Governments around the world are harnessing AI to drive innovation, improve services, and deliver on mission-critical outcomes. In this fast-paced session, discover how AI can help you modernize operations, enhance decision-making, and better serve your communities—securely and responsibly. Learn from real-world examples and explore practical steps to move from exploration to implementation with confidence

OneDrive has transformed from a file storage solution into a powerful, AI-driven content experience built for the modern workplace. In this session, explore how OneDrive is becoming the launchpad for productivity across Microsoft 365. We’ll unveil the latest innovations that put AI to work for you across sync, sharing, and all file interactions. Whether you're an IT administrator, end user, or knowledge worker, discover how OneDrive is evolving into the intelligent backbone of your digital workspace.

ServiceNow and Microsoft are redefining enterprise work by uniting AI, data, and workflows in one secure platform. See how Copilot and AI Agents seamlessly connect Microsoft 365 and the ServiceNow AI Platform to unify people, processes, and systems. This trusted partnership delivers automation, governance, and real results across IT, SecOps, employee, and customer experiences—helping organizations move faster and stay compliant.

Compliance is no longer just a regulatory checkbox—it’s becoming a strategic enabler. This session examines how AI and automation are reshaping compliance into a continuous, real-time capability that fuels innovation and accelerates digital transformation. We’ll explore how compliance-as-code and continuous controls can reduce cost, build resilience, and turn regulatory obligations into a source of trust and competitive advantage.

SAP Databricks on Azure integrates Databricks Data Intelligence Platform with SAP Business Data Cloud, unifying SAP and external data for advanced analytics, AI, and ML. It enables building intelligent apps and actionable insights using trusted SAP and third-party business data. Available natively on Azure within SAP Business Data Cloud, it offers seamless access without data duplication via Delta Sharing. This session highlights automated forecasting, exploratory analysis, and BI use cases.

Join us to discover the power of the cloud with Windows 365 . Learn how the latest platform improvements and core features deliver strong resiliency and seamless integration with new AI capabilities, exciting feature updates, and the rest of Microsoft ecosystem. Experience user-friendly enhancements designed to boost your productivity and satisfaction. Get practical insights and actionable strategies to help you unlock the full potential of Windows 365.

Discover how the Windows Developer Platform empowers IT decision-makers with enterprise-ready tools. This session offers a comprehensive look at the latest in local AI development, MCP-powered agentic workflows, and modern development tools—empowering enterprises to build intelligent, secure, and scalable solutions across the Windows ecosystem.

Take a motivational tour through the healthcare AI sample repository and set yourself up for success with multimodal AI for Health & Life Sciences. Dive into notebooks and sample solutions for problems like image search, cancer grading based on radiology and pathology images, outlier detection, and exam parameter classification. Deploy a model, plug it into an agentic flow, and evaluate it with human feedback. A hands-on journey from setup to deployment and refinement.

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“On Air at Microsoft Ignite” will deep dive into key announcements with expert interviews, demonstrations, and real-world applications for all the latest news. ​​

Hour 2 will feature:​ Azure Infrastructure: Jeremy Winter ​ AI Skills Navigator: Kavitha Radhakrishnan​ Varonis: Shawn Hays​ NVIDIA: Andrew Hester​ GitHub Copilot: Martin Woodward​ AMD: Arjun Oberoi & Daniel Kim

Partners, be sure to join us for a dynamic keynote that explores the evolving role of partners in shaping the next generation of Frontier Firms. This session will spotlight success stories of partners leading customers through AI transformation, how we are delivering success together, and the latest investments and announcements from the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP).

Topic: Evaluating AI Agents Learn from industry practitioners, researchers, and experts on the latest and greatest on evaluations frameworks and tools to bring AI Agents to production

What can we do as Product Managers when we are at the crossroads? Exploration of generative AI, its potential to transform product teams, and considerations around deepfake risk, misinformation, and ethics from a PM perspective.

The opening keynote will feature Judson Althoff, CEO Microsoft commercial business, with our senior Microsoft engineering leaders as they unveil the latest innovations driving the next wave of AI transformation—empowering every human and every organization across every industry to redefine what it means to become frontier.

The days of easy entry into data jobs over. Maggie Wolff joins the show to discuss the new reality of the data career landscape. We dive into why the bar is higher than ever and why "cold DMing" on LinkedIn is a terrible strategy.Maggie also breaks down her secret strategy for networking as an introvert: treating events like a game or role-playing a more extroverted friend. Plus, we discuss the rise of AI in education, the problem with "lazy" learning , and why companies replacing humans with AI are making a mistake.

