41 posts tagged with "azure"

Back where it all began, Microsoft Brisbane Office! Closed out our last AIAppInADay session of the season. What a ride! 🎢✨

It felt like a full circle: the exact same room where we kicked things off last September with Michelle and Tricia. This time, the space even had extra flair with Microsoft's 50th birthday balloons floating around!🎈🥳

The day ran super smoothly, and big thanks 🙌 to everyone who participated, asked thoughtful questions, and sparked some great conversations.

Some questions during the day:

🔹 Are vector and embedding the same thing? Not quite! A vector is just a list of numbers. An embedding is a special kind of vector that's learned by a model to represent something (like text or images) in a way that reflects meaning and relationships.

🔹 What's the definition for AI agent? It's a system or program that can autonomously perform tasks on behalf of a user or another system. Think of it like a smart assistant that can act on its own.

We loved the food 🍱 and swags 🎁 (Microsoft Azure & CodeIsLife t-shirts) as usual! Keep learning Microsoft AI Skills and join AI Skill Fest

What an exciting session at #syncs – packed with creativity, innovation, and hands-on AI fun!

We explored the power of Azure AI services in a truly interactive way. Whether you're just stepping into the AI world or looking to sharpen your skills, this session was a fantastic opportunity to learn, build, and get inspired! 💡🤖

Here's what we tackled together:

✅ Analyzed visuals using GPT-4o models ✅ Converted text to speech with Azure's Speech Service ✅ Generated stunning visuals using DALL·E 3

🖥️ From decoding images to bringing words to life and generating art from prompts — this was a deep dive into what's possible with today's AI tools.

Big thanks to everyone who joined us, asked questions, and shared their creativity! Stay tuned for more sessions where we explore, create, and innovate together. 🌐✨

What a day at Microsoft Reactor Sydney! Our AI App in One Day workshop was all about building intelligent app on Azure. The energy in the room was electric⚡️, fueled by enthusiastic participants from all levels of experience coming together to learn📚, code💻, and innovate💡!

We loved Code4Life & Azure T-shirts 👕, enjoyed delicious food and refreshing drinks, just to dive deep into building AI App. It was the perfect day for coding in Sydney on Monday.

We started the hard way: ingesting our own data, generating embeddings, building vector indexes, and performing semantic search from scratch 🔍. Then we leveled up: using LangChain to streamline the process. Why both ways? Because we are keen to understand the plumbing under the hood!🛠️

Absolutely loved the amazing vibe ✨ at Microsoft Reactor Sydney!

☀️ Beautiful weather and brilliant minds! Awesome time at AI App in a Day session at the Microsoft Auckland office! The sun was shining, the room was buzzing with energy, and we had a full house of curious participants ready to dive into AI app development on Microsoft Azure .

From setting up GitHub Codespaces, running the chatbot with RAG in action, and completing all three labs (even with 5 minutes to spare!) - It was one smooth ride. 🧠💻

As always, we tossed in a few brain teasers throughout the session to keep the energy and creativity levels high. You know it's been a brain-burner of a day when the coffee machine runs out of milk ☕💡

A huge shoutout to my Insight buddy, Rakesh - it's been such a pleasure running these sessions with you from the start. Your passion and hands-on coding experience continue to inspire and engage the community. 🔥 Watching you in action is always a highlight!

Fun factor: there are 915,103,765 ways to group six, 8-stud LEGO bricks ! (last photo)

🚀 AI App in a Day is back in Wellington! 🌿 During today's session, Rakesh and I explored AzureAI services, ContentSafety, AISearch, CosmosDB, LangChain, and various techniques to enhance LLM responses, ensuring more accurate, efficient, and context-aware AI solutions. 🚀🔍

This time, we added a Jupyter Notebook for Graph RAG (from Microsoft Research) as new lab exercise, and it was amazing to see one of the participants had already implemented GraphRAG in a past project! 🔥 Seeing real-world applications of AI in action is always inspiring.

Of course, no event is complete without tasty food and awesome swag! 🍕👕 Speaking of swag… quick question: does anyone know what number 42 stands for in the "Build on Azure - Code is Life" T-shirt? 🤔 (3rd photo) We could not figure it out !

