Local-first AI

Concept

Running AI models and agents on the user's device so data stays local, which can simplify compliance and reduce cloud costs.

Sessions on this topic (4)

• Cloud to Device: Local-First AI Agents as a new Compliance Strategy? · Ragnar Heil · M365Con 2027
• Foundry Local: Building and Running AI on Your Own Machine · Håkan Silfvernagel · M365Con 2027
• Cloud to Device: Local-First AI Agents as a new Compliance Strategy? · Ragnar Heil · M365Con 2027
• Foundry Local: Building and Running AI on Your Own Machine · Håkan Silfvernagel · M365Con 2027

Glossary

Related topics in brief

• Foundry Local · Related to · Product
  Runtime and CLI for running AI models locally on a PC or device with an OpenAI-compatible API, without sending data to the cloud.
• Compliance · Related to · Concept
  Meeting legal, regulatory and internal requirements, for example for data protection and records retention.
• AI agent · Related to · Concept
  A software system that uses an AI model to pursue a goal on its own: it plans steps, calls tools or APIs, reads data and acts, often with a human approving critical steps. Agents go beyond chatbots because they take actions, not just answer questions.
• GDPR · Related to · Concept
  The EU General Data Protection Regulation governing how personal data may be processed.
• Håkan Silfvernagel · Related to · Person
  Håkan Silfvernagel is a speaker at M365Con 2027 (Principal AI Architect at Forte) with 1 session.
• Ragnar Heil · Related to · Person
  Ragnar Heil is a speaker at M365Con 2026 and M365Con DACH 2026 and M365Con 2027 (Microsoft MVP at HanseVision) with 3 sessions.

Experts and companies for this topic

Nobody has listed this topic yet. Add it to your profile.