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Microsoft Azure AI, data, and application innovations help turn your AI ambitions into reality 

Welcome to Microsoft Ignite 2023! The past year has been one of true transformation. Companies are seeing real benefits today and are eager to explore what’s next—including how they can do more with their data investments, build intelligent applications, and uncover what AI can do for their business.

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Microsoft is now a FinOps Certified Service Provider 

By Modern Service Management Solutions Architect

In an era where cloud computing has become the backbone of modern business operations, efficient financial management is the linchpin that keeps organizations agile and cost-effective. In support of that, we are thrilled to announce that Microsoft has achieved a milestone that reaffirms our commitment to empowering our customers and partners in their journey towards optimized cloud spending. We are now a FinOps Certified Service Provider.

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Building for the future: The enterprise generative AI application lifecycle with Azure AI 

By Corporate Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Azure Machine Learning

The enterprise development process requires collaboration, diligent evaluation, risk management, and scaled deployment. By providing a robust suite of capabilities supporting these challenges, Azure AI affords a clear and efficient path to generating value in your products for your customers.

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Protect your web apps from modern threats with Microsoft Defender for Cloud 

By Senior Product Marketing Manager

Azure App Service provides native security integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud to help protect multicloud and hybrid environments with comprehensive security across the full lifecycle, from development to runtime. In this blog, we will explore another well-kept secret: how seamless and worry-free it can be to safeguard your web applications using the integration with Defender for Cloud.

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The new AI imperative: Unlock repeatable value for your organization with LLMOps   

By Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure

The series will examine what makes Generative AI so unique and how it can meet current business challenges, as well as how it drives new forms of collaboration between teams working to build the next generation of apps and services. The series will also ground organizations in responsible AI approaches and best practices, as well as data governance considerations as companies innovate now and towards the future.  

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FOCUS: A new specification for cloud cost transparency 

By Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cost Management

Get ready for FOCUS, a new open specification for cloud billing data that’s redefining how you manage and optimize cloud costs. Learn about the new “language” of FinOps, why it’s important, and how you can get started today with resources from the Microsoft FinOps toolkit.

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