientific discovery” Microsoft will launch a U.S. public awareness campaign to encourage people to be vigilant to the risk of deepfake manipulation in this year’s election, and to Check, Re-Check and Vote: https://aka.ms/ElectionProtection Combatting AI Deepfakes: Microsoft's participation in the 2024 political conventions: https://aka.ms/CombattingAIDeepfakes Microsoft’s work to strengthen cybersecurity protection. In his written testimony, Brad Smith acknowledges the unique role Microsoft plays in safeguarding America’s cybersecurity. He notes that Microsoft accepts responsibility for each of the issues cited in the CSRB’s report and underscores Microsoft’s resolve to lead by example in the pursuit of a safer and more resilient cyber landscape. Microsoft’s work to strengthen cybersecurity protection: https://aka.ms/CybersecurityProtection. Startups are harnessing AI to solve problems big and small —https://aka.ms/StartupsHarnessingAI. Join the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub to accelerate your startup growth with AI:https://aka.ms/StartupsFoundersHub. Haut.AI provides skin care companies and retailers with AI-based skin diagnostic tools using SkinGPT:https://aka.ms/SkinGPT. How world-class athletes are turning to the power of AI and data:https://aka.ms/AthletesAI “New Teams agent capabilities in Microsoft Copilot unlock business value” “What’s new in Power Apps: June 2024 Feature Update” “Developer environment and plan now available in Sovereign clouds” Find your next event and join in the best community in tech:https://communitydays.org To learn more about the Microsoft Global Community Initiative - a meeting place for all who are part of the Microsoft Community ecosystem, all are welcome:https://aka.ms/MGCI We launched a new page listing our newly minted regional directors.https://aka.ms/MGCIAdvisors As part of our Microsoft Global Community Initiative, we invite you to join us for our monthly General Meeting on the third Tuesday of the month - June 18. Sign Up to join us for our monthly meeting athttps://aka.ms/MGCISignUpMondays at Microsoft | Episode 30
Get ready for the week with "Mondays at Microsoft". Karuana_Gatimu_MSFTandHeather Newmanupdate you on what's going on at Microsoft - from product releases to Community and event news, and more. LIVE at 8am PDT on July 22nd, 2024. Note: Now available on demand. Show notes and links to all that was shared and discussed during this episode: How Microsoft and AI work to reduce government benefit fraud and error. New ways to get creative with Microsoft Designer, powered by AI. Prompt Like a Pro: 8 Tips and tricks for working with Copilot in Teams. Check out all the latest Microsoft 365 product training. Learn more about what Microsoft is doing to help our customers through the CrowdStrike outage. Team Copilot | New agent capabilities in Microsoft Copilot unlock business value. 2024 release wave 2 plans for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform now available. Build intelligent and scalable solutions with Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Power Platform. Announcing the General availability of time travel and 30 days of data retention in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse #88MPH. To learn more about the Microsoft Global Community Initiative - a meeting place for all who are part of the Microsoft Community ecosystem, all are welcome:https://aka.ms/MGCI We launched a new page listing our newly minted regional directors.https://aka.ms/MGCIAdvisors Find your next technology event:https://CommunityDays.org; so many great events coming up. We also launched a community calls page here so you can find community related calls hosted by Microsoft and the community. FYI, insights about Microsoft Ignite 2024 (November 19–22, 2024; optional pre-day on the 18th).Mondays at Microsoft | Episode 39
Watch the Mondays at Microsoft "Ignite 2024 recap!" Heather Cook and guest host, Mark Kashman, take you through all the Modern Work news and highlights, agents/Copilots updates, and more. Aired live: Monday, December 2nd, 8:00am PST. Show notes and links to all that was shared and discussed during this episode: Microsoft Ignite 2024 "Book of News": https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2024-book-of-news/ Microsoft Ignite 2024 sessions on demand:https://ignite.microsoft.com/home, plus sign up to receive news and insights about Ignite 2025 in San Francisco, CA: https://aka.ms/Ignite. Review Satya Nadella's #MSIgnite 2024 keynote in 90 Seconds: https://aka.ms/Ignite2024Keynote. BONUS: Review a lot of the sessions - Check out the Microsoft Events channel on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@events_msft. Security announcements from#MSIgnite: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftsecurityandcompliance/unlock-proactive-defense-microsoft-security-exposure-management-now-generally-av/4303219 Microsoft Power Platform news from #MSIgnite: https://www.microsoft.com/power-platform/blog/2024/11/19/redefine-development-ai-first-innovation-with-agents-and-microsoft-copilot-in-power-platform/ Learn more aboutMicrosoft Azure AI Foundry: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AIPlatformBlog/ignite-2024-announcing-the-azure-ai-foundry-sdk/4295862 Learn more about Windows "Personal Data Encryption" with Windows Hello + known folders (#OneDrive): https://ignite.microsoft.com/sessions/BRK290 Learn more about Microsoft Entra from#MSIgnite: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identity/what%E2%80%99s-new-in-microsoft%E2%80%99s-security-service-edge-solution/3847827 "Targeting the Cybercrime Supply Chain" by Steven Masada —https://aka.ms/TargetingCybercrime. "As real as it gets: Pilots lend their expertise to the most authentic flight sim on the market" byAthima Chansanchai — https://aka.ms/FlightSim #MicrosoftFlightSimulator2024 ✈️🛩️ Learn more about the Microsoft Global Community Initiative (MGCI) - A meeting place for all who are part of the Microsoft Community ecosystem, all are welcome:https://aka.ms/MGCI. We also have a dedicated page listing our newly minted regional directors. https://aka.ms/MGCIAdvisors. Find your next event atCommunityDays.org. Join us on December 16, 2024, for our final Mondays at Microsoft show of the year. We'll be back in January 2025. Stay up to date on all at our show page:https://aka.ms/MondaysAtMicrosoft.Episode 159 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting - Azure AI Agents, News, Did You See
I look forward to seeing you online in five hours for our 159th episode of the Cloud and Hosting Partner Online Meeting. Feature topic for today is "Azure AI Agents" to be presented in a panel format. Panelists will be our GPS "Agents of AI" - Abby, Daniel and Dean. We'll also cover recent Commerce and Operations Updates; News and Webinars; Did you see - a summary of some events you may have missed and Skilling. I'll also offer a glimpse of some news to be public on November 12 USA time. Slides for the session are here so you can follow along. If you haven't registered it's not too late. Just click HERE. See you online soon. Regards, PhilDrive AI scale with Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned offering
With upcoming availability of Data Zones and new enhancements to Provisioned offering inAzure OpenAI Service,we are taking a big step forward in making AI broadly available and also enterprise-ready. These features represent a fundamental shift in how organizations can deploy, manage, and optimize generative AI models.
