Semantic Kernel for Azure AI Developers: What is it and why should I care?

If you are interested in creating amazing AI applications with Azure, you don't want to miss this month's event! We will cover:

• How to leverage the power of Azure OpenAI service, Azure AI Search and the Semantic Kernel SDK to build your own Copilot-like apps
• Discover how to apply the RAG (Retrieval, Augment and Generate) pattern to generate high-quality content from various sources
• What is "Semantic Kernel" and to use it's plugins to manage AI calls efficiently
• What is "Semantic Kernel planner" and how you can use it to orchestrate complex AI workflows

We will cover the same techniques that many Azure customers have already used to create their own Copilot applications!

Your speaker tonight is Jordan Bean, Sr Technical Specialist in App Innovation at Microsoft. Jordan is based in Houston and will be presenting in-person!

Agenda

• 5:30pm Food served, pre-Meetup chit-chat for those in-person
• 6:00pm Meetup Starts: Welcome, Introductions, Announcements
• 6:15pm Symantec Kernal for Azure AI Developers
• 7:30pm Q&A
• 8:00pm Conclude

Food and soft drinks will be served at ~5:30pm on the 10th floor - we will kick off the discussion there ~6pm after everyone has had a chance to eat, meet anyone else you'd like to and have a chat :-). Feel free to start arriving from 5pm on if you are nearby. PLEASE RSVP so we have an accurate food count.

PARKING: For free parking please park across the street on the third and fourth floors of the parking garage at 12711 Queensbury; parking in the Microsoft building is not free

In-person: 750 Town and Country Blvd #1000 · Houston, TX
Virtual Live-Stream: Click here to join the meeting
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonAzureUserGroup