Advanced Analytics Using AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming businesses across various industries rapidly. Especially with the surge in popularity of large language models such as ChatGPT, AI adoption is increasing exponentially. Microsoft Azure provides a wide range of AI services to help organizations build powerful AI solutions. In this chapter, we will explore the different AI services available on Azure, as well as the roles involved in building AI solutions, and the steps required to design, develop, and deploy AI models on Azure.

Specifically, we will cover the following:

• The different roles involved in building AI solutions
• The questions a data architect should ask when designing an AI solution
• An overview of Azure’s AI services, including Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure OpenAI Service
• An introduction to the concept of MLOps
• A reference architecture for batch and real-time scoring on Azure

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