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Ontology

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A formal set of shared definitions for a domain that specifies the types of things and the relationships that may connect them, so that people and systems interpret data the same way.

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The Death of the Chatbot

2026-07-29 · Video on YouTube

Many organizations celebrate early Copilot and chatbot wins, then discover agents borrowing human identities, calling models directly and running long after their projects ended. This episode is for architects, IT and governance leaders who want to scale AI…

Microsoft Cowork IQ Knowledge Graph Architecture

2026-05-29 · Video on YouTube

In this episode of the Microsoft 365-focused podcast from m365.fm, the discussion explores how organizations can implement intelligent knowledge graph architectures to support modern hybrid work environments. The episode examines how Microsoft technologies…

Connectivity Is Not Integration — Why Your Connected…

2026-10-06

A packaging machine stops, every system is connected, and still nobody can say which customer shipment is at risk. This episode is for manufacturing IT/OT architects and data teams who have invested in connectivity but still answer key questions with phone…

What Is an Industrial Data Model

2026-10-08

A factory can collect mountains of data and still struggle to answer what a single machine stop really affects. This episode is for manufacturing, IT/OT and data architects who need ERP, MES, maintenance and quality data to share one meaning. Learn how an…

Fabric IQ - Simply Explained

2026-10-21 · Video on YouTube

Discover Fabric IQ in Microsoft Fabric. Learn how ontology, semantic models, and AI grounding stop data drift and unify your organization's data meaning. Somewhere in your Fabric workspace, two teams are calling the same customer two different things. Your…

Turn Your Microsoft Fabric CSV Graveyard into an…

2025-11-06 · Video on YouTube

You paid for AI synapses — but you’re parking fossils. Fabric was engineered for real-time intelligence, semantic relationships, live context, and AI agents that reason. Most orgs treat it like a network share. The result? Zero cognition, zero AI, zero…

2025-11-06 – Turn Your Microsoft Fabric CSV Graveyard into an…2026-05-29 – Microsoft Cowork IQ Knowledge Graph Architecture2026-07-29 – The Death of the Chatbot2026-10-06 – Connectivity Is Not Integration — Why Your Connected…2026-10-08 – What Is an Industrial Data Model2026-10-21 – Fabric IQ - Simply Explained2025-112026-10
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Articles about Ontology (4)

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What is an ontology in Fabric IQ?

An ontology is the shared model of business meaning behind your data, such as what a customer is, so teams stop calling the same thing by different names. The episode explains it in plain terms. · From the episode: Fabric IQ - Simply Explained

Why can Copilot not understand my Fabric data?

Without semantics, relationships, ontology and metadata, columns are just strings. Copilot cannot interpret business vocabulary or connect sales to product and forecast. · From the episode: Turn Your Microsoft Fabric CSV Graveyard into…

What is missing for AI-ready data in Fabric?

Semantics, relationships, ontology, metadata, identity and meaning. They give data the language and memory AI needs to reason, so that amount and region_code are more than just strings. · From the episode: Turn Your Microsoft Fabric CSV Graveyard into…

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