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Manila Bulletin devider Technews devider Microsoft Inspire 2023 unveils game-changing AI-powered innovations

Microsoft Inspire 2023 unveils game-changing AI-powered innovations

Published Jul 29, 2023 02:15 am
In today's interconnected and fast-paced business landscape, collaboration plays a crucial role in driving innovation, increasing productivity and achieving sustainable growth.  With individuals and teams working together towards a common goal or objective, collaboration is an essential and invaluable component of any successful business. Microsoft's annual partner event, Microsoft Inspire 2023, was a grand stage for the tech giant to announce a series of groundbreaking innovations that will redefine the future of technology.  Recognizing collaboration as a cornerstone of their success, Microsoft celebrated the growth of its partner ecosystem and its vital role in bringing cutting-edge technology to customers in today's AI-driven world. Emphasizing the value of the Microsoft Cloud, the event focused on the three key areas, showcasing numerous releases that promise to accelerate AI transformation, boost success and fuel business growth in collaboration with Microsoft. 1\. Launching Bing Chat Enterprise Microsoft unveiled an AI-powered platform fortified with commercial data protection - the Bing Chat Enterprise.  This solution ensures secure communications, providing commercial customers with better answers, improved efficiency and enhanced creativity.  Bing Chat Enterprise will be available this year  in preview to organizations licensed for Microsoft 365 E5,E3, Business Premium and Business Standard with no additional cost.  It will also be offered as a stand-alone subscription in the future for a minimal fee per user, per month. 2\. Revealing Microsoft 365 Copilot Pricing Microsoft 365 Copilot assists users in streamlining tasks across various tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.  It is seamlessly integrated into daily Microsoft application use.  It will be available for $30 per user per month for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard and Business Premium customers. 3.  Empowering sellers and customer service agents with AI Microsoft is improving the functionality of Microsoft Sales Copilot within Dynamics 365 Sales by offering AI-generated opportunity summaries, contextualized email drafts and meeting preparations.  In addition, the company showcased how Power Virtual Agents could be used to create tailored chatbots for customer service departments, leveraging natural language and data from various sources. 4.  Implementing Process Mining in Power Automate Microsoft announced the general availability of next-generation AI features within Power Automate Process Mining.  This is to help organizations identify and address workflow blockages effectively.  The solution offers AI-powered insights to optimize existing processes and drive efficiencies through low-code automation, enabling businesses to harness their full potential. 5.  Improving Azure capabilities and increasing investments Microsoft pledged significant investment to enhance the scale and availability of Azure Migrate  & Modernize.  The company also launched Azure Innovate, a dedicated investment to meet the soaring demands for analytics and AI, broadening scenario coverage and providing richer incentives and support for everything from seamless migrations to building new AI-powered apps. 6\. Expanding strategic collaboration with Epic Systems Healthcare software company Epic has expanded its partnership with Microsoft.  Together, they use the power of AI to help clinicians spend less time on administrative functions and more time providing quality care. Also, Epic has integrated Azure OpenAI Service and Nuance DAX Express into its electronic health record software to streamline administrative tasks, expand access to care and enhance healthcare outcomes. 7.  Launching the new Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program The program empowers every partner to deliver customer value while leveraging Microsoft AI and the Microsoft Cloud.  The Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program offers comprehensive investments tailored to all partner business models, irrespective of their maturity stage. Microsoft is committed to accelerating AI-driven innovation, propelling us into a new era of transformative technology.

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