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Creating Azure OpenAI service

This page describes how to create an Azure Open AI service and register it in Alvao.

Create a resource​

Prerequisites​

  • Microsoft Azure subscription
  • Access granted to Azure OpenAI in the desired Azure subscription. Currently, access to this service is granted only by application. To apply, see Limited access for Azure OpenAI Service.

Description​

  1. Open Azure Portal and select command Create a resource.

  2. Enter „azure openai“ into search field and select Create command in the found service.

  3. Select Subscription and Resource group. Be careful when choosing a region. Some models are not available in all regions. See Azure OpenAI Service models for more information.

    • text-embedding-ada-002
    • gpt-4o

    At the time of writing the models were available for example in the UK South region.

  4. Enter unique Name for your resource and select Pricing tier (Standard S0).

  5. Select Next and complete other steps (Network, Tags). Confirm your configuration in the final stage Review + submit and select Create.

Deploy models​

Model deployments are necessary before you start using your Azure OpenAI to generate text or embeddings.

  1. Open your Azure OpenAI resource and select Go to Azure OpenAI Studio in the Overview or open the studio using this link Azure OpenAI Studio and choose the subscription and the resource to work with.

  2. Under Management select Deployments.

  3. Select Create new deployment.

  4. Select a model, latest version and as a Deployment name use same name as the selected model. Confirm the dialog using the Create command. Create deployments for these models:

    • text-embedding-ada-002
    • gpt-4o

Register OpenAI service in Alvao​

Go to Administration - Settings - Web services - Azure Open AI service and enter the enpoint and key fo your Azure OpenAI service.