MLSA Info Session for freshers What is MLSA

MLSA Session

1. Introduction to the MLSA Program & using Azure AI Services

2. Agenda: Introduction to the MLSA Community How to become a MLSA Introduction to the Azure AI Service

3. What is a Community? Belonging Collaboration Learning

4. Joins college Highly motivated Open to explore many techs But only relies on college Didn’t explore any community Starts feeling isolated during his learning journey In the end, the motivation dries up Still struggling to find his passion and opportunities Joins college Highly motivated Open to explore many techs Explores many tech communities Made connections to many professionals Understands his likings and passions Contributes to many projects Creates his personal branding Now, opportunities come to him.

5. Why join a Community? To explore your interests and try various techs To understand your passion To make connections Building in public In a community, it’s not about being better than someone else—it’s about being better together. Everyone lifts each other up.

6.  Application Process​ Step 1 : Visit MVP Communities (microsoft.com) and sign in with your Microsoft Account Step 2 : Click on Get Started and fill out the registration form. Step 3: In your email, you’ll get an invitation to the MLSA Discord server. Step 4: Complete on of the tasks and you’ll be onboarded in a quarterly basis.

7.  Application Process​

8. Benefits of being a MLSA Free LinkedIn Learning Access to Microsoft Learn Contents Monthly $150 Azure Credits Making strong connections with Microsoft Professionals Making connections all over the globe Get a letter of recommendation from Microsoft Being featured on official Microsoft Blog And many more !

9. Microsoft Azure Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, offering a wide range of services, from hosting applications to storing data, and enabling AI and machine learning solutions. Key Benefit: Azure provides a scalable, secure, and flexible infrastructure to build and deploy applications globally.

10. Azure AI Services

11. Azure AI Speech

12. Let’s create a resource using Azure Speech Studio

13. Let’s See it in Action You can utilise other Azure Speech Services as well to make an interactive assistant For now, let’s see a use case.

14. Quiz Time