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Getting systems to simulate flight behavior in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | Sebastian Wloch interview
- The entire game can be processed in real time in the cloud with minimal storage required on the players’ computer.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 leaders worked on the project over as much as four years.
- The simulation is like a full digital twin of the Earth and is able to simulate many different types of aircraft and many different kinds of situations, including gliders, hot air balloons, 747 airplanes, and supersonic fighter jets.
- There are plenty of parties with the same intention of digital twins, but Sebastian Wloch believes that the use is not the same and to get the best result, one should not do something too big.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has improved by using exact data from real-life instruments for a whole other level of realism to the aircraft.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 measures the position of the sun, atmospheric pressure, cloud cover, and how much energy is transmitted on the surface while computing how much heat it creates.
- The simulation team at Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 listens to feedback from users to improve the system to feel more realistic.
- The cloud computing quality has been improved and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 moved almost all of the storage to the cloud with very few critical files located locally.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 runs real-time computing locally and then pre-processes cloud computing every time they ingest new data.
- The pipeline of data and what happens is not the same and makes an effort to rewrite systems entirely to make it cloud-based rather than running locally.
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Microsoft brings AI agents to Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint
- Microsoft plans to roll out new features for its business-facing 365 Copilot products starting early next year.
- It is introducing automation features like Copilot Actions to automate tasks, and revamping Copilot Pages for generating and sharing content.
- AI capabilities will be added to applications like Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.
- Microsoft is expanding its use of AI agents to scale individual impact and transform business processes.
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Microsoft built a PC that can’t run local apps
- Microsoft has unveiled Windows 365 Link, a compact, desk-bound computer that connects to Windows 365, a cloud-hosted, virtual Windows machine.
- Windows 365 Link is not a proper PC as it lacks storage and the ability to install local applications. It is targeted towards enterprises for managing remote units.
- The device features quick booting, support for dual 4K monitors, multiple ports, and locked-down security features.
- Windows 365 Link is environmentally friendly, using recycled materials in its construction. The preview program is available in select markets.
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Windows security and resiliency: Protecting your business
- Microsoft is committed to making security foundational in everything they do with Secure Future Initiative (SFI).
- Quick Machine Recovery will enable IT admins to execute targeted fixes from Windows Update on PCs, even when machines are unable to boot.
- Windows will allow security product developers to build their products outside of kernel mode in a private preview available in July 2025.
- Windows 11 provides a more protected environment with advanced security features for organizations to defend against sophisticated attacks.
- New Windows 11 Security features to help commercial customers include reducing overprivileged users and applications, protection of credentials, and trusted apps and drivers.
- Personal Data Encryption for known folders is a new Windows 11 Enterprise capability to protect files stored in the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders using Windows Hello authentication.
- Zero Trust DNS blocks outbound IPv4 and IPv6 traffic unless resolved by a Protected DNS server or allowed by IT admin.
- Config Refresh helps enforce MDM-defined security policies by automatically returning PC settings to the preferred configuration.
- Security is a team effort; by collaborating with OEM partners and app developers, Windows is delivered secure by design and default.
- The updated Windows Security book is available to help you stay secure with Windows.
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Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry unifies AI development so everyone can get involved
- Microsoft has launched its new Azure AI Foundry platform, which is intended to aid the development of significant AI capabilities within businesses. Assisting developers and IT professionals gain access to the latest AI development tools, including those found at Azure AI Studio, the Azure AI Foundry also contains a new software development kit that permits users to host, manage, customize and run AI in their role. Azure AI Foundry merges the AI toolchain, which in turn saves time and effort and increases efficiency, making the deployment of AI a much more straightforward exercise for everyone from the experienced AI engineer to the IT worker or business leader.
- The kit unifies with a broad range of developer tools such as GitHub and Visual Studio, making the incorporation of Azure AI capabilities simple and intuitive for developers. Business leaders and IT professionals gain more knowledge regarding AI’s impact on their organizations in the process, while developers receive streamlined access to Microsoft’s newest AI development innovations.
- The Azure AI Foundry offers AI agents through the AI Agent Service, which creates agents that can perform most tasks with minimal human supervision. The service connects enterprise data sources to these AI agents, ensuring they have corporate knowledge. It also has new management experience centers for monitoring an agent’s performance, subscriptions, access permissions, and quota usage.
