Azure OpenAI Service

Overview

Azure OpenAI Service provides access to OpenAI’s powerful language models (like GPT) with enterprise-grade security and compliance.

Real-life Use Cases

• Cloud Architect: Integrate GenAI into customer-facing applications.

• DevOps Engineer: Automate content generation and summarization workflows.

Terraform Example

Note: Native support is limited. Use azurerm_cognitive_account for resource creation.

resource "azurerm_cognitive_account" "openai" {
  name                = "openaiaccount"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.main.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.main.name
  kind                = "OpenAI"
  sku_name            = "S0"
}

Bicep Example

resource openaiAccount 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts@2023-05-01' = {
  name: 'openaiaccount'
  location: resourceGroup().location
  kind: 'OpenAI'
  sku: {
    name: 'S0'
  }
  properties: {}
}

Azure CLI Example

az cognitiveservices account create --name openaiaccount --resource-group my-rg --kind OpenAI --sku S0 --location westeurope

Best Practices

• Secure API keys and endpoints.

• Monitor usage and costs.

Common Pitfalls

• Not handling model output validation.

• Underestimating latency for large models.

Joke: Why did the developer use Azure OpenAI? To get a prompt response every time!