Azure OpenAI provides access to OpenAI's language models, enabling developers to integrate advanced AI capabilities into their applications. To use Azure OpenAI, you must first create an Azure OpenAI service. This article describes how to create that service using the Azure Portal.
Navigate to the Azure Portal and log in.
Click the [Create a resource] button (Fig. 1) and search for "azure openai," as shown in Fig. 2.
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From the list of results, select the "Azure OpenAI" panel (Fig. 3), expand the menu, and select the [Create] option, as shown in Fig. 4.
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The "Create Azure OpenAI" dialog displays with the "Basics" tab selected, as shown in Fig. 5.
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At the "Subscription" dropdown, select the subscription in which you want to create this OpenAI service. Many of you will have only one subscription, so you will not need to choose anything here.
At the "Resource group" field, select the resource group where you want to create the OpenAI service or click the "Create new" link to create a new resource group to add the OpenAI service. A resource group is a logical grouping of Azure resources you would like to manage together.
At the "Region" dropdown, select an Azure region in which to create the OpenAI service. Consider the location of the people and services that will be using this service to minimize latency.
At the "Name" field, enter a unique name for this OpenAI service.
As of this writing, the "Pricing tier" dropdown lists only "Standard S0." Select this option.
Fig. 6 shows the "Network" tab. It is unnecessary to change anything on this tab, but it allows you to restrict access to the account to specific networks and configure private endpoints for the account.
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Fig. 7 shows the "Tags" tab. It is not necessary to change anything on this tab, but you can apply name-value pairs to this resource that you may use to filter or sort your reports.
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Fig. 8 shows the "Review + create" tab. If you made any errors, such as leaving a required field empty or selecting an inconsistent combination of options, these errors will be listed here and you will need to correct them before you can proceed.
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After correcting any errors, click the [Create] button (Fig. 9) to start creating the Azure OpenAI service.
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After a short time, a confirmation message similar to the one in Fig. 10 will display, indicating that the Azure OpenAI service has been created.
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Click the [Go to resource] button (Fig. 11).
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Currently, this button navigates to the resource group. Click the Azure OpenAI service to show the "Overview" blade of the newly created Azure OpenAI service, as shown in Fig. 12.
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You can work with this Azure OpenAI Service using the Azure AI Foundry portal. Click the [Explore Azure AI Foundry portal] button (Fig. 13).
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A message similar to Fig. 14 displays in a new tab, indicating that you are leaving the Azure portal.
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Click the [Continue] button to open the Azure AI Foundry page, as shown in Fig. 15.
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In this article, I showed you how to create a new Azure OpenAI Service in the Azure Portal. In future articles, I will show some of the capabilities of this service.