Microsoft Copilot for Azure Review
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In this blog post, I will review Microsoft Copilot for Azure and share my thoughts on the service.
What is Microsoft Copilot for Azure?
Microsoft Copilot for Azure is a service that uses OpenAI’s GPT-3 model to help build applications on Azure. According to Microsoft it is an AI companion that helps you design, operate, optimize, and troubleshoot your cloud infrastructure and services. Combining the power of cutting-edge large language models (LLMs) with the Azure Resource Model.
How Does It Work?
- Leverages large language model (LLM) and Azure control plane
- Answers questions
- Generates queries
- Performs tasks
- Makes recommendations*
Getting Started with Copilot
Users can sign up for the Microsoft Copilot for Azure preview program at the dedicated sign-up page for early access: https://aka.ms/MSCopilotforAzurePreviewRequest.
Once registered for the preview, you should be able to see it on the top right next to the cloudshell icon.
For a hands-on demonstration of these capabilities, visit the official Microsoft demo.
Limitations
- Ten questions per conversation (5 conversations per day per user)
- Some responses that use lists (Limit to top 5)
- Some tasks, and resource names won’t work; resource id required
- English only
- Cost management scope at subscription
- Limited number of skills
Conclusion
In my opinion, Microsoft Copilot sometimes takes a long time to query the resources. However, it has the potential to enhance cloud operations with AI, making tasks more efficient and accurate. It can provide insights, service health, deployments, recommendations, steps, commands, etc.
While it’s currently in the preview stage and not recommended for production workloads, Copilot for Azure can provide detailed insights into resource usage and spending. There is room for improvement, especially when it comes to Kusto Query Language (KQL) queries.
References
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/copilot/capabilities
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/copilot/limited-access
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/simplify-it-management-with-microsoft-copilot-for-azure-save/ba-p/3981106
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/copilot/overview