Microsoft has announced more than 90 new services and updates including Mesh for Teams, Microsoft Loop and the Azure OpenAI Service, among others that highlight the organization’s commitment to addressing the trends and exploring breakthrough ways of connecting people, organizations, and ideas in the increasingly digital world.
This was announced at the Microsoft Ignite 2021, a worldwide event that brings together over 100,000 executives to experience the company’s latest and greatest technologies while also receiving a sneak peek at upcoming products and services that will be available in the future.
“Microsoft Ignite is an opportunity for us to show the results of our efforts across a wide spectrum of products in several key trends including how to optimize for the new world of hybrid work, how to help customers build a hyperconnected business, how every business can become a digital business and how to protect everything with end-to-end security,” said Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO.
Here’s a breakdown of some of the new updates:
Mesh for Teams
As part of these updates, starting next year, you will be able to join a Microsoft Teams meeting ‘physically’ using a personalized avatar that looks like you. This innovation, named Mesh for Teams, is intended to make online meetings more personal, engaging, and exciting for anyone using anything from basic smartphones and laptops to mixed-reality headsets.
Azure OpenAI Service
The Azure OpenAI Service, which initially will be available by invitation only will give customers access to OpenAI’s powerful models in addition to the security, reliability,compliance, data privacy and other enterprise-grade capabilities built into Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft also is offering Azure OpenAI Service customers tools to ensure outputs the models provide are business-appropriate and we are monitoring how people are employing the technology to assure it is being used correctly.
Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop is a new app that moves freely across applications, enabling teams to think, plan and create together. You can organize everything you need for your project – files, links and data from other apps – into a single workspace. It is easy to use portable components to complete work in chat, meetings or documents, knowing that the content always stays in sync.
To read more on these updates, please visit: Microsoft Ignite – November 2021
