10 Microsoft Ignite sessions you don't want to miss

Microsoft Ignite is running on 15th and 16th November in a hybrid format. Here are my top 10 sessions for Data and AI enthusiasts to attend virtually - in no particular order and not including the keynotes.

1. Make your data AI ready with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks

2. Learn Live: Train & track ML models with MLflow in Microsoft Fabric

3. Vector Search: Retrieval Augmented Generation and Generative AI Apps

4. Build your own Copilot with Azure AI Studio

5. Evaluating and Designing Responsible AI Systems for The Real World

6. Revolutionize the way you develop conversational AI

7. Learn Live: Build an AI-enabled chat w/ Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB

8. Build ISV apps with Microsoft Fabric in the Intelligent Data Platform

9. Build and manage enterprise scale data warehouses in Microsoft Fabric

10. Upgrading your data estate to Microsoft Fabric and getting started Q&A

Looking at above I have a couple of themes in my 'watching':

• I know my data and its readiness for AI is a core topic before I continue diving into how to create AI apps

• I need to get up to date with RAG and co-pilot apps understanding similarities and differences how to build quality ones

• Building AI into apps like chat experiences but being able to manage the full end-to-end architecture

• Then I feel like if you are a start-up or a smaller business 8-10 are key sessions for understanding Microsoft's data platform offerings.

Interested in your choices let me know in the comments - anything I missed you would recommend watching on 'catch-up'?