Do you also struggle with converting time zones into your local time? I do, and most of the time, I use tools to help me with this kind of problem. But did you know that you can treat converting time zones also as a language problem? Today, I will show you an example of how I use Azure OpenAI to master this challenge for me. I let the AI convert appointment proposals from an email into my own time zone….
In one of my last blog post I outlined the use case of generating meeting minutes from a meeting protocol. Furthermore, I have shown how I tested my concept in a simple way and then designed a solution. For the sake of simplicity, I have not yet explained the technical part of creating the meeting minutes. This means, I will share this time more details about my Meeting Minutes API in Microsoft Azure with you. Before I start, I select…
Will the development of new AI applications within the Microsoft ecosystem become easier in the future? That’s a good question, because Azure AI Studio is currently in preview. The documentation and marketing videos are promising a lot. But what’s behind the scenes? That’s why I’m writing this blog post to share my first impressions with you. Benefits of Azure AI Studio Ok, let me start and answer an important question: Why should I use Azure AI Studio? Microsoft docs says…
Today I will share another example where I utilize Generative AI with you. Although the story is explained quite quickly. Documenting meeting minutes can be a tedious task, especially when I am an active participant. However, the outcome of the meeting is crucial as I need to share the action items and results with my colleagues. What if I had a buddy who could do this task for me? Right, I use my Generative AI for this. In other words,…
Generative AI can do a lot for me. Today I’ll share a common example with you where I use my Microsoft OpenAI chatbot to simplify my life. My common example is, I need demo data and my AI Assistant will help me to setup this data in seconds. Moreover, I will use my own copilot that I deployed some weeks ago as an Azure Web Application (read more: Using Azure OpenAI in Business). In detail, I need an excel file…
My SharePoint documents are already integrated in Azure AI Search (Azure Cognitive Search). I explained the setup in my last blog post. In detail, I created a Search Index for my SharePoint site which contains some of my conference presentations (PPTX) and handouts (PDF) files. I realized during testing; Azure OpenAI can access the information by using Azure AI Search as a retriever tool with some limitations. But I haven’t added embedding vector or similarity search in Azure AI Search….
In my last blog post, I explained how I use a Power Automate Flow to add my documents to Azure Cognitive Search. In detail, I copied selected files to my central Azure Blob Storage. This is not the best solution, but it outlines the possibilities of Automation in combination with Azure Cognitive Search. This time I show you, how I index my documents from SharePoint directly with Azure Cognitive Search. Right, I don’t copy my files to another storage. Now,…
Last time I explained, how I added a data source to Azure Open AI by using Azure Cognitive Search (read more). This was strait forward because I uploaded my documents directly to my Azure Blob Storage. Furthermore, Azure Blob storage is a supported data source for Azure Cognitive Search. Now, the question arises: How can I streamline this process? How can I automatically upload new documents to Azure Cognitive Search? In detail, I aim to automate the storage of new…
Today I’m going to introduce you to a new feature of Azure OpenAI. I will explain how you can give more business context to your AI chat solution. Let’s say I can ask Azure OpenAI, “Do we have a discount agreement with the vendor XYZ?” and my AI gives me the right answer based on my contracts stored as files. Right, I will show you how easy I configure a Data Source for my Azure OpenAI. As result my AI…
In my opinion is ChatGPT from OpenAI a definitely disrupting technology of these times. In detail, having its own AI assistant, which can understand and generate human-like text, opens a whole new realm of possibilities to me. I use my Intelligent Assistant in various fields, such as research, writing, and personal productivity. When exploring new technologies, for example, AI helps me understand complex concepts. What’s special is that ChatGPT can generate these explanations in a language I can understand based…