- To enhance their AI agent technologies, Microsoft has an expanded catalog of several open-source AI models and frontier models. The expansion includes LLM models from pharmaceutical firm, Bayer AG and Paige.ai, among others, and serverless deployment options for models-as-a-service models from Hugging Face and Cohere.
- Microsoft’s Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technique is also receiving an upgrade. The technique permits companies to forward custom data to pretrained LLMs and SLMs to improve accuracy and speed. Also, Microsoft has provided its customers with cloud-based AI governance platforms to increase safety and compliance.
- Additionally, Microsoft has unveiled its Azure AI Content Understanding tool. The tool enables developers to create cost-effective multimodal applications that can read text, audio, video or images. The Azure Container Apps serverless graphics processing units are also available as an option for serverless infrastructures.
- Jessica Hawk, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Data, AI and Digital Applications, said Azure AI Foundry's innovation would assist more companies in adopting AI in a landscape that is experiencing ongoing evolution.
- Azure AI Foundry's comprehensive guidance in AI adoption and architectures within Azure Essentials provides a single portal for all of Microsoft's best practices, reference architectures and resources. This offering aims to assist companies to move more of their generative AI experiments into production.
- The Azure AI Foundry, with its unified AI toolchain, simplified and streamlined cloud-based AI governance platforms and cost-effective multimodal applications have made implementing and deploying AI an easy and straightforward process for any organization.
- Microsoft's commitment to meeting the needs of developers and business leaders demonstrates its dedication to driving the transformative power of AI to every person and every organization.
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Microsoft Ignite 2024: Embracing the future of Windows at work
- At Microsoft Ignite 2024, the company unveiled the latest security, AI and cloud innovations coming to Windows for commercial customers. Windows is the ubiquitous, open platform that powers computing experiences around the world and plays a vital role across various industries, including education, government, military and corporations, many of which provide mission-critical services that necessitate a high level of security and resiliency.
- Microsoft is committed to ensuring that Windows remains the optimal platform for organizations to perform at their best in the new era of work, by empowering customers and organizations to modernize their computing experience with AI experiences and the cloud.
- Windows Resiliency Initiative has been introduced as part of commitment to a well-protected operating system. It would strengthen reliability based on learnings from the incident witnessed earlier this year in July. Microsoft is evolving its partnership with endpoint security partners and collaborated deeply with these partners; Microsoft Virus Initiative (MVI) partners will be required to take specific actions to improve security and reliability.
- As an outcome of that summit, MVI partners will be required to take specific actions to improve security and reliability. In addition to increased testing and strengthened incident response processes, these partners must follow safe deployment practices for updates to customers' Windows endpoints.
- We are also introducing Windows 365 Frontline provision in 'shared mode,' a new way that is designed for users who need brief access to complete ad-hoc tasks quickly and securely from a non-personalized Windows desktop environment which is now available in preview.
- Microsoft Entra ID integration with WSL allows enterprise developers to access protected enterprise resources from a WSL distribution. It provides an automatic connection for Linux processes to use the underlying Windows authentication.
- Windows 11 has achieved a remarkable 3x reported reduction in firmware attacks and 2.9x fewer instances of credential theft compared to Windows 10. Windows 11 leverages the latest hardware security features like TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, to provide robust defense against sophisticated attacks. Microsoft is also introducing Recall for Copilot+ PCs that will be disabled by default, and IT will enable this feature through new policies; before it can be made available to employees for opting in.
- Windows 365 Link is now in preview and will become generally available for purchase in select markets starting April 2025. It enables desk-based users to work securely on a familiar Windows desktop in the Microsoft Cloud with responsive, high-fidelity experiences.
- With Windows 365, Microsoft extends Windows 11, Microsoft 365 and AI capabilities across any platform, making it easier for IT management to ensure they can minimize the impact on already stretched resources within their teams.
- Microsoft Vista 3.5 Silica a newly introduced API in the Windows Copilot Runtime (WCR) is optimized for sentiment analysis. It enables text intelligence capabilities like text summarization, text completion, and text prediction.
- Windows 11 empowers employees to achieve more with less effort through all-new AI experiences on Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11 on Copilot+ PCs, Windows is rearchitected in collaboration with OEM partners to optimize every layer of the stack for AI experiences.
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Windows comes to the Meta Quest
- Microsoft will bring the full capabilities of Windows 11 to the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December.
- Users will be able to access a local Windows PC or cloud instance of Windows via Windows 365.
- Supported apps in this new Windows modality extend into 3D space, enabled by Volumetric Apps.
