Your new way of working: Copilot for Microsoft 365

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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have tremendous vision and passion, and Copilot for Microsoft 365 can help turn dreams into reality. With Copilot for Microsoft 365, you can use the power of AI to reduce the daily grind of running your business—giving you additional time to reach more customers, create new products,…

Azure AI celebrates Women’s History Month through its customers

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As a young girl growing up, the tech world seemed like a distant reality, predominantly occupied by men. It wasn’t until my older sister pursued a degree in informatics in college that I realized the potential for women in technology. This revelation was not just about inspiring young girls like…

Get to know AI-powered collaboration with Microsoft Teams

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As we bring Microsoft Copilot to more customers around the world, people are already unlocking its value and learning the power of generative AI at work. Our recent Copilot customer research shows that 11 minutes of time savings is all it takes for most people to feel like AI is…

Explore the next wave of AI at digital Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event April 10

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The potential for AI at work is practically endless—and understanding how your teams can accomplish more with generative AI is more important than ever. Every day, more companies are turning to AI features to help their employees work more efficiently, provide positive customer experiences faster, and stand out among competitors.  …

Prompt like a pro: Prepare for your week with Microsoft Copilot in Teams

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Do the number of meetings and tasks you have to juggle every week feel overwhelming? When your week ahead is full of meetings, emails to respond to, and content to review, it can be hard to know the best place to focus first and how to prioritize your time. Now…

Advancing the new era of work with Copilot, Windows and Surface

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At a digital event for commercial customers and partners, we shared an update on how we’re empowering organizations to advance in the new era of work with Microsoft Copilot, Windows, and two new Surface devices that will start to become available in April.    It’s been one year since we first…

AI data drop: The 11-by-11 tipping point

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Since we first introduced Copilot to our earliest customers, we’ve been closely studying how people are using AI at work—what’s going well, where there are challenges, and what early behaviors can teach us about adopting and rolling out AI broadly. And we want to share what we’re learning with leaders…

Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind and Inflection co-founder, joins Microsoft to lead Copilot

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Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer, shared the below communication today with Microsoft employees. I want to share an exciting and important organizational update today. We are in Year 2 of the AI platform shift and must ensure we have the capability and capacity to boldly innovate. There is no franchise…

Microsoft open sources Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform

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The Microsoft Azure Container Networking team is excited to announce Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform that enables Kubernetes users, admins, and developers to visualize, observe, debug, and analyze Kubernetes’ workload traffic irrespective of Container Network Interface (CNI), operating system (OS), and cloud. We are excited to release Retina…

Microsoft Copilot for Security to be generally available April 1

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Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Copilot for Security will be generally available worldwide on April 1, 2024. The industry’s first generative AI solution will help security and IT professionals catch what others miss, move faster, and strengthen team expertise. Copilot is informed by large-scale data and threat…

Whisper speech-to-text model in Azure AI now generally available

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Human speech remains one of the most complex things for computers to process. With thousands of spoken languages in the world, enterprises often struggle to choose the right technologies to understand and analyze audio conversations while keeping right data security and privacy guardrails in place. Thanks to generative AI, it…

AI innovation takes center stage at World Governments Summit 2024

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We were privileged to attend the World Governments Summit 2024 event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on February 12 to 14, 2024. It was a momentous gathering of more than 10,000 leaders, ministers, and experts from around the world—coming together to shape the future of governments and find innovative solutions…

Enrich your teaching with 11 new updates from Microsoft Education

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As educators, we recognize that you stay on the lookout for new ways to engage your students, enhance your teaching, and streamline your workflows. To help support your search, we’re excited to share a roundup of the latest features and resources available from Microsoft Education, each designed to empower you…

Bringing Copilot to more customers worldwide—across life and work

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Copilot is your everyday AI companion, meant to bring the power of generative AI to everyone across work and life. We’re expanding availability and purchase options for individuals and organizations and bringing new value to Copilot Pro subscribers.   Since launching Copilot, it’s been exciting to see our customers bring AI…

Podcast: How do you solve a problem that’s never been solved before?

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MOLLY WOOD: The best leaders step confidently into the unknown and bring their teams with them. Today, I’m talking to Dr. Britt Aylor, Director of Leadership Development at Microsoft, all about a framework for tackling new challenges, like the transition to AI, that are changing the way we work. Dr.…

How AI can help you have smarter, more thoughtful conversations

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This article first appeared in the WorkLab newsletter. Get exclusive insights on AI and the future of work by subscribing here.The ability to clearly articulate what you want and why you need it is not just vitally important to how you interact with other people—it determines the quality of the responses…

Data residency in the AI era: New capabilities to manage your data

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In January, we updated our Microsoft Copilot product line-up to expand Copilot for Microsoft 365 to more businesses and announced no seat minimum for commercial plans. Now we’re excited to announce the expansion of Microsoft’s data residency capabilities by adding content of interactions with Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 to…

Evolving the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle

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The software developers and systems engineers at Microsoft work with large-scale, complex systems, requiring collaboration among diverse and global teams, all while navigating the demands of rapid technological advancement, and today we’re sharing how they’re tackling security challenges in the white paper: “Building the next generation of the Microsoft Security…

Paralympian Lex Gillette’s top 7 AI tools for accessibility

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Discover the AI innovations empowering lives on and off the athletic track Human sighted guides are instrumental in supporting blind athletes. They offer comprehensive instructions on adaptations, training, and methodologies. Today, much like a guide, Azure OpenAI Service is helping power Microsoft apps that help people accomplish their goals, no…

