With the advent of Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Windows 11, users have access to AI that will draw answers from everywhere they have access to. But sometimes it is better to have focused, customized bots rather than using a generic solution. This article takes you through the process of building such a bot that can use custom data and can be deployed easily in Microsoft Teams.

Embark on a journey to validate your foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning with the Azure AI-900: Azure AI Fundamentals exam. This certification paves the way for exploring AI workloads, machine learning principles, and Azure AI capabilities, empowering you to stay ahead in the evolving tech landscape.

In this TekkiTalk, host Christian Buckley chats with guest Karuana Gatimu, Principal Manager for the Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group at Microsoft, about the growth of adoption.microsoft.com and documentation, and how Microsoft continues to expand the resources available to help customers with adoption.

Master the art of managing your newly created custom connectors! The latest article in "Power Platform Custom Connectors A to Z" explores the ins and outs of packaging, deployment, versioning, and change management. Discover how to update and evolve your connector throughout its life cycle. Essential reading to keep your connectors robust and relevant.

Answers in Viva is a feature integrated with Viva Engage that allows organizations to curate and harvest questions. Each question requires being marked by a Viva Topic, an essential means to get new questions in front of people who may have the knowledge to answer and manage them.

As discussed in Enhance Active Directory Security with Tiering, Part 1 and Enhance Active Directory Security with Tiering, Part 2, in order to have fair security against pass-the-hash attacks on Active Directory, you can implement tiering to have different levels based on how sensitive data are. This video is devoted to Tier1 servers (a server shared between two teams for their file sharing, an IIS server for a development team, etc.).

In this TekkiTalk, host Christian Buckley chats with guest Gokan Ozcifci, an M365 and Business Applications MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, and Owner of Neoxy Consultancy, about the latest news around Microsoft Syntex, and the fact that the underlying technology is SharePoint, which makes it easy to use. Christian and Gokan also talk about the process for customers to get started with Syntex, discussing licensing and whether to utilize pre-built templates or build your own models.

The latest feature in Power Platform enables process mining techniques in Microsoft 365. This article explains what process mining is and describes its main features and functions. It includes a quick guide about how to start working with the Power Automate Process Mining service.

Compare the features, benefits, and drawbacks of AI chat solutions including Bing Chat, Bing Chat Enterprise, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Azure Open AI custom solutions. Explore how these innovative platforms use AI to transform communication and boost workflow efficiency.

In this TekkiTalk, host Christian Buckley chats with guest Don Kirkham, a M365 Development and Microsoft Graph MVP, and Enterprise Architect with DMI, about his focus on the SharePoint Development experience, including working with the SharePoint Framework and how people new to SharePoint development can get started.

This “how to” article teaches you how to create Microsoft 365 mail flow rules using the Microsoft 365 Exchange admin center and Windows PowerShell. It also teaches you how to test these rules using Outlook on the web. Besides giving you the necessary details, it includes a 7-minute video version of this article for those who like to watch and learn.

In order to have fair security against pass-the-hash attacks on Active Directory, you can implement tiering to have different levels based on data sensitivity. In this video, I discuss the second level of tiering. The scope for tier 2 includes the workstations and applying settings via GPO to block unauthorized access.