Microsoft Azure offers a powerful set of tools to develop AI solutions. Let’s take a closer look at the capabilities Azure provides for building and deploying AI-powered applications.
Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning is a cloud-based platform that lets you train predictive models from data and publish them as services. It offers:
- Automated machine learning for creating effective models quickly.
- Azure Machine Learning designer for no-code development.
- Data and compute management for scaling data experiments.
- Pipelines to orchestrate model training and deployment.
Data scientists and software engineers can use Azure Machine Learning to prepare data, run experiments, and deploy models as web services.
Azure Cognitive Services
Azure Cognitive Services are prebuilt AI capabilities that you can use to build intelligent applications. These services offer a range of capabilities:
- Language: Text analysis, translation, question answering.
- Speech: Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speaker recognition.
- Vision: Image analysis, object detection, facial analysis.
- Decision: Anomaly detection, content moderation.
Cognitive Services provide building blocks for creating sophisticated applications and also support Azure Applied AI Services that offer solutions for common AI scenarios.
Azure Bot Service
Bots are AI-powered agents for conversational interactions. The Azure Bot Service lets you develop bots for various channels, like web chat and email. You can use the Bot Framework SDK or the Bot Framework Composer for complex bot development.
Azure Cognitive Search
Azure Cognitive Search helps you index and search data from multiple sources. It supports text-based indexing and enrichment pipelines that use AI skills to enhance the index. This AI enrichment improves the search experience and provides insights for further analysis.
By leveraging these Azure capabilities, developers and AI engineers can create intelligent and impactful solutions that enhance user experiences and provide valuable insights from data.
