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From Clippy to ChatGPT: AI Advances in Productivity

- 8 min read-Christian Buckley
Learn how Microsoft uses artificial intelligence (AI) in Bing search, Microsoft 365, and other tools and platforms such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to improve user experience, increase productivity, and provide better insights. Microsoft has incorporated OpenAI's natural language processing (NLP) technology and computer vision into Bing search. Microsoft also uses ChatGPT in Bing through Bing Chat, providing a community-driven platform for asking and answering questions.

Understanding DAN in a ChatGPT World

- 11 min read-Tim Warner
This article discusses the rise of the mythical DAN "jailbreak" hack in the ChatGPT world and the importance of understanding its implications. ChatGPT, OpenAI's advanced AI language model, is capable of providing high-quality responses to a wide range of questions. By employing prompt engineering techniques, users can guide ChatGPT towards generating more accurate and relevant responses. The article describes the unauthorized modification or manipulation of chatbot software, known as "jailbreaking," which is against OpenAI's terms of service. Using clever prompt engineering to bypass pre-programmed controls can lead to ethical, legal, and security concerns.

Are Organizations Shifting Back to On-Prem?

- 7 min read-Christian Buckley
This article examines whether the past few decades’ trend of enterprises migrating workloads and applications to public cloud environments is increasingly shifting back to private clouds and on-premises solutions. It discusses the pros and cons of both approaches, including why many organizations are choosing a hybrid cloud model.

Working with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Applications – Part 1

- 14 min read-Toni Pohl
Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) applications are cloud-based applications that can be integrated with Azure AD for authentication and authorization purposes. Using such applications provides a way to centrally manage and secure access to your cloud-based applications and services using Azure AD identities and credentials. See here how the use and management of applications works.

Use Azure DevOps to Create an End-to-End Cloud Deployment Pipeline

- 8 min read-Tim Warner
Windows systems administrators should consider “future-proofing” their careers by embracing DevOps principles such as infrastructure as code (IaC) and continuous integration and delivery. This article presents a lesson for Windows system admins; you’ll quickly pick up the basics using Azure DevOps as the development and deployment platform.

A Records Manager's Guide to Auto-Applying Retention Labels Using SharePoint IA

- 2 min read-Joanne Klein
Learn about five of the most common SharePoint information architecture artifacts and the steps to automatically apply a retention label to a file for each one. The linked “My Purview Data Lifecycle Management/Records Management Tip Sheets” and its detailed infographic describe the steps for each of the five scenarios.

Conversational AI for Business

- 7 min read-Vesa Nopanen
Conversational AI offers businesses cost efficiency, improved customer satisfaction, enhanced employee engagement, business intelligence, and efficient content discovery. Here is what the latest AI chatbots can do, and how they can boost your business' productivity.

My Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management Tip Sheets

- 2 min read-Joanne Klein
As an independent consultant specializing in Microsoft Purview, I spend a lot of time with my customers explaining, summarizing, and demonstrating its capabilities. Use the linked Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management Tip Sheets for a summary of the key, foundational elements across the Purview stack, including approaches for enablement.

Microsoft Metaverse for Business

- 13 min read-Vesa Nopanen
Users of Microsoft Teams will soon experience the metaverse for business and can use avatars generated by Microsoft Mesh in Teams. This article explores where enterprise users can use easy-to-implement and low-code solutions with machine learning and AI to help make decisions and automate user and customer experiences.

Can You Tell ChatGPT Wrote Content?

- 5 min read-Liam Cleary
ChatGPT is fantastic; there, I said it. However, it has limitations; mainly, it only knows information that was part of its training, which finished in early 2022. That said, asking random questions and seeing what it comes back with is a fun exercise. On the one hand, it is excellent for helping you summarize large amounts of content, but it could be better at writing or fixing code.