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Azure AI Skill

Complete guidance for building, configuring, troubleshooting, and managing Azure AI services.

Quick Reference

Service Categories

Common CLI Prefixes

az cognitiveservices    # Cognitive Services & Azure OpenAI
az search               # Azure AI Search
az ml                   # Azure Machine Learning
az ai                   # Azure AI resources (newer)

1. Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry)

Overview

Microsoft Foundry is the unified platform for enterprise AI operations, combining:

• AI Hub: Shared infrastructure (connections, compute, policies)
• AI Projects: Workspaces for building AI applications
• Model Catalog: Pre-trained models from Azure OpenAI, Meta, Mistral, Cohere
• Prompt Flow: Visual orchestration for LLM workflows

Portal Access

• Foundry (New): https://ai.azure.com
• Foundry (Classic): https://ai.azure.com/build (legacy)

Create AI Hub & Project

# Create resource group
az group create --name rg-ai-foundry --location eastus

# Create AI Hub (shared infrastructure)
az ml workspace create \
  --name ai-hub-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai-foundry \
  --kind hub \
  --location eastus

# Create AI Project (linked to hub)
az ml workspace create \
  --name ai-project-chatbot \
  --resource-group rg-ai-foundry \
  --kind project \
  --hub-id /subscriptions/{sub}/resourceGroups/rg-ai-foundry/providers/Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/ai-hub-prod

Python SDK Setup

# Install SDK
# pip install azure-ai-projects azure-identity

from azure.ai.projects import AIProjectClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

# Initialize client
project = AIProjectClient(
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
    endpoint="https://<hub-name>.api.azureml.ms",
    project_name="ai-project-chatbot"
)

# List models in project
for model in project.models.list():
    print(f"{model.name}: {model.description}")

Connections Management

# List connections in hub
az ml connection list --workspace-name ai-hub-prod --resource-group rg-ai-foundry

# Create Azure OpenAI connection
az ml connection create \
  --file connection.yml \
  --workspace-name ai-hub-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai-foundry

Connection YAML example:

# connection.yml
name: aoai-connection
type: azure_open_ai
target: https://<openai-resource>.openai.azure.com/
api_key: <your-api-key>
api_version: "2024-10-21"

2. Azure OpenAI Service

Deployment Types

Available Models (as of 2024)

• GPT-4o (latest multimodal) - Text, images, audio
• GPT-4 Turbo - 128k context window
• GPT-4 - 8k/32k context
• o1-preview / o1-mini - Reasoning models
• DALL-E 3 - Image generation
• Whisper - Speech-to-text
• text-embedding-ada-002 / text-embedding-3-large - Embeddings

Create Azure OpenAI Resource

# Create Cognitive Services account for OpenAI
az cognitiveservices account create \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --kind OpenAI \
  --sku S0 \
  --location eastus \
  --custom-domain openai-prod

# Deploy a model
az cognitiveservices account deployment create \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --deployment-name gpt-4o-deployment \
  --model-name gpt-4o \
  --model-version "2024-08-06" \
  --model-format OpenAI \
  --sku-name Standard \
  --sku-capacity 10

List Deployments & Models

# List all deployments
az cognitiveservices account deployment list \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --output table

# List available models in region
az cognitiveservices account list-models \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai

Python SDK Usage

# pip install openai

from openai import AzureOpenAI

client = AzureOpenAI(
    api_key="<your-key>",
    api_version="2024-10-21",
    azure_endpoint="https://openai-prod.openai.azure.com"
)

# Chat completion
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-deployment",  # deployment name
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing"}
    ],
    max_tokens=500,
    temperature=0.7
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

# Embeddings
embedding = client.embeddings.create(
    model="text-embedding-3-large",
    input="The quick brown fox"
)
print(f"Vector dimension: {len(embedding.data[0].embedding)}")

# Image generation
image = client.images.generate(
    model="dall-e-3",
    prompt="A futuristic city skyline at sunset",
    size="1024x1024",
    quality="hd"
)
print(image.data[0].url)

Content Filtering

# View content filter configuration
az cognitiveservices account show \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --query properties.contentFilterConfiguration

Configure custom content filter policy:

# Categories: hate, violence, sexual, self-harm
# Severity levels: safe, low, medium, high
filter_config = {
    "hate": {"severity": "medium", "blocking": True},
    "violence": {"severity": "low", "blocking": True},
    "sexual": {"severity": "medium", "blocking": True},
    "self_harm": {"severity": "low", "blocking": True}
}

3. Azure AI Search

Search Modes

Create Search Service

# Create search service
az search service create \
  --name search-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --sku standard \
  --location eastus \
  --partition-count 1 \
  --replica-count 1

# Get admin keys
az search admin-key show \
  --service-name search-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai

# Get query keys
az search query-key list \
  --service-name search-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai

