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How are you all doing this week?
In this edition of On The Pulse, we’ll discuss some exciting updates, including Copilot for Clarity, that can boost website engagement analytics, and a new automation update for Microsoft Loop that triggers a flow whenever a column changes!
This week’s topics also include:
Copilot for Security’s new Azure Firewall integration.
Teams update that allows users to annotate screen shares after a meeting.
Microsoft’s own AI model that could replace its reliance on OpenAI.
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🤖 Microsoft Clarity Gets a Copilot Upgrade!
Microsoft Clarity is a free and powerful website analytics tool, which has been given a huge Copilot upgrade that could transform how website owners understand user activity.
Full Story and Our Insights:
Microsoft Clarity provides website owners recordings of user activity on their webpages. These session replays help establish how users interact with the site structure, where they become stuck, and when they leave the funnel.
The problem with this approach is that it takes website owners hours to pour over the information.
That’s where Microsoft Copilot steps in!
By integrating Copilot’s AI capabilities within Microsoft Clarity, website owners can quickly analyze user activity recordings, and better understand how users interact within webpages.
This Copilot upgrade is important, as understanding where and when users lose focus on a webpage can enable web developers to enhance the flow of their sales funnel, ultimately leading to improved user engagement and conversion rates.
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🛡️ Copilot for Security Now Integrates with Azure Firewall
Microsoft has made significant strides in network security by integrating Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Azure Firewall into Microsoft Copilot for Security. With Copilot, users can quickly analyze vast amounts of data, gaining actionable insights to improve threat detection and response capabilities.
Full Story and Our Insights:
With cyber threats becoming increasingly sophisticated, organizations face mounting pressure to safeguard their networks and data assets. But with traditional security measures failing to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape, security teams are being pushed towards innovative AI solutions.
Microsoft's Copilot for Security is a prime example of such innovation. By combining global threat intelligence, industry best practices, and organizations' security data, Copilot equips security teams with tailored insights to combat cyber threats.
The incorporation of Azure WAF and Azure Firewall integrations further enhances Copilot's capabilities, enabling seamless triage and investigation of security threats at machine speeds.
Azure WAF and Azure Firewall are vital components of Azure network security, defending against various threats. However, the sheer data volume they generate poses challenges for analysts, leading to time-consuming manual analysis and skill shortages.
Copilot's integration addresses these issues, automating tasks and enabling analysts to focus on strategic initiatives. Its natural language interface fosters team collaboration, while specific integrations like Azure WAF streamline security analysis.
Overall, this advancement in Azure network security is important as it promises enhanced threat mitigation and asset protection through the power of AI.
📊 Microsoft Snubs OpenAI by Developing its own AI Model
Microsoft is developing its own Large Language Model (LLM), dubbed MAI-1. This marks a significant departure from its reliance on OpenAI's models, raising questions about the future of their collaboration.
Full Story and Our Insights:
Microsoft is venturing into artificial intelligence with its own in-house Large Language Model, dubbed MAI-1, which could replace or work alongside OpenAI as the engine behind Microsoft Copilot.
The decision to develop MAI-1 may underscore Microsoft's pursuit of greater autonomy and control over its AI technology.
Recent hires, such as Mustafa Suleyman, former Google AI chief, further highlight Microsoft's commitment to innovation in the AI space.
By investing in its own AI models, Microsoft is prompting speculation about the future of its collaboration with OpenAI, particularly regarding the use of GPT-4 in products like Microsoft Copilot.
The implications of Microsoft's decision are vast. Building MAI-1 grants Microsoft greater control over its AI technology stack, potentially enhancing performance, customization, and integration across its applications.
🛠️ Teams Update Allows Users to Annotate Screen Shares After a Meeting
Microsoft Teams is rolling out a new feature this month that will allow meeting participants who share their screen to save collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard. This will enable all participants to revisit the content and continue collaborating after the meeting.
Full Story and Our Insights:
Microsoft Teams already allows meeting participants to collectively annotate shared screens. This function is powered by Microsoft Whiteboard and is designed to boost engagement and improve collaboration.
This feature gives Presenters the ability to enable annotations after sharing their screen, allowing everyone in the meeting to draw, add notes, react, highlight text, and draw directly on the shared content in real-time.
But this month, Microsoft are updating this feature to allow Presenters to save content with collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard. This functionality allows all meeting participants to revisit annotated content and continue collaborating even after the meeting concludes.
This update is important as it brings a new level of interactivity and engagement to meetings, enabling team members to continue the collaboration even after the meeting has ended.
🕟 HOW TO AUTOMATE TABLES LIKE A BOSS WITH MICROSOFT LOOP
A recent update to Microsoft Loop allows users to automate tables whenever a column changes.
This update is currently in preview, and may change considerably in the coming months. However, there are currently four automations to choose from whenever a column changes:
Send an email
Send a Teams chat message
Send a Teams group chat message
Send a Teams channel message
To start using this feature, please follow these steps:
Head to Microsoft Loop.
Type /table and hit enter (this works with all tables, including progress trackers).
In this example, we’ve added a column for tasks, and a column containing a “Progress” label.Click the rules icon located above the table.
In the popup, select a “Column.”
Click “Becomes” and choose “Equals.”
Enter or select a value. The automation will trigger whenever the column changes to this value.
Choose an automation.
Then click “Continue.”
Depending on the automation you choose, you’ll be asked to specify which chat, channel, or email to send to.
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✅ WRAPPING UP!
That’s all for this edition of On The Pulse.
Thanks for reading and see you soon! 👋