The pitch is that Microsoft will give developers as suite of AI services that they can use for applications.Build is touted as a developer event and it is to some degree.
But Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also uses the conference to outline a bit of vision. Microsoft Build Tools 2019 Software Buffet KnownMicrosofts big vision today revolves around cloud and Office 365, which is a part of the software buffet known as Microsoft 365. Nadellas keynote streamed on the Build 2019 website from Seattle. Build 2019 kicks off as Microsoft just reported strong earnings, commercial cloud momentum, and hybrid cloud strength. Cloud Microsoft Azure has been the lead dog for recent conferences from the software giant and Build 2019 wont be much different. In fact, Microsoft jumped the gun a bit ahead of Build 2019 with an announcement that it is making generally available the previously announced hardware-accelerated models running on its field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that are available in Azure. Microsofts Project BrainWave -- its project to use FPGAs to provide fast AI processing in Azure -- entered preview. Microsoft Build Tools 2019 Series Of AnnouncementsThose additions are followups to a series of announcements made last year at Build. The argument from Microsoft is that Azure can be an artificial intelligence and Internet of things engine. These tools can be the building blocks for new productivity experiences. So look for Microsoft to go all visionary to some degree in its core productivity market. Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan summed up the consensus view on Wall Street. Microsoft is investing heavily in AIIoT, which we view as important drivers of cloud demand over the next decade. Must read: Build 2019 Microsoft Builds its data story, in the cloud and at the edge Microsoft, Red Hat develop open-source service for auto-scaling serverless containers on Kubernetes Azure is the star, and Windows is a bit player Microsoft is readying AI-powered Azure digital inking services TechRepublic: Azure, Microsoft 365, GitHub: New services unveiled at Build 2019 How (and why) Microsoft is looking at freelance experts as its next big target for Office Microsoft Azure: A cheat sheet Microsoft Azure: Everything you need to know about Redmonds cloud service Artificial Intelligence The front end of Microsofts AI talks may revolve around bots. Based on recent coverage by Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft may even be a smidge obsessed with bots. As part of its Build announcements this year, Microsoft also is adding ONNX Runtime support for NVIDIA TensorRT and Intel nGraph for high-speed inferencing on NVIDIA and Intel processors. Microsoft Build Tools 2019 Code Approach ToMicrosoft is adding new features to its Azure Machine Learning Service to help developers more easily make high-quality models and to take a no-code approach to model creation and deployment using a new visual machine-learning interface. Microsoft is adding a new category of Cognitive Services its calling Decision to its stable of AI application programming interfaces which developers can add to their applications. The Decision category includes the previously announced Anomaly Detector API; Personalizer (which looks to be a rebranded version of the current Project Custom Decision cognitive service API); and Content Moderator. Also: Build 2019: Microsoft wants to help business users build customized digital assistants Simply put, Microsoft is likely to put a new spin on its conversational AI strategy. Cortana will be more business focused and the back-end services revolve around insights and decision support. Microsoft wants to help you build custom bots and assistants.
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