# Microsoft Foundry > Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry) is a unified Azure platform-as-a-service for enterprise AI operations, model builders, and application development. It combines production-grade infrastructure with friendly interfaces for building agents, deploying models, and developing generative AI applications. ## Key Information **Portal**: https://ai.azure.com **SDK Installation**: ```bash pip install azure-ai-projects azure-ai-agents azure-identity ``` **Authentication Pattern**: ```python from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential from azure.ai.projects import AIProjectClient credential = DefaultAzureCredential() client = AIProjectClient( endpoint="https://.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/", credential=credential ) ``` **Environment Variables**: ```bash AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT=https://.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/ AZURE_AI_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=gpt-4o-mini ``` ## Overview - [What is Microsoft Foundry (new)?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/what-is-foundry?view=foundry) ## Getting Started - [Quickstart: Chat with an agent](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/quickstarts/get-started-code?view=foundry) ## Tutorials - [Quickstart: Create resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/tutorials/quickstart-create-foundry-resources?view=foundry) - [Tutorial: Idea to prototype](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/tutorials/developer-journey-idea-to-prototype?view=foundry) - [Use Microsoft Foundry with a screen reader](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/tutorials/screen-reader?view=foundry) ## Concepts - [Ask AI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/ask-ai?view=foundry) - [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/retrieval-augmented-generation?view=foundry) - [Playgrounds and quick evaluation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/concept-playgrounds?view=foundry) - [Model leaderboards](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/model-benchmarks?view=foundry) - [Observability basics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/observability?view=foundry) - [Transparency Note for safety evaluations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/safety-evaluations-transparency-note?view=foundry) - [General purpose evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/general-purpose-evaluators?view=foundry) - [Textual similarity evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/textual-similarity-evaluators?view=foundry) - [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/rag-evaluators?view=foundry) - [Risk and safety evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/risk-safety-evaluators?view=foundry) - [Agent evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/agent-evaluators?view=foundry) - [Azure OpenAI evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/azure-openai-graders?view=foundry) - [Custom evaluators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/evaluation-evaluators/custom-evaluators?view=foundry) - [AI red teaming agent overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/ai-red-teaming-agent?view=foundry) - [Playgrounds and quick evaluation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/concept-playgrounds?view=foundry) - [Plan rollout](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/planning?view=foundry) - [Authentication and authorization](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/authentication-authorization-foundry?view=foundry) - [Disable preview features with role-based access control](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/disable-preview-features-with-rbac?view=foundry) - [Role-based access control](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/rbac-foundry?view=foundry) - [Configure customer-managed keys](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/encryption-keys-portal?view=foundry) - [Plan and manage costs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/manage-costs?view=foundry) - [Service architecture](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/architecture?view=foundry) - [Model lifecycle and retirement](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/model-lifecycle-retirement?view=foundry) ## Agent Development - [Agent development overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/overview?view=foundry) - [FAQ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/faq?view=foundry) - [Model and region support](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/model-region-support?view=foundry) - [Quotas and limits](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/quotas-limits?view=foundry) - [Development lifecycle](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/development-lifecycle?view=foundry) - [Agent runtime components](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/runtime-components?view=foundry) - [Agent identity](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/agent-identity?view=foundry) - [Hosted agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agents?view=foundry) - [Capability hosts](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/capability-hosts?view=foundry) - [Create a workflow](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/workflow?view=foundry) - [Quickstart - Deploy your first hosted agent](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/quickstarts/quickstart-hosted-agent?view=foundry) - [Deploy a hosted agent](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/deploy-hosted-agent?view=foundry) - [Manage hosted agent lifecycle](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/manage-hosted-agent?view=foundry) - [Publish and share agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/publish-agent?view=foundry) - [Publish to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/publish-copilot?view=foundry) - [Agent 365](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/agent-365?view=foundry) - [Service monitoring](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/metrics?view=foundry) - [Tool catalog (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/tool-catalog?view=foundry) - [Create a private tool catalog (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/private-tool-catalog?view=foundry) - [Tool best practices](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/tool-best-practice?view=foundry) - [Tool governance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/governance?view=foundry) - [Code interpreter](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/code-interpreter?view=foundry) - [Custom code interpreter (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/custom-code-interpreter?view=foundry) - [Browser automation (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/browser-automation?view=foundry) - [Computer Use (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/computer-use?view=foundry) - [Image generation (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/image-generation?view=foundry) - [What is memory?