Microsoft ignite 2023: Microsoft announces copilot exp., AI chips and more

Recently at the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event, Satya Nadella delivered a keynote that outlined essential digital priorities spanning the Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft is unveiling approximately 100 new services and updates at Microsoft Ignite. For instance, Microsoft Copilot will be available on MS Office Suite - Microsoft 365.

Key Announcements made at the event -

Cloud Infrastructure 

Microsoft is introducing innovative custom silicon to revolutionize cloud infrastructure at every hardware and software level. In collaboration with a diverse ecosystem of silicon partners, including AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA, Microsoft Azure Maia and Microsoft Azure Cobalt provide customers with increased flexibility in terms of pricing and performance, catering to their requirements for cloud and AI workloads.

Extending Microsoft Copilot

Introducing Microsoft Copilot Studio, a groundbreaking conversational AI platform enabling organizations to construct their copilots from the ground up or customize pre-built copilots with specific data, logic, and actions tailored to meet their business requirements.

During Ignite 2023, Microsoft unveiled enhanced features for Windows PC users, including expanded AI capabilities. The GenAI-backed copilot will now extend its availability to additional services, notably integrating with the company's office suite, Microsoft 365.

Data and AI 

Boasting a clientele of more than 25,000, which includes esteemed organizations like Ernst & Young, Milliman, and Zeiss, Microsoft Fabric transforms the dynamics of Teams collaboration with data by uniting everyone on a singular platform designed for the AI era.  

Unlocking Value for Developers

Likewise, the addition of AMD MI300X accelerated virtual machines (VMs) to Azure is in progress. These VMs are purpose-built for managing AI workloads, specifically in tasks like model training and generative inferencing.

Microsoft is introducing a novel Model-as-a-Service solution for partners, facilitating seamless integration of cutting-edge generative AI models like Llama 2 from Meta, upcoming models from Mistral, and Jais from G42 with their services. Additionally, Azure OpenAI platform users can access the latest GPT-4 Turbo starting in December through a public preview.

Security in the Era of AI 

Microsoft is merging the capabilities of top solutions in SIEM, XDR, and generative AI for security to create the inaugural unified security operations platform. Additionally, we are introducing new embedded experiences of Security Copilot throughout the Microsoft Security portfolio.

Copilot, initially accessible to Microsoft 365 enterprise users since November, is now accessible to the general public. Microsoft has also rebranded Bing Chat to Copilot and Bing Chat Enterprise to Copilot Pro. Likewise, the company is enhancing Microsoft Sales Copilot, renaming it Copilot for Sales.