International Women’s Day: Expanding cybersecurity opportunities in the era of AI

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March is a meaningful month for me personally as we honor Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. Some of the most powerful role models in my own life are the women who raised me and the community of women who’ve provided the support and encouragement that continues to empower me…

Combating AI deepfakes in elections through today’s new tech accord

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As the months of 2024 unfold, we are all part of an extraordinary year for the history of both democracy and technology. More countries and people will vote for their elected leaders than in any year in human history. At the same time, the development of AI is racing ever…

11 leaders share their favorite AI time-savers

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Drop a few simple conversational prompts into AI, and the results are pretty astonishing. But these tools also have a deeper potential to transform how work gets done for those who learn how to fully leverage it. Think of generative AI as a digital assistant that augments your own knowledge…

Designing for accessibility and mental health

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One in eight people, or nearly 1 billion, live with a mental health condition. Given the scope of the challenge, innovation is key to advance mental health support for greater numbers of people around the world.  For instance, in India, an estimated 83 percent of the 300 million people who…

New Microsoft security tools to protect families and businesses

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Today marks an exciting milestone in Microsoft’s AI journey. This morning, at an event in New York City, we made several major announcements to empower people across work and life—you can read more about Microsoft Bing and Edge with Copilot, what’s new from Microsoft 365 Copilot and Bing Chat Enterprise…

A workforce of bees tracks pollution and boosts biodiversity, assisted by AI

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When Karl Wenner looks at his farm on Upper Klamath Lake in the mountains of southern Oregon, he sees a landscape in transition. He and his partners converted part of their fields of barley into wetlands along the shore of the lake to filter runoff and protect the quality of…

How AI gives you data synthesis superpowers

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We’re all living in a data haystack. You’ve got files on your OneDrive—some organized, some dumped in a heap in your documents. Files on your corporate server—some properly named and categorized, some not. Somewhere among your calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and contacts is a needle—the sliver of insight you…

Dive into intelligent cameras for Teams Rooms

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When you join a meeting in Microsoft Teams, what do you expect to see when you have participants in a shared, physical space? Today, most cameras in Microsoft Teams Rooms show a view of the whole room, what we have become accustomed to as the “default” for meetings. If you’re…

Microsoft and Accenture to tackle methane emissions using AI

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The year 2022 was a notable one in the history of our climate—it stood as the fifth warmest year ever recorded1. An increase in extreme weather conditions, from devastating droughts and wildfires to relentless floods and heat waves, made their presence felt more than ever before—and 2023 seems poised to…

Fighting wildfire with AI

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As we think about the growing wildfire season around the world and its impact on people and the planet, it’s easy to feel powerless. But AI can help. Wildfires are already breaking records in North America. So far this year, we’ve seen more than 28 million acres burned in Canada,…

Antstream Arcade brings 1300 retro video games to Xbox consoles

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We’re excited to share that Antstream Arcade, a cross-platform streaming platform focusing on retro games, is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, bringing its current library of over 1,300 retro games to Xbox consoles. Jump in today and play classics like Mortal Kombat, Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Earthworm…

Thinking beyond audio: Augmenting headphones for everyday digital interactions

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This research was accepted by and received a Best Paper Award during ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2023, which is dedicated to advancing the field of user-centered system design. Headphones are traditionally used to provide and manage audio experiences through physical controls and a range of sensors. Nonetheless, these controls…

Patch me if you can

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Many organizations utilize third-party apps for identity security solutions to automate and unburden overtaxed IT admins from tedious tasks that employees can perform via self-service without IT assistance. But in September 2021, our researchers observed threat actors exploiting one such third-party app at several US-based entities. The vulnerability was publicly…

Promoting Collaboration: Finally bringing AI innovation to education

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Over the past few months, AI technology, the surrounding discussion, and learning in the worldwide education community have continued to advance. Back in March, we shared three critical focus areas that continue to guide us as we work towards bringing AI innovation to education. Today, we’re thrilled to announce our…

Athletes and managers have a lot more in common than you think

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A while back, my strength and conditioning coach asked me to work on jumping. while back, my strength and conditioning coach asked me to work on jumping. Jumping onto boxes and off of them, hopping on one leg, then the other, then both. I was confused. I was training to…

Microsoft Azure Removes barriers to autonomous vehicle adoption

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Autonomous vehicles, also known as self-driving cars, have the potential to truly revolutionize the transportation industry, with their impact anticipated across many industries. Several stubborn obstacles, however, stand in the way of mass adoption. In the over 150 years since the automotive industry was founded, it has never experienced such…

Innovation with Azure AI and economic benefits

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At Microsoft Build this year our CEO Satya Nadella grounded the excitement surrounding AI back to one simple goal: to better serve unmet user needs. He asked “Why do we build software?” and, in doing so, he reminded us it’s not the technological capabilities of AI tools that make them…

New Cloud ESG data and reporting capabilities for Sustainability

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It’s been a year of many advances for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability. Now, with the expected onset of new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting regulations, including those coming from the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), we’re announcing powerful new capabilities to help organizations collect and manage more…

Ongoing Russian cyberattacks target Ukraine

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Microsoft threat intelligence teams have been tracking a wave of cyberattacks from an actor we call Cadet Blizzard that is associated with the Russian GRU. These attacks, which began in February 2023, targeted government agencies and IT service providers in Ukraine. We can also now attribute to Cadet Blizzard the…