Welcome to Azure AI Foundry Documentation
Build, deploy, and manage AI applications at enterprise scale with Azure AI Foundry. This documentation is organized to help you learn, build, reference, and understand the platform effectively.Start Your Journey
What is Azure AI Foundry?
Understand the platform’s vision, capabilities, and design principles
Quick Start
Get your first AI application running in 15 minutes
Learn by Doing
Getting Started Tutorial
Your first lesson: create a hub, deploy a model, and build a chat app
Build a Chat Application
Learn by building a production-ready chat app with authentication and memory
Solve Specific Problems
Deploy Models
Deploy AI models for serverless or dedicated compute
Create a Hub
Set up centralized governance and resource management
Reference & APIs
Chat Completions API
Complete API reference for building conversational AI
Python SDK
Python SDK documentation and examples
Understand the Platform
Platform Architecture
Learn how Azure AI Foundry is designed and architected
AI Models Overview
Understand different types of AI models and their capabilities
Documentation Structure
This documentation follows the Diataxis framework for clear, purposeful content:- Tutorials 📚 - Learning-oriented lessons that teach through hands-on practice
- How-to Guides 🛠️ - Problem-oriented directions for accomplishing specific goals
- Reference 📖 - Information-oriented technical descriptions and API docs
- Concepts 💡 - Understanding-oriented explanations of how and why things work