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/what-is-memory?view=foundry) - [Create and use memory](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/memory-usage?view=foundry) - [Azure AI Search](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/ai-search?view=foundry) - [File search](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/file-search?view=foundry) - [Vector stores for file search](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/vector-stores?view=foundry) - [SharePoint (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/sharepoint?view=foundry) - [Web search overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/web-overview?view=foundry) - [Web search tool (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/web-search?view=foundry) - [Grounding with Bing tools](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/bing-tools?view=foundry) - [Fabric data agent (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/fabric?view=foundry) - [What is Foundry IQ?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/what-is-foundry-iq?view=foundry) - [FAQ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/foundry-iq-faq?view=foundry) - [Connect knowledge base to agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/foundry-iq-connect?view=foundry) - [Azure Speech in Foundry Tools](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/azure-ai-speech?view=foundry) - [Connect to MCP server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/model-context-protocol?view=foundry) - [MCP authentication](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/mcp-authentication?view=foundry) - [Agent2Agent (A2A) tool (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/agent-to-agent?view=foundry) - [Agent2Agent (A2A) authentication (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/agent-to-agent-authentication?view=foundry) - [OpenAPI tool](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/openapi?view=foundry) - [Function calling](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/function-calling?view=foundry) - [Use declarative agent workflows in the Visual Studio Code extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/vs-code-agents-workflow-low-code?view=foundry) - [Use hosted agent workflows in the Visual Studio Code extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/vs-code-agents-workflow-pro-code?view=foundry) - [Set up your agent resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/environment-setup?view=foundry) - [Standard agent setup](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/standard-agent-setup?view=foundry) - [Use your own Azure resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/use-your-own-resources?view=foundry) - [Migrate agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/migrate?view=foundry) - [Virtual networks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/virtual-networks?view=foundry) - [Use an AI Gateway](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/ai-gateway?view=foundry) - [Manage Grounding with Bing](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/manage-grounding-with-bing?view=foundry) ## Foundry Models - [Foundry Models sold directly by Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure?view=foundry) - [Foundry Models from partners and community](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-from-partners?view=foundry) - [Model versions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/concepts/model-versions?view=foundry) - [Marketplace configuration for partner models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/configure-marketplace?view=foundry) - [GPT-5 vs GPT-4.1](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/model-choice-guide?view=foundry) - [What's new](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/whats-new-model-router?view=foundry) - [Responses API with Foundry Models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/generate-responses?view=foundry) - [Deploy Foundry Models in the portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/deploy-foundry-models?view=foundry) - [Deploy Foundry Models using code](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/create-model-deployments?view=foundry) - [Deployment types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/concepts/deployment-types?view=foundry) - [Upgrade GitHub Models to Foundry Models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/quickstart-github-models?view=foundry) - [Claude in Foundry Models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/use-foundry-models-claude?view=foundry) - [Monitor model deployments](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/monitor-models?view=foundry) - [Endpoints for Foundry Models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/concepts/endpoints?view=foundry) - [Get started with DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/tutorials/get-started-deepseek-r1?view=foundry) - [Foundry Models quotas and limits](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/quotas-limits?view=foundry) - [Configure keyless authentication](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/how-to/configure-entra-id?view=foundry) ## Azure OpenAI - [System message design](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/advanced-prompt-engineering?view=foundry) - [Safety system messages](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/system-message?view=foundry) - [Safety system message templates](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/safety-system-message-templates?view=foundry) - [Automatic model updates](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/working-with-models?view=foundry) - [Legacy models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/legacy-models?view=foundry) - [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/model-router?view=foundry) - [Get