Create Vector Index

# pip install azure-search-documents

from azure.search.documents.indexes import SearchIndexClient
from azure.search.documents.indexes.models import (
    SearchIndex,
    SearchField,
    SearchFieldDataType,
    VectorSearch,
    HnswAlgorithmConfiguration,
    VectorSearchProfile,
    SemanticConfiguration,
    SemanticField,
    SemanticPrioritizedFields,
    SemanticSearch
)
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

# Initialize client
index_client = SearchIndexClient(
    endpoint="https://search-prod.search.windows.net",
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<admin-key>")
)

# Define index with vector field
index = SearchIndex(
    name="documents-index",
    fields=[
        SearchField(name="id", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, key=True),
        SearchField(name="title", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, searchable=True),
        SearchField(name="content", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, searchable=True),
        SearchField(name="category", type=SearchFieldDataType.String, filterable=True, facetable=True),
        SearchField(
            name="content_vector",
            type=SearchFieldDataType.Collection(SearchFieldDataType.Single),
            searchable=True,
            vector_search_dimensions=1536,  # text-embedding-ada-002
            vector_search_profile_name="vector-profile"
        )
    ],
    vector_search=VectorSearch(
        algorithms=[
            HnswAlgorithmConfiguration(name="hnsw-config")
        ],
        profiles=[
            VectorSearchProfile(
                name="vector-profile",
                algorithm_configuration_name="hnsw-config"
            )
        ]
    ),
    semantic_search=SemanticSearch(
        configurations=[
            SemanticConfiguration(
                name="semantic-config",
                prioritized_fields=SemanticPrioritizedFields(
                    title_field=SemanticField(field_name="title"),
                    content_fields=[SemanticField(field_name="content")]
                )
            )
        ]
    )
)

# Create index
index_client.create_or_update_index(index)

Hybrid Search Query

from azure.search.documents import SearchClient
from azure.search.documents.models import VectorizedQuery

search_client = SearchClient(
    endpoint="https://search-prod.search.windows.net",
    index_name="documents-index",
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<query-key>")
)

# Get query embedding (from Azure OpenAI)
query_embedding = get_embedding("What is machine learning?")

# Hybrid search (keyword + vector)
results = search_client.search(
    search_text="machine learning",
    vector_queries=[
        VectorizedQuery(
            vector=query_embedding,
            k_nearest_neighbors=5,
            fields="content_vector"
        )
    ],
    query_type="semantic",
    semantic_configuration_name="semantic-config",
    top=10
)

for result in results:
    print(f"{result['title']}: {result['@search.score']}")

Agentic Retrieval (Knowledge Store)

# pip install azure-ai-projects

from azure.ai.projects import AIProjectClient
from azure.ai.projects.models import AgentKnowledgeStore

# Create knowledge store linked to search index
knowledge_store = project.agents.knowledge_stores.create(
    name="docs-knowledge",
    index_name="documents-index",
    search_endpoint="https://search-prod.search.windows.net",
    semantic_configuration="semantic-config"
)

# Use in agent
agent = project.agents.create(
    name="doc-assistant",
    model="gpt-4o",
    knowledge_store_ids=[knowledge_store.id]
)

4. Azure AI Agents

Agent Types

Create Basic Agent

# pip install azure-ai-projects azure-ai-agents

from azure.ai.projects import AIProjectClient
from azure.ai.agents import AgentsClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

# Initialize
project = AIProjectClient(
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
    endpoint="https://<hub>.api.azureml.ms",
    project_name="my-project"
)

# Create agent with tools
agent = project.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o",
    name="data-analyst",
    instructions="You are a data analyst. Analyze data and create visualizations.",
    tools=[
        {"type": "code_interpreter"},
        {"type": "file_search"}
    ]
)

# Create thread and run
thread = project.agents.create_thread()
message = project.agents.create_message(
    thread_id=thread.id,
    role="user",
    content="Analyze the sales data and create a trend chart"
)

run = project.agents.create_run(
    thread_id=thread.id,
    agent_id=agent.id
)

# Wait for completion
import time
while run.status in ["queued", "in_progress"]:
    time.sleep(1)
    run = project.agents.get_run(thread_id=thread.id, run_id=run.id)

# Get response
messages = project.agents.list_messages(thread_id=thread.id)
for msg in messages.data:
    if msg.role == "assistant":
        print(msg.content[0].text.value)

Function Calling Agent

# Define custom functions
tools = [
    {
        "type": "function",
        "function": {
            "name": "get_weather",
            "description": "Get current weather for a location",
            "parameters": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "location": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "City name"
                    },
                    "unit": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"]
                    }
                },
                "required": ["location"]
            }
        }
    }
]

agent = project.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o",
    name="weather-assistant",
    instructions="Help users with weather information.",
    tools=tools
)