- Developers can build plug-ins for new or existing 3D Windows desktop apps using the API provided.
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Ignite 2024: Transform your workday with the latest Edge for Business features
- Microsoft Edge for Business is an enterprise-level browser that can address the needs of IT and security professionals. It supports data loss prevention, unmanaged device support, and even generative AI controls. You can also deploy encrypted shared passwords, block Scareware, manage the browser's AI features, and keep all browser instances up-to-date. Microsoft Edge for Business respects usage rights restrictions on sensitive Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to enhance protections for editing, printing, and copying on the web. The browser also offers additional productivity tools such as vertical tabs, AI-generated themes, grouped tabs, and workspaces to help users stay organized.
- Microsoft Edge for Business comes pre-installed on Windows and can help you access corporate resources safely and securely across any device, anywhere. Edge for Business extends enterprise-grade protections from your Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 licenses, making it one of the most secure browsers. The Edge management service in the Microsoft 365 admin center offers a simple UI, AI controls, and organizational branding features, making management easier for even small businesses and those that want a guided experience.
- To promote productivity and efficiency, Microsoft is introducing new Edge for Business features, including customizable Group Policies in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse for managing and securing your customers' web browsers and a Scareware blocker that identifies and warns users of potential scams in real-time. Secure password deployment, one of the most important features for managing password security, will be available soon in preview in the Microsoft 365 Business Premium, E3, and E5 subscriptions.
- Managing shared passwords across different devices has always been a security risk. Secure password deployment in the Edge management service can help deploy encrypted shared passwords to all users, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and enhancing your entire organization's overall security posture.
- AI, while enhancing productivity, can be misused by unsanctioned AI use. The Edge Management service offers a comprehensive solution for overseeing AI in Edge for Business, from restricting access to public AI services to exerting precise control over Microsoft Copilot. Edge for Business offers an integrated Copilot experience with enterprise data protection that addresses data leakage and other AI security concerns.
- Edge for Business can assist you in managing security settings for the public and private use of AI features, including text prediction, AI-generated themes, and Copilot. Edge for Business now respects usage rights restrictions on sensitive Microsoft Office documents on the web, such as blocking screen captures, printing, and copying. Edge for Business also offers other productivity tools to help users stay organized with tab groups, workspaces, and vertical tabs.
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Microsoft customers share impact of generative AI
- Organizations across industries share real-world AI success stories at Microsoft Ignite, showcasing the latest innovation and product updates.
- Microsoft's AI has seen a usage increase from 55% in 2023 to 75% in 2024.
- For every $1 invested in generative AI, the ROI is $3.7x.
- Organizations like ABB Group, C.H. Robinson, and Lenaovo have already seen the benefits of Microsoft's Copilot and AI stack.
- Other organisations, such as Air India and Eaton, have followed suit and reaped the benefits of AI.
- Microsoft customers are utilising AI to enhance customer experience, accelerate R&D, streamline operations, and empower their employees.
- Generative AI has proven especially beneficial for improving sustainability, with ABB group seeing a 25% improvement and Air India experiencing financial savings.
- Microsoft is committed to making AI available broadly and responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more.
- Reports like IDC's predict worldwide spending on AI will reach $632 billion by 2028, cementing the platform shift towards AI.
- Microsoft's Ignite is an opportunity for companies to connect and share examples that showcase the impact of AI deployment, taking businesses forward into the digital future.
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Microsoft cranks up its AI infrastructure offerings with new VMs, cooling and power delivery tech
- Microsoft has unveiled a raft of new infrastructure advances and upgrades, seeking to provide the foundation for the next generation of artificial intelligence for everyone from start-ups to multinationals. The new infrastructure upgrades are geared to offer customers more options in power, performance and cost efficiency. Among the new developments is Nvidia's most eagerly awaited graphic processing unit: the Blackwell GPUs.
- The blackwell GPUs have started co-validation ahead of the launch of the Azure ND GB200 v6 virtual machine series, which will combine Nvidia GB200 NVL 72 with Quantum InfiniBand networking infrastructure. Microsoft is also introducing a number of customised security chips for enhanced key management and encryption in its data centres.
- Microsoft is also offering new silicon options, including new versions of the Azure Maia AI accelerators and the Azure Cobalt central processing units. Another option is Azure Boost DPU, Microsoft's first data processing unit designed to support data-centric workloads with high performance and low energy consumption.