started with model router](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/model-router?view=foundry) - [Use blocklists](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/use-blocklists?view=foundry) - [Image generation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/dall-e?view=foundry) - [Image generation quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/dall-e-quickstart?view=foundry) - [Video generation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/video-generation-quickstart?view=foundry) - [Vision-enabled chats](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/gpt-with-vision?view=foundry) - [Image prompt engineering techniques](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/gpt-4-v-prompt-engineering?view=foundry) - [Realtime API for speech and audio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio?view=foundry) - [Realtime API for speech and audio quickstart](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/realtime-audio-quickstart?view=foundry) - [Realtime API via WebRTC](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-webrtc?view=foundry) - [Realtime API via WebSockets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-websockets?view=foundry) - [Realtime API via SIP](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-sip?view=foundry) - [Speech to text with Whisper](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/whisper-quickstart?view=foundry) - [Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/supported-languages?view=foundry) - [Priority processing](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/priority-processing?view=foundry) - [Provisioned Throughput offering (PTU)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/provisioned-throughput?view=foundry) - [Understanding and calculating PTU costs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/provisioned-throughput-onboarding?view=foundry) - [Get started with Provisioned Deployments](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/provisioned-get-started?view=foundry) - [Provisioned spillover](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/spillover-traffic-management?view=foundry) - [Chat completions API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/chatgpt?view=foundry) - [Responses API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/responses?view=foundry) - [Reasoning models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/reasoning?view=foundry) - [Batch processing](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/batch?view=foundry) - [Deep research](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/deep-research?view=foundry) - [Function calling](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/function-calling?view=foundry) - [Structured outputs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/structured-outputs?view=foundry) - [JSON mode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/json-mode?view=foundry) - [Web search](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/web-search?view=foundry) - [Predicted outputs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/predicted-outputs?view=foundry) - [Prompt caching](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/prompt-caching?view=foundry) - [Embeddings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/embeddings?view=foundry) - [Embeddings tutorial](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/tutorials/embeddings?view=foundry) - [Audio generation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/audio-completions-quickstart?view=foundry) - [Vision-enabled chats](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/gpt-v-quickstart?view=foundry) - [Image prompt engineering techniques](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/gpt-4-v-prompt-engineering?view=foundry) - [Image prompt transformation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/prompt-transformation?view=foundry) - [Video generation (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/video-generation?view=foundry) - [Codex](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/codex?view=foundry) - [Webhooks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/webhooks?view=foundry) - [When to use fine-tuning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/fine-tuning-considerations?view=foundry) - [Fine-tune models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning?view=foundry) - [Deploy your fine-tuned model](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-deploy?view=foundry) - [Vision fine-tuning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-vision?view=foundry) - [Preference fine-tuning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-direct-preference-optimization?view=foundry) - [Reinforcement fine-tuning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/reinforcement-fine-tuning?view=foundry) - [Tool calling](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-functions?view=foundry) - [Safety evaluation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-safety-evaluation?view=foundry) - [Fine-tuning cost management](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-cost-management?view=foundry) - [API lifecycle](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/api-version-lifecycle?view=foundry) - [Dataplane SDK language support](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/supported-languages?view=foundry) - [v1 API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest?view=foundry) - [Chat](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#create-chat-completion?view=foundry) - [Embeddings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#create-embedding?view=foundry) - [Evals (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#list-evals?view=foundry) - [Files](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#create-file?view=foundry) - [Fine-tuning](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#create-fine-tuning-job?view=foundry) - [Models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#list-models?view=foundry) - [Responses](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#create-response?view=foundry) - [Vector stores](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest#list-vector-stores?view=foundry) - [Azure OpenAI monitoring data reference](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/monitor-openai-reference?view=foundry) - [Audio events reference](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/realtime-audio-reference?view=foundry) - [Prompt