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, it was an incredible day, especially with that stunning afternoon weather! ☀️

Keep building, keep innovating on Azure ! 💡✨

Global AI Bootcamp Sydney 2025 🌍: Full House of Innovation and Learning today! Sydney's AI community came together at Microsoft Reactor Sydney. With 120+ enthusiastic participants, the event was packed with insightful sessions, engaging discussions and pizza🍕 & stickers !

🚀 From enterprise AI architecture to creative applications of generative AI, the day was filled with exciting knowledge-sharing opportunities. A Stellar Lineup of AI sessions: 🔥

• Architecting Enterprise RAG Solutions with Azure CosmosDB DiskANN and Fabric by Michael
• LEGO + Python + GPT = The Journey from Dad to Superdad with Azure AI Services by Daniel (like my robotics cap? :p)
• AI Alchemy: Crafting Success with the Right Mix of Services by Haritha
• Model Agnostic AI Implementation by Anupam
• Unlocking Document Insights with Azure AI by Akanksha
• Get Creative with AI: Accelerate Solutions with Generative AI Models by Asish

📢 Missed the event? Stay tuned for future AI meetups, workshops, and conferences. The AI journey never stops, and we can't wait to see what's next!

🚀 Kicking off AI Journeys with SYNCS at University of Sydney! 🎓✨ What an incredible night with 60+ keen students from the Sydney Computing Society (SYNCS) joining me for the 'Kickstart Your AI Journey on Azure' workshop! 💡💻

The energy in the room was amazing 🔥, the entire boardroom was packed, and I couldn't be more impressed by the enthusiasm and curiosity of everyone who attended. 🙌

Huge shoutout to SYNCS's marketing and events team for your dedication in organizing and planning this for the past six months 👏, so glad we made the first session happen, and excited for round two in April! 🎉 Join SYNCS here: https://syncs.org.au/

And yes, rocking my Azure cap and t-shirt, I totally blended in and felt 20 years old again 😆. Looking forward to seeing how everyone shapes the future of AI! The pizza was delicious! 🍕

Join us at Global AI Bootcamp Sydney this Saturday! 🎤🤖 If you're passionate about AI, LEGO, and Robotics, you won't want to miss talk. I'll be sharing my story: 'LEGO + Python + GPT = The Journey from Dad to Superdad with Azure AI Services' 🌟

🔥Global AI Bootcamp Sydney: https://globalai.community/bootcamp/australia-sydney/ 📅 When? This Saturday - 15th March 2025 📍 Where? Microsoft Reactor Sydney

🎫 Free tickets are running out fast, so grab yours now before it's too late! Grab your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/global-ai-bootcamp-2025-tickets-1260986778399?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Global AI Bootcamp is an annual event that occurs worldwide, where developers and AI enthusiasts can learn about AI through workshops, sessions, and discussions. Local chapters of the Global AI Community host the events in various locations across the globe.

Unlock the power of GenAI and accelerate AI apps from development to production using familiar tools. This session explores how Azure AI Foundry and related dev toolchain streamline the development and operationalization of AI apps.

You'll be guided through AI app development lifecycle (from ideation to production) covering key techniques in prompt engineering, coding, evaluation, monitoring, and deployment. Discover how tools like Azure AI Foundry, AZD CLI, AI Toolkit for VS Code, and Prompty enable seamless development, deployment and management.

Whether you're a developer, AI engineer, or IT leader, you'll gain practical knowledge to build and scale AI applications efficiently. Get ready to build your AI projects with ease on Azure!

AI App in a Day @ Microsoft Sydney Office ! 🤖 Fantastic day at Room Gaba and Magari on Level 27, exploring AI on Microsoft Azure with an incredible group of engaged participants alongside my Insight colleague, Sadat on Monday!

We dove deep into PromptEngineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and exploring powerful services on Azure to build AIApp like: ✅ Azure OpenAI Service ✅ CosmosDB for MongoDB ✅ GPT and Embedding Models ✅ LangChain ✅ AzureAIFoundry ✅ Azure AISearch ✅ Azure ContentSafety ✅ DocumentIntelligence Service

✨The discussions were insightful, the hands-on experience was valuable, and the views from Level 27? Simply stunning! 🌆

💡A big thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the learning experience. AI is evolving fast, and it's exciting to see the energy around building real-world AI solutions! 🚀

👏 Huge thanks for your support and organizing the event, Jeanne, Peachy, Michelle & Ross!