EdTech Insight – Get Copilot responses based on your own files (no copy/paste)

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The integration of Copilot with Microsoft 365 apps marks a significant advancement in digital tool assistance within the workplace, empowering users to seamlessly utilize generative AI for tasks such as creating presentations,...

EdTech Insight – Announcing support of OCI v1.1 specification in Azure Container Registry

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The Open Container Initiative (OCI) community has launched the OCI Image spec v1.1.0 and Distribution spec v1.1.0. Azure Container Registry (ACR) now supports these specs which provide a robust platform for the management of OCI...

EdTech Insight – Upgrade to Azure Synapse runtimes for Apache Spark 3.4 & previous runtimes deprecation

by EdTechMate | Jun 27, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The education technology sector is witnessing a significant transformation with the roll-out of the Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4. This update not only advances Apache Spark to version 3.4 and Delta Lake to version 2.4...

EdTech Insight – Azure Sphere – Image signing certificate update coming soon

by EdTechMate | Jun 27, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Azure Sphere has initiated an update to their image signing keys following security best practices. This operation involves a rotation of public/private keys to strengthen the trustworthiness of software images every few years. Azure...

EdTech Insight – Shift your work habits: Delegate your to-do list to Copilot

by EdTechMate | Jun 27, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points In the evolving landscape of global higher education, digital transformation is a key catalyst for change. Microsoft’s Copilot, an AI-driven platform, exemplifies innovation in AI-assisted work structuring. Copilot simplifies...

EdTech Insight – AI Success Depends on Tackling “Process Debt”

by EdTechMate | Jun 27, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The Harvard Business Review article “AI Success Depends on Tackling ‘Process Debt'” argues for the necessity of addressing ‘process debt’ — outdated, siloed, and disconnected workflows — as a critical...