shields](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/content-filter-prompt-shields?view=foundry) - [Sensitive data leakage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/content-filter-personal-information?view=foundry) - [Groundedness detection](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/content-filter-groundedness?view=foundry) - [Protected material for text](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/content-filter-protected-material?view=foundry) - [Default safety policies](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/default-safety-policies?view=foundry) - [Safety system messages](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/safety-system-message-templates?view=foundry) - [Content streaming](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/content-streaming?view=foundry) - [Abuse monitoring](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/abuse-monitoring?view=foundry) - [Prompt engineering techniques](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/prompt-engineering?view=foundry) - [Performance & latency](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/latency?view=foundry) - [Red teaming large language models (LLMs)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/red-teaming?view=foundry) - [Azure OpenAI quotas and limits](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/quotas-limits?view=foundry) ## How-To Guides - [Compare models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/benchmark-model-in-catalog?view=foundry) - [Run evaluations in the cloud](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/cloud-evaluation?view=foundry) - [Evaluate your AI agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/agent-evaluate-sdk?view=foundry) - [Run evaluations from the portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/evaluate-generative-ai-app?view=foundry) - [View evaluation results in the portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/evaluate-results?view=foundry) - [Run red teaming scans locally](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/run-scans-ai-red-teaming-agent?view=foundry) - [Run red teaming scans in the cloud](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/run-ai-red-teaming-cloud?view=foundry) - [Evaluation in GitHub Actions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/evaluation-github-action?view=foundry) - [Evaluation in Azure DevOps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/evaluation-azure-devops?view=foundry) - [Set up your developer environment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/install-cli-sdk?view=foundry) - [Work in VS Code](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/get-started-projects-vs-code?view=foundry) - [Start with an AI template](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/ai-template-get-started?view=foundry) - [Use the Visual Studio Code extension for agent development](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/vs-code-agents?view=foundry) - [Use MCP Tools in the Visual Studio Code extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/vs-code-agents-mcp?view=foundry) - [Microsoft Foundry SDKs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/sdk-overview?view=foundry) - [Create resources using Bicep template](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/create-resource-template?view=foundry) - [Manage resources using Terraform](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/create-resource-terraform?view=foundry) - [Upgrade from Azure OpenAI Service](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/upgrade-azure-openai?view=foundry) - [Create and manage projects](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/create-projects?view=foundry) - [Create a connection](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/connections-add?view=foundry) - [Connect to your own storage in Foundry](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/bring-your-own-azure-storage-foundry?view=foundry) - [Connect to your own storage for Speech/Language](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/bring-your-own-azure-storage-speech-language-services?view=foundry) - [Manage quotas for Foundry resources](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/quota?view=foundry) - [Configure private link](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/configure-private-link?view=foundry) - [Managed virtual network](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/managed-virtual-network?view=foundry) - [Network security perimeter](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/add-foundry-to-network-security-perimeter?view=foundry) - [Store secrets in your Azure Key Vault](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/set-up-key-vault-connection?view=foundry) - [Built-in policy for model deployment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/model-deployment-policy?view=foundry) - [Create custom policy definitions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/custom-policy-definition?view=foundry) - [High availability and resiliency](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/high-availability-resiliency?view=foundry) - [Disaster recovery for agent services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/agent-service-disaster-recovery?view=foundry) - [Disaster recovery from a platform outage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/agent-service-platform-disaster-recovery?view=foundry) - [Disaster recovery from resource and data loss](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/agent-service-operator-disaster-recovery?view=foundry) ## Observability & Evaluation - [Monitor agents in the dashboard](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/how-to-monitor-agents-dashboard?view=foundry) - [Trace agent overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/concepts/trace-agent-concept?view=foundry) - [Set up tracing](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-setup?view=foundry) - [Tracing integrations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-framework?view=foundry) - [Upgrade/Switch Models with Ask AI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/optimization-model-upgrade?view=foundry) - [Evaluation Cluster Analysis](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/cluster-analysis?view=foundry) - [Human evaluation for agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/human-evaluation?view=foundry) - [Monitor agents in the