machine learning

Machine Learning is not the next big thing, but the current hot topic, which is the main focus of every tech giant today. Even though this technology is so much in demand, learning and experimenting with this technology needs a lot of expertise. So, to simplify things, Microsoft has announced that it is going to launch three new services to help people try their hands on machine learning and learn it better.

“There is a category of AI practitioners, who are learning machine learning concepts, they want to make their own models, but they are not coders. This could be IT professionals or folks with a background in statistics or mathematics. For those customers, we’re offering experiences to make models visually.” said Microsoft’s director of artificial intelligence Bharat Sandhu.

Those new services will be the enhancements to Azure Machine Learning. The Azure Machine Learning lets the users create AI architectures for cloud-hosted and on-premises apps. With the new services, Azure MI will now make the process of model creation more simpler, providing the users with a simple drag and drop visual MI dashboard, from which they can customize their MI program.

The new services that the company will be launching include an interface, which will be responsible to automate the process of model creation. This way the developers do not have to write even a single line of code. The company has also added new algorithms and optimizations to the platform, that will help in creating more accurate models. These algorithms are transparent to the users, and they can even manually write the codes for the same.

Along with the ML services, the company will also be adding new capabilities for AI, IoT, blockchain and edge computing to the Azure cloud platform. The AI Azure Cognitive Services will enable the application to make decisions, see, hear, translate, and reason. In addition to that, the company will also be including the AI features to the Azure Search.

Microsoft has also announced to add a new SQL engine, i.e. Azure SQL Database Edge, having built-in AI features, to handle the computing and database management tasks, intelligently. On the other hand, the new IoT Plug and Play feature will allow the developers to connect IoT devices directly to the cloud, eliminating the need to write the code for the peripherals.

Along with all these services, Microsoft also announced an Azure Blockchain Service, Unreal Engine, and a HoloLens 2 Developer Bundle. The company has not commented on when those services will be available for use. But since it has made all these announcements ahead of its Build developer conference in Seattle, Washington next week, the company might be planning of announcing the launch date at the event.