1.2 Azure AI Foundry Portal¶
Let's first review key concepts and components with respect the Azure AI Foundry Portal and get a broad sense of how they connect. Two resources that can help:
- Azure AI Foundry Documentation - canonical source.
- Azure AI Foundry Documentation Markmap - interactive visualization
1.2.1 Model Selection¶
The Azure AI Foundry provides developers with acces to 1800+ models (open-source, frontier, and industry-specific) for development. You can explore the model catalog and model benchmarks in guest mode without having to log in. Try these steps to explore the catalog (click to expand for screenshots).
1. Visit the Azure AI Foundry Portal · You see this landing page (click to expand)
2. Scroll down the landing page · You see "Browse models" (click to expand)
3. Click on "Browse Models" · You see the model catalog (click to expand)
4. Click "Compare with benchmarks"· You see the Model benchmarks (click to expand)
5. Switch to "List view" in selection tab at top right. You get the list view. (click to expand)
6. Go back to model catalog and use model filters (click to expand)
7. Select one of the options for details - e.g., gpt-4o-mini (click to expand)
8. Click "See pricing" to get related Pricing page if present (click to expand)
9. Click "Estimated cost" to get relevant cost guidance if present (click to expand)
10. Click "Benchmarks" tab to see model evaluation information if present (click to expand)
10. Click "Code samples" tab to see code snippets for development (click to expand)
10. Click "License" tab to see model license details (click to expand)
This completes the guest tour of the Azure AI Foundry Portal. To explore further capabilities, you will need to login with an Azure subscription (as explored in next section). First, three things to know: Azure AI Foundry architecture, Azure AI Project resource, and Management Center.