dashboard](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/how-to-monitor-agents-dashboard?view=foundry) - [Monitoring dashboard insights with Foundry agent](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/optimization-dashboard?view=foundry) - [Agent tracing overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/concepts/trace-agent-concept?view=foundry) - [Set up tracing](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-setup?view=foundry) - [Tracing integrations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-framework?view=foundry) ## Fine-tuning - [Synthetic Data Generation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/fine-tuning/data-generation?view=foundry) ## Model Context Protocol - [Build your own MCP server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/mcp/build-your-own-mcp-server?view=foundry) - [Get started with Foundry MCP Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/mcp/get-started?view=foundry) - [Best practices and security guidance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/mcp/security-best-practices?view=foundry) - [Available tools and sample prompts](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/mcp/available-tools?view=foundry) ## Control Plane - [What is the Foundry control plane?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/overview?view=foundry) - [Monitor fleet health and performance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/monitoring-across-fleet?view=foundry) - [Manage agents at scale](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/how-to-manage-agents?view=foundry) - [Register and manage custom agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/register-custom-agent?view=foundry) - [Enforce token limits](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/how-to-enforce-limits-models?view=foundry) - [Apply a guardrail policy for models](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/quickstart-create-guardrail-policy?view=foundry) - [Optimize cost and performance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/how-to-optimize-cost-performance?view=foundry) - [Manage compliance and security](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/control-plane/how-to-manage-compliance-security?view=foundry) ## Guardrails & Safety - [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/guardrails/guardrails-overview?view=foundry) - [How to configure Guardrails and controls](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/guardrails/how-to-create-guardrails?view=foundry) - [Harm categories](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/guardrails/severity-levels?view=foundry) - [Intervention points](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/guardrails/intervention-points?view=foundry) ## Configuration - [Configure AI Gateway](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/configuration/enable-ai-api-management-gateway-portal?view=foundry) ## Responsible AI - [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/overview?view=foundry) - [Transparency note](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/transparency-note?view=foundry) - [Limited access](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/limited-access?view=foundry) - [Data, privacy, and security](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/data-privacy?view=foundry) - [Customer Copyright Commitment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/customer-copyright-commitment?view=foundry) - [Transparency note](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/agents/transparency-note?view=foundry) - [Data, privacy, and security for agents](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/agents/data-privacy-security?view=foundry) - [Data, privacy, and security for Foundry Models sold directly by Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/data-privacy?view=foundry) - [Data, privacy, and security for Claude models in Microsoft Foundry](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/claude-models/data-privacy?view=foundry) ## Reference - [REST API (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/reference/foundry-project-rest-preview?view=foundry) - [Known issues](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/reference/foundry-known-issues?view=foundry) - [Feature availability by region](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/reference/region-support?view=foundry) ## General - [C#](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/overview/azure/ai.projects-readme?view=foundry) - [JavaScript](https://learn.microsoft.com/javascript/api/overview/azure/ai-projects-readme?view=azure-node-preview&preserve-view=true) - [Python](https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/overview/azure/ai-projects-readme?view=azure-python-preview&preserve-view=true) - [REST API](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/aifoundry/aiprojects/?view=foundry) - [REST API (resource creation & deployment)](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/aiservices/accountmanagement/deployments/create-or-update?tabs=HTTP?view=foundry) - [Azure AI Evaluation SDK](https://learn.microsoft.com/python/api/overview/azure/ai-evaluation-readme?view=foundry) - [Azure Resource Manager/Bicep/Terraform](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/templates/microsoft.cognitiveservices/accounts?pivots=deployment-language-bicep?view=foundry) - [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/cognitiveservices?view=azure-cli-latest&preserve-view=true) - [Responsible AI overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-use-of-ai-overview?view=foundry) - [Code of conduct](https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/ai-code-of-conduct?view=foundry) - [Security baseline](https://learn.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/azure-ai-foundry-security-baseline?view=foundry) - [What's new in Microsoft Foundry](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/whats-new-foundry?view=foundry) - [Status dashboard](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-status-dashboard-documentation?view=foundry) - [Code of conduct](https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/ai-code-of-conduct?view=foundry) ## Optional - [Azure Security Baseline](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/baselines/azure-ai-foundry-security-baseline): Security baseline for Azure AI Foundry - [Azure Compliance](https://aka.ms/AzureCompliance): Compliance documentation - [Service Level Agreement](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services): SLA details