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At Microsoft, we’re committed to supporting critical government needs with the latest advances in AI.

That’s why we’re making it easy to get started, debunking common myths, and empowering agency leaders to revolutionize operations and tackle societal challenges.

AI holds the potential to revolutionize government agency operations, empower the public sector workforce and uncover insights for solving some of our biggest societal challenges. However, reservations and concerns about AI persist–often rooted in misconceptions about the technology.

Download our new guide to demystifying government AI & discover eight myths about AI, along with the surprising reality of each.

• DOWNLOAD: eBook, “Demystifying government AI: Debunking the top eight myths”
  https://www.govexec.com/assets/demystifying-government-ai-debunking-top-eight-myt/portal/

GETTING OPENAI IN AZURE GOVERNMENT:
If you’re ready to take the next step, request access to Azure OpenAI Service available in Azure Government cloud:

• FORM: Request access to Azure OpenAI Service for Azure Government Cloud
  https://smt.microsoft.com/en-US/AOAIforAzureGovCloud-accessform/

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Our newest certification, the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification, validates a candidate’s subject matter expertise in designing, creating, and deploying enterprise-scale data analytics solutions, transforming data into reusable analytics assets.

The associated Exam DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric, now in beta, measures a candidate’s ability to plan, implement, and manage a solution for data analytics; prepare and serve data; implement and manage semantic models; and explore and analyze data. Data analysts and data engineers pursuing this certification work with Fabric components, such as lakehouses, data warehouses, notebooks, pipelines, and more. Plus, they implement best practices in Fabric, including version control and deployment.

Get all the details in Validate your skills with our new certification for Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineers.

Find out how Microsoft Defender XDR differs from other security tools by taking a holistic, simplified approach to cyberthreat protection across multiple domains. Read Microsoft Defender XDR: The solution to modern cyberattacks to learn how to provide your security operations team with a complete view of the cyberattack chain along with faster and more effective detection and response capabilities.

Get the e-book to:

• Understand how Defender XDR addresses evolving cybersecurity challenges.
• Learn how using a unified security operations platform—with the combined power of extended detection and response (XDR) and security information and event management (SIEM)—delivers visibility and protection across the entire digital estate.
• See how Defender XDR works, including incident-level investigations, automatic attack disruption, and generative AI capabilities.

Download the eBook here:

• DOWNLOAD: Microsoft Defender XDR: The solution to modern cyberattacks (.PDF)
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-defender-xdr-innovation-ebook.html?LCID=EN-US

The On-Demand Instructor-led Training (ILT) video series offers learners flexibility and control over their learning experience, with easy access to specific course modules and topics. This fast, video-based experience makes it easier for learners around the world to cover content at their own pace.

We have more than 250 videos available, and they’re filterable by roles, topics, and experience level. We regularly add to these offerings to help your learners take courses covering the latest technologies and Microsoft Credentials. Recent additions include videos for:

• Generative AI Fundamentals
• Course AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
• Course PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Analyst
• Course MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals

Learners can check the On-Demand Instructor-led Training listings for the most recent videos to support their learning journeys.

To help Decision Makers understand the use cases & value of Microsoft Fabric, we’ve published 3 distinct eBooks:

• Volume 1: Microsoft Fabric: The Essential Guide for Decision Makers
• Volume 2: Gain a competitive edge with AI automation in Microsoft Fabric
• Volume 3: Manage and Govern Your Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview

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Volume 1: Microsoft Fabric: The Essential Guide for Decision Makers

Discover how to get more value from your data, break down data silos, and make data more accessible. Read the e-book Microsoft Fabric: The Essential Guide for Decision Makers to see how to use your data to generate holistic insights and drive digital transformation for your organization.

Learn how to:

• Improve productivity and collaboration by streamlining data integration, code writing, insight discovery, and report creation.
• Break down data silos with data lakehouses that combine the performance of a data warehouse with the cost efficiency and scalability of a data lake.
• Enhance data security by unifying data with centralized administration and robust security measures.
• Scale your data analytics to maximize efficiency and minimize costs with flexible pricing models.

Get volume 1 here:

• DOWNLOAD: Microsoft Fabric: The Essential Guide for Decision Makers (Microsoft Fabric eBook series volume 1)
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-microsoft-fabric-the-essential-guide-for-dms.html?lcid=en-us

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Volume 2: Gain a competitive edge with AI automation in Microsoft Fabric

Learn how your organization can unify its data to increase its value and create a solid foundation for AI-driven business intelligence using Microsoft Fabric.

Get the e-book Modern Analytics: A Foundation to Sustained AI Success and learn about opportunities to use AI automation in Fabric to:

• Reduce your team’s learning curve and speed the adoption of AI by using Microsoft Copilot to generate code, build machine learning models, and create data pipelines with simple, everyday language.
• Extract more value from your data with data science projects.
• Enable data teams to access insights and make more timely business decisions.

Get volume 2 here:

• DOWNLOAD: Modern Analytics: A foundation to Sustained AI Success (Microsoft Fabric eBook series volume 2)
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-modern-analytics-is-the-foundation-to-sustained-ai-success.html

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Volume 3: Manage and Govern Your Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview

Discover how to navigate complex governance, compliance, and operational scenarios to improve your data security. Read the e-book Manage and Govern Your Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview to see how to democratize data and insights by improving your organization’s data management and security practices.

Learn how to:

• Implement an agile, intuitive, and modern approach to effective data governance.
• Optimize operations and fortify data security by strengthening your organization’s data governance framework with advanced security, compliance, and governance functionalities.
• Use Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview together to govern your entire data estate.

Get volume 3 here:

• DOWNLOAD: Manage and Govern Your Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Fabric eBook series volume 3)
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-manage-and-govern-your-data-with-ms-fabric-and-ms-purview.html

Get future-ready and protect your VMware workloads by migrating them to Azure. Read the e-book, The Ultimate Guide to VMware Migration and Modernization on Azure, to get a comprehensive view of migration options available through Azure, like:

• Lift-and-shift migration using Azure VMWare Solution, which allows you to quickly move workloads and keep using familiar VMware tools.
• Direct deployment from VMware on to Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
• A combination of direct and lift-and-shift migration, which enables you to securely move workloads between environments with built-in security features like identity and access management.

Regardless of which option you choose, you’ll immediately gain the enhanced security, improved resiliency, and scalability of Azure.

• DOWNLOAD: eBook, “The Ultimate Guide to VMware Migration & Modernization on Azure”
  https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-the-ultimate-guide-to-vmware-mig-and-mod-on-azure.html

Introducing Copilot L33T Sp34k—a new webinar series for experienced security professionals focused on generative AI.

The first episode launches on March 5. Cloud Security Advocate, Sarah Young, talks to Luis Vargas, Microsoft VP of AI, about Microsoft’s vision for AI, top of mind for leaders in the AI security space and the security controls that the Azure Open AI platform offers to users.

• Date/Time:
  March 05, 2024 9:00 AM – 9:30AM (PT)
• Registration:
  Copilot L33T Sp34k – “CTO AI Security Perspective” (CPT001EXT)
  https://learning.eventbuilder.com/event/81945?source=CopilotL33tSp34kSeries