Today we're featuring a guest author, Akshay Kokane, who's a Software Engineer at Microsoft within the Azure CxP team. He's written an article we're sharing below, focused on a Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Powerful AI Monitoring Dashboard with Semantic Kernel and Azure Monitor: Master TokenUsage Metrics and Custom Metrics using SK Filters. We'l...

Today we're featuring KPMG on our Semantic Kernel blog for their work on Clara AI in KPMG. You can learn more about the solution here: KPMG Partnership with Microsoft's Semantic Kernel Here's a quote from KPMG on the partnership, "Microsoft and KPMG entered a strategic alliance to modernize the work of KPMG professionals. KPMG Clara AI de...

Today we're featuring Vyshag Vadakara and Prasanth Thekkelthody from Orion Innovation and a recent article Vyshag published focused on Orion's usage of Microsoft Semantic Kernel. The article is linked here: Discover the Magic of Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel Arguments.   Getting Started The article highlights the benefits of using Semantic ...

Today we're featuring an AI Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) who's been developing content on Semantic Kernel. We wanted to highlight Jamie Maguire's work and detail the multi-part blog below. Here's the link to his course: New Course: Understanding Semantic Kernel – Jamie Maguire https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2024/08/03/new-free-...

We're excited to feature the SimCorp team on the Semantic Kernel blog today. The SimCorp team will discuss their AI journey and how they’ve integrated Semantic Kernel to build out their AI solutions. Let’s dive into the details from the SimCorp team! SimCorp Background: SimCorp was founded in 1971 and has continuously innovated to create an i...

Hello, everyone! AI planning is a powerful tool that allows to generate and execute complex workflows in applications based on specified goal. In Semantic Kernel, it's possible to implement planning logic using FunctionCallingStepwisePlanner class. Today we want to introduce a new way how to achieve the same results by using Automatic Function C...

Hello! We are delighted to make an announcement regarding the availability of Azure AI Inference within Semantic Kernel (Python). This latest AI connector empowers you to experiment with a broader range of models hosted on Azure within your applications.   The Sample Application: Evaluating LLMs Here is the location of the full sample....

  Introducing Function Choice Behavior Today, we're excited to introduce the Function Choice Behavior, an enhancement over the existing Function Call Behavior. This new feature streamlines configuration and supports specifying multiple required functions, simplifying code and enhancing functionality. One significant advantage of Function ...

Today we're thrilled to feature the preezie team on the Semantic Kernel blog. The preezie team will discuss their AI journey, how they've integrated the Semantic Kernel SDK to build out their AI solutions and advice they'd give to other customers getting started on their AI journeys. We've broken each question for the preezie team into short interv...

Today we're excited to announce the updated documentation on the Semantic Kernel learn site here: Introduction to Semantic Kernel | Microsoft Learn. We've updated the docs to include in depth samples, updated pages focused on concepts and much more for your learning! Key Enhancements: We've updated the table of contents and layout of the lear...