{"product_id":"9798868827297","title":"The Microsoft AI Insider’s Playbook: Your Guide to Cloud Strategy and Digital Transformation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Microsoft AI Insider’s Playbook: Your Guide to Cloud Strategy and Digital Transformation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMukherjee, Krishna C.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eMost books on Microsoft AI explain what the tools do. This one explains why they were built that way—and how to use that knowledge to your advantage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eKrishna C. Mukherjee is a pioneering Microsoft technologist whose teams shipped the intelligent assistance features now used by hundreds of millions of people, including AutoCorrect, AutoFormat, and the spelling and grammar checkers in Microsoft Office. He architected the Intelligent Filing Manager, an AI-driven compliance system whose declarative, service-oriented design foreshadowed patterns that would later become common in SaaS platforms. He led the creation of the Bloomberg Valuation Service, applying predictive analytics to millions of financial instruments across asset classes. His career spans mainframes, personal computing, and the current era of cloud computing and AI, with a consistent focus on turning advanced capabilities into practical enterprise tools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eTracing the evolution from Microsoft’s early innovations to the intelligent enterprise, the book shows how usability, scalability, and automation shaped the modern platform. It then moves into practice: Agile delivery and efficient process design; Azure, SaaS, and strategic cloud–AI architecture; Azure AI Services; the Copilot ecosystem; and the Power Platform—all grounded in real patterns, case studies, and lessons from finance, health care, retail, and legal services.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThe result is a clear, experience-driven guide to building modern cloud–AI systems—connecting Microsoft’s platform decisions with the systems you are building today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eArchitect and implement Azure AI Services (now Foundry Tools), including Azure OpenAI Service, Speech, Language, Vision, and Document Intelligence, to build enterprise-grade conversational AI and virtual assistants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eApply reference patterns for data pipelines, retrieval-augmented applications, model serving, and SaaS integration, while balancing latency, reliability, quality, and cost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eMap business processes, assess data readiness, quantify impact, and prioritize a staged roadmap from proof of concept to production\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eDesign cloud–AI architectures that balance performance, cost, and governance from the outset\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eGovern AI deployments in practice, covering security, privacy, compliance, monitoring, drift detection, incident response, and cost control\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eWho This Book Is For \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEnterprise and cloud architects, Azure practitioners, and data and machine learning leaders responsible for planning or executing AI-driven digital transformation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Apress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-07-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9798868827297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 383\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46630693404812,"sku":"9798868827297","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9798868827297.jpg?v=1779973610","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798868827297","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}