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Power Platform and the AI Revolution

By : Aaron Guilmette
Book Image

Power Platform and the AI Revolution

By: Aaron Guilmette

Overview of this book

In this AI era, employing leading machine learning and AI models such as ChatGPT for responding to customer feedback and prototyping applications is crucial to drive business success in the competitive market. This book is an indispensable guide to integrating cutting-edge technology into business operations and leveraging AI to analyze sentiment at scale, helping free up valuable time to enhance customer relationships. Immerse yourself in the future of AI-enabled application development by working with Power Automate, Power Apps, and the new Copilot Studio. With this book, you’ll learn foundational AI concepts as you explore the extensive capabilities of the low-code Power Platform. You’ll see how Microsoft's advanced machine learning technologies can streamline common business tasks such as extracting key data elements from customer documents, reviewing customer emails, and validating passports and drivers’ licenses. The book also guides you in harnessing the power of generative AI to expedite tasks like creating executive summaries, building presentations, and analyzing resumes. You’ll build apps using natural language prompting and see how ChatGPT can be used to power chatbots in your organization. By the end of this book, you’ll have charted your path to developing your own reusable AI automation patterns to propel your business operations into the future.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Configuring solution prerequisites

Before you start the workflow configuration, you’ll need to set up a few prerequisites, such as Microsoft Teams, as well as a few SharePoint lists and a document library. Since all teams in Microsoft Teams include a SharePoint site, you can just leverage the SharePoint site component of that team—saving you (and your IT environment) from sprawl.

Creating a shared mailbox

Creating a shared mailbox is a relatively straightforward task. This mailbox is going to be used by candidates submitting their resumes. To configure a shared mailbox, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Microsoft 365 admin center (https://admin.microsoft.com).
  2. From the navigation menu, expand Teams & groups and select Shared mailboxes.
  3. Click Add a shared mailbox.
  4. Enter a Name value, such as resumes. Confirm the entry for the Email address and click Save changes.
  5. After the mailbox has been created, select Add members to your shared mailbox...