- The company is also launching Azure HBv5, a new VM series that will be powered by AMD's new EPYC 9V64H processors designed for high performance computing workloads, offering seven terabytes per second of high bandwidth memory.
- Microsoft has developed a new “sidekick rack” heat exchanger unit for its existing data centres to help keep AI accelerator chips cool, and also developed a “disaggregated power rack” in collaboration with Meta Platforms, which delivers 400 volts of DC power to support up to 35% more AI accelerators per server rack. It also enables dynamic power adjustments for different kinds of AI workloads.
- Microsoft is expanding the availability of its Oracle Database@Azure service to a total of nine regions globally, and has introduced Azure Local, a cloud connected infrastructure offering designed to bring together the capabilities of the Azure Stack into a single, unified platform.
- The company also announced Windows Server 2025 is getting new features, including simplified upgrades, enhanced security and support for AI and machine learning. SQL Server 2025 is available in preview, with an enhanced database offering leveraging Azure Arch for cloud agility in any location, and supporting AI workloads with integrated AI application development tools.
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Microsoft to launch new custom chips for data processing, security
- Microsoft revealed new custom chips, including the Azure Boost DPU for data processing.
- The Azure Boost DPU is designed for efficient and low-power data-centric workloads on Azure cloud.
- Microsoft also introduced the Azure Integrated Hardware Security Module (HSM) for enhanced cloud security.
- The Azure Integrated HSM will be installed in every new server in Microsoft's datacenters starting next year.
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Microsoft beefs up Windows security with new recovery and patching features
- Microsoft is strengthening Windows security with new recovery and patching features.
- A new capability called Quick Machine Recovery will allow IT admins to remotely fix software issues on Windows machines that cannot boot.
- Microsoft is testing a way to let security products run outside of 'kernel mode,' addressing the root cause of the CrowdStrike outage in July.
- Other updates include the introduction of Administrator Protection and hot-patching, aiming to provide enhanced security and user experience.
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Ignite 2024: Why nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 now use Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 now use Microsoft 365 Copilot, which is a creation of AI technology.
- Microsoft Ignite is one annual event that reveals all the updates of Microsoft's technology for customers, partners, and developers to unleash the full potential.
- This year, about 80 new products and features are going to be announced, including new capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot and additions to the Copilot + AI stack, and new Copilot+ devices offerings.
- Microsoft is dedicated to the security of its products, and it has dedicated 34,000 engineers to focus on this. Moreover, it will introduce innovations that are rooted in our SFI principles.
- Boosting productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot Actions are now available in private preview, where anyone can automate everyday tasks with simple, fill-in-the-blank prompts.
- New agents in Microsoft 365 are designed to help scale individual impact and transform business process. For example, agents in SharePoint, Interpreter in Teams and The Employee Self-Service Agent.
- The Copilot stack empowers users to build more ambitious products by leveraging advanced technology at each layer of the stack. We are introducing Azure AI Foundry to create a unified experience where customers can design, customize and manage AI applications and agents.
- Microsoft is expanding its Cloud PC solution by introducing the first in a new class of devices purpose-built to connect securely to Windows 365 in seconds. Windows 365 Link is the simple, secure, purpose-built device for Windows 365.
- BlackRock, one of the world’s pre-eminent asset management firms, formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to move its Aladdin platform to Microsoft Azure. Today, about 60% of BlackRock’s Copilot user population is leveraging Copilot on a weekly basis.
- Attackers thinking in graphs cause wider damage from the first point of intrusion. Today’s Microsoft Security Exposure Management launch is a pivotal step in transforming cybersecurity with savvy data, AI-based strategies, and Microsoft graph data.
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Microsoft and Atom Computing will launch a commercial quantum computer in 2025
- Microsoft and Atom Computing have announced a breakthrough in quantum computing.
- They have entangled 24 logical qubits using neutral atoms held in place by lasers.
- The system can detect and correct for lost neutral atoms, a common issue in quantum computing.
- They plan to deliver commercial quantum computers with over 1,000 physical qubits in 2025.
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Microsoft brings together its enterprise AI offerings in the Azure AI Foundry
- Microsoft has announced the Azure AI Foundry, a new offering that brings together its enterprise AI services under one platform.
- Azure AI Studio serves as the management console and portal for the AI Foundry, providing a unified application platform.
- The Foundry includes Microsoft's model catalog, Azure AI tools, and a new Azure AI Foundry SDK for customization and management.
- The Azure AI Agent Service allows developers to automate business processes and will feature privacy and data security measures.
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