Help us become the #1 Data Podcast by leaving a rating & review! We are 67 reviews away! I wouldn't try to become a data analyst next here. Here's 4 reasons why and what I'd do instead. 💌 Join 30k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly 👉 https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter 🆘 Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training 👉 https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/training 👩‍💻 Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? 👉 https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 👔 Ace The Interview with Confidence 👉 https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com//interviewsimulator ⌚ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — Why the data job market is tough 00:36 — Worst states for data analysts 01:55 — Why these states rank low 04:11 — Best states (raw counts) for data analysts 06:08 — Jobs per capita explained 07:10 — Top states after normalization 09:35 — Slope chart breakdown 10:18 — What the normalized rankings mean 👨‍🎓 Featured Bootcamp Students: Moiz Noorali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moiz-noorali/ Ani Mayilyan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ani-mayilyan/ Mukta Pandey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muktap2377210/ Amanda Ward: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandawarddata/ Sebastian Wang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zitong-wang-b06316284/ 📊 Intern with me: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa 🔗 CONNECT WITH AVERY 🎥 YouTube Channel 🤝 LinkedIn 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 💻 Website Mentioned in this episode: Join the last cohort of 2025! The LAST cohort of The Data Analytics Accelerator for 2025 kicks off on Monday, December 8th and enrollment is officially open!

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In this episode, Mukundan opens up about one of the most difficult phases of his job hunt and how he built a tiny 3-agent AI system that completely changed the way he applied, prepared, and stayed consistent. You will learn how the Researcher Agent, Writer Agent, and Reviewer Agent work together to turn any job description into clarity. You will also hear a raw, human story about self-doubt, burnout, and the psychology behind job search momentum. This is a deeply personal, practical episode for anyone who feels stuck, exhausted, confused, or overwhelmed in their job search.Optimized for: AI jobs, data jobs, job search tools, AI agents, career automation, productivity systems, job search burnout, how to find clarity in job search.

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Build AI that thinks in context using semantic blueprints, multi-agent orchestration, memory, RAG pipelines, and safeguards to create your own Context Engine Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader Key Features Design semantic blueprints to give AI structured, goal-driven contextual awareness Orchestrate multi-agent workflows with MCP for adaptable, context-rich reasoning Engineer a glass-box Context Engine with high-fidelity RAG, trust, and safeguards Book Description Generative AI is powerful, yet often unpredictable. This guide shows you how to turn that unpredictability into reliability by thinking beyond prompts and approaching AI like an architect. At its core is the Context Engine, a glass-box, multi-agent system you’ll learn to design and apply across real-world scenarios. Written by an AI guru and author of various cutting-edge AI books, this book takes you on a hands-on journey from the foundations of context design to building a fully operational Context Engine. Instead of relying on brittle prompts that give only simple instructions, you’ll begin with semantic blueprints that map goals and roles with precision, then orchestrate specialized agents using the Model Context Protocol. As the engine evolves, you’ll integrate memory and high-fidelity retrieval with citations, implement safeguards against data poisoning and prompt injection, and enforce moderation to keep outputs aligned with policy. You’ll also harden the system into a resilient architecture, then see it pivot across domains, from legal compliance to strategic marketing, proving its domain independence. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the skills to engineer an adaptable, verifiable architecture you can repurpose across domains and deploy with confidence. Email sign-up and proof of purchase required What you will learn Develop memory models to retain short-term and cross-session context Craft semantic blueprints and drive multi-agent orchestration with MCP Implement high-fidelity RAG pipelines with verifiable citations Apply safeguards against prompt injection and data poisoning Enforce moderation and policy-driven control in AI workflows Repurpose the Context Engine across legal, marketing, and beyond Deploy a scalable, observable Context Engine in production Who this book is for This book is for AI engineers, software developers, system architects, and data scientists who want to move beyond ad hoc prompting and learn how to design structured, transparent, and context-aware AI systems. It will also appeal to ML engineers and solutions architects with basic familiarity with LLMs who are eager to understand how to orchestrate agents, integrate memory and retrieval, and enforce safeguards.

Today, Kirk Offel sits down with industry luminary Dean Nelson, founder of Infrastructure Masons, for an in-depth conversation that's all about the future of digital infrastructure, AI, and the power challenges shaping our industry. Whether you’re brand-new to the world of data centers or have decades of experience, this episode will open your eyes to the explosive growth we're witnessing right now—think doubling and tripling of capacity at speeds we've never seen before. Dean Nelson shares the inside story behind Infrastructure Masons, the creation of their groundbreaking industry report, and why building community and collaboration is more vital than ever. Follow Dean and iMasons: www.linkedin.com/in/deannelson/ [email protected] www.iMasons.org www.iMasons.org/publications socialaccord.org