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Azure Daily News for Wednesday, Feb 05 2025
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- Guest Blog: Let your Copilot Declarative Agent think deep with DeepSeek-R1
Today we’d like to feature a guest author on our Semantic Kernel blog, Mahmoud Hassan, a Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) focused on AI. We’ll turn it over to him to dive into his work below. In recent days, there has been significant attention in the AI community regarding DeepSeek-R1 and its capabilities. Many people […] The post Guest Blog: Let your Copilot Declarative Agent think...
Source: Semantic Kernel Blog - Advances to low-bit quantization enable LLMs on edge devices
Advances in low-bit quantization techniques enable efficient operation of LLMs on resource-constrained edge devices. Discover how innovations like T-MAC, Ladder, and LUT Tensor Core improve computational efficiency and enhance hardware compatibility. The post Advances to low-bit quantization enable LLMs on edge devices appeared first on Microsoft Research.
Source: Microsoft Research Blog - Modernizing Enterprise Asset Management: The Power of IBM Maximo on Azure Red Hat OpenShift
In today's rapidly evolving enterprise landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to modernize their asset management systems while maintaining operational efficiency. The collaboration between technology giants IBM, Microsoft, and Red Hat offers a compelling solution: IBM Maximo on Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO). For organizations running IBM Maximo 7.6.1.x, this transformation has...
Source: Apps on Azure Blog - Automate Your Load Tests: Introducing Scheduled Load Tests in Azure Load Testing
Why Schedule Load Tests? Automating your load tests through scheduling enhances performance validation in multiple ways: Consistent performance monitoring – Set up tests to run daily, weekly, or monthly, ensuring continuous assessment of your application's stability and scalability. Reduced development disruptions – Schedule tests to run during off-peak hours, minimizing interference...
Source: Apps on Azure Blog - Using Azure OpenAI Chat Completion with data source and Function Calling
Azure OpenAI Chat Completion with data source provides powerful capabilities for integrating conversational AI into applications. However, using a data source and function calling in a single request is not supported yet. When both features are enabled, function calling is ignored, and only the data source is used. This presents a challenge when retrieving information, […] The post Using...
Source: Semantic Kernel Blog
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- Never write a commit message again: Thanks GitHub Copilot
Source: Microsoft Visual Studio YouTube Channel, Length: 00:03:27 - o3-mini and RAG for Financial Analysis on the Azure OpenAI Service
Source: Microsoft Azure YouTube Channel, Length: 00:02:59 - A short introduction to SLMs and local model with use cases
Source: Microsoft Reactor, Length: 00:00:00 - Harnessing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cloud-Native Container Orchestration
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