{"id":2350,"date":"2024-03-26T15:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T22:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/semantic-kernel\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T22:59:47","slug":"customer-case-study-accenture-and-semantic-kernel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/customer-case-study-accenture-and-semantic-kernel\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Case Study: Accenture and Semantic Kernel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-left\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1747663604760334589-accenture-azure-professional-services-en-ireland\" target=\"_blank\">Accenture Evolves its Data Analytics with Microsoft Semantic Kernel<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Below we&#8217;ve provided a brief overview of the Customer Story of Accenture. Check out the entire Accenture Customer Story featured here: <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1747663604760334589-accenture-azure-professional-services-en-ireland\">Accenture evolves its data analytics with Microsoft Fabric to calibrate the new &#8220;experience office&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Accenture created DEX, an AI-enhanced experience measurement framework. Leveraging Microsoft Fabric, DEX transforms data collection and analysis with AI, prioritizing user experience and productivity and allowing you to fine-tune your digital strategies to align with your workforce\u2019s needs and expectations. It\u2019s a shift towards a user-focused model that simplifies complexity and paves the way for better customer outcomes. Built and tested within Accenture itself, DEX is set to transform workplace dynamics in organizations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quantifying success through better enterprise data analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As one of the world&#8217;s largest professional services companies, Accenture is a leader in the current and evolving states of workplaces across the globe. Accenture has been working to help clients measure the efficiencies of remote, in-person, and hybrid work approaches. Accenture is at the forefront of helping companies measure what&#8217;s working, what isn&#8217;t, and the ways in which employees are navigating the numerous styles of workplaces, processes, and collaboration tools.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge is not the ability to accumulate data towards this goal, but rather in managing and mining insights from that data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reinventing workplaces by democratizing data and insights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accenture turned to longtime partner Microsoft to help realize the first generation of its new Digital Experience Measurement (DEX) Platform; a standardized system that quantifies six dimensions of an employee\u2019s experience within a company: usability, user adoption, sentiment, support, performance, and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>DEX uses\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-fabric\">Microsoft Fabric<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/semantic-kernel\/overview\/\">Microsoft Semantic Kernel<\/a>\u00a0with an open-source library. Microservices move data and responses using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/ai-services\/openai-service\">Microsoft Azure OpenAI<\/a>\u00a0to create an AI Large Language Model (LLM) on the back end.<\/p>\n<p>Fabric integrates an extensive array of datasets, pulling from diverse sources such as custom applications, data warehouses, and other disparate repositories, and consolidating them into a single, unified repository within Fabric\u2019s OneLake.<\/p>\n<p>Unlocking information from data had previously been a complex exercise &#8211; structuring data, then building custom tools to accomplish a defined set of anticipated needs. Mining the data required custom-built tools to parse and deliver a limited data set. This created a number of isolated data silos that continued to grow over time.<\/p>\n<p>DEX isn&#8217;t just about bringing data together; it&#8217;s about creating a unified, secure, integrated experience from end to end. Whether it&#8217;s visualization, developer interaction, or data analysis, Fabric simplifies the complexities for Accenture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Creating a seamless, connected digital experience that helps our people navigate across the expert knowledge at Accenture we believe will, in turn, have a positive correlation on customer satisfaction,&#8221; says Christensen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s where DEX is ultimately headed: getting the tools in the hands of the end users themselves,&#8221; says Tybor. &#8220;Our IT department can of take a step back and focus on enabling our business goals while ensuring we have a more secure and governed data estate\u2014ultimately enabling the businesses\u2019 strategic goals,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please reach out if you have any questions or feedback through our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/semantic-kernel\/discussions\/categories\/general\">Semantic Kernel GitHub Discussion Channel<\/a>. We look forward to hearing from you!\u00a0We would also love your support, if you\u2019ve enjoyed using Semantic Kernel, give us a star on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/semantic-kernel\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-left\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1747663604760334589-accenture-azure-professional-services-en-ireland\" target=\"_blank\">Accenture Evolves its Data Analytics with Microsoft Semantic Kernel<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below we&#8217;ve provided a brief overview of the Customer Story of Accenture. Check out the entire Accenture Customer Story featured here: Accenture evolves its data analytics with Microsoft Fabric to calibrate the new &#8220;experience office&#8221; Accenture created DEX, an AI-enhanced experience measurement framework. 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