# Handle function calls in run loop
while run.status == "requires_action":
    tool_calls = run.required_action.submit_tool_outputs.tool_calls
    tool_outputs = []

    for call in tool_calls:
        if call.function.name == "get_weather":
            args = json.loads(call.function.arguments)
            result = fetch_weather(args["location"])  # Your function
            tool_outputs.append({
                "tool_call_id": call.id,
                "output": json.dumps(result)
            })

    run = project.agents.submit_tool_outputs(
        thread_id=thread.id,
        run_id=run.id,
        tool_outputs=tool_outputs
    )

Multi-Agent Orchestration

# Supervisor pattern - one agent coordinates others
supervisor = project.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o",
    name="supervisor",
    instructions="""You are a supervisor coordinating a team:
    - researcher: Finds information
    - writer: Creates content
    - reviewer: Reviews and edits

    Delegate tasks and synthesize results."""
)

researcher = project.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o",
    name="researcher",
    instructions="You research topics and provide factual information.",
    tools=[{"type": "file_search"}]
)

writer = project.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o",
    name="writer",
    instructions="You write clear, engaging content based on research."
)

reviewer = project.agents.create_agent(
    model="gpt-4o",
    name="reviewer",
    instructions="You review content for accuracy, clarity, and style."
)

# Orchestration logic handles routing between agents

5. Document Intelligence

Prebuilt Models

Create Document Intelligence Resource

az cognitiveservices account create \
  --name doc-intel-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --kind FormRecognizer \
  --sku S0 \
  --location eastus

Python SDK Usage

# pip install azure-ai-documentintelligence

from azure.ai.documentintelligence import DocumentIntelligenceClient
from azure.ai.documentintelligence.models import AnalyzeDocumentRequest
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

client = DocumentIntelligenceClient(
    endpoint="https://doc-intel-prod.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<key>")
)

# Analyze invoice
with open("invoice.pdf", "rb") as f:
    poller = client.begin_analyze_document(
        model_id="prebuilt-invoice",
        analyze_request=AnalyzeDocumentRequest(bytes_source=f.read())
    )

result = poller.result()

for invoice in result.documents:
    print(f"Vendor: {invoice.fields.get('VendorName', {}).get('content')}")
    print(f"Total: {invoice.fields.get('InvoiceTotal', {}).get('content')}")
    print(f"Date: {invoice.fields.get('InvoiceDate', {}).get('content')}")

    # Line items
    for item in invoice.fields.get("Items", {}).get("valueArray", []):
        print(f"  - {item.get('content')}")

# Layout analysis (tables, figures)
poller = client.begin_analyze_document(
    model_id="prebuilt-layout",
    analyze_request=AnalyzeDocumentRequest(url_source="https://example.com/doc.pdf")
)

result = poller.result()
for table in result.tables:
    print(f"Table: {table.row_count} rows x {table.column_count} cols")
    for cell in table.cells:
        print(f"  [{cell.row_index},{cell.column_index}]: {cell.content}")

Custom Model Training

# Train custom extraction model
training_data = "https://storage.blob.core.windows.net/training-data?sv=..."

poller = client.begin_build_document_model(
    build_request={
        "modelId": "custom-contract-model",
        "description": "Custom contract extraction",
        "azureBlobSource": {
            "containerUrl": training_data
        }
    }
)

model = poller.result()
print(f"Model ID: {model.model_id}")
print(f"Fields: {list(model.doc_types.values())[0].field_schema.keys()}")

6. Cognitive Services

Vision

# pip install azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis

from azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis import ImageAnalysisClient
from azure.ai.vision.imageanalysis.models import VisualFeatures
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

client = ImageAnalysisClient(
    endpoint="https://vision-prod.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<key>")
)

# Analyze image
result = client.analyze(
    image_url="https://example.com/image.jpg",
    visual_features=[
        VisualFeatures.CAPTION,
        VisualFeatures.TAGS,
        VisualFeatures.OBJECTS,
        VisualFeatures.DENSE_CAPTIONS,
        VisualFeatures.READ,  # OCR
        VisualFeatures.SMART_CROPS,
        VisualFeatures.PEOPLE
    ]
)

print(f"Caption: {result.caption.text} ({result.caption.confidence:.2f})")
print(f"Tags: {', '.join([t.name for t in result.tags.list])}")
for obj in result.objects.list:
    print(f"Object: {obj.tags[0].name} at {obj.bounding_box}")

Speech

# pip install azure-cognitiveservices-speech

import azure.cognitiveservices.speech as speechsdk

speech_config = speechsdk.SpeechConfig(
    subscription="<key>",
    region="eastus"
)

# Speech-to-text
audio_config = speechsdk.AudioConfig(filename="audio.wav")
recognizer = speechsdk.SpeechRecognizer(
    speech_config=speech_config,
    audio_config=audio_config
)

result = recognizer.recognize_once()
print(f"Recognized: {result.text}")

# Text-to-speech
speech_config.speech_synthesis_voice_name = "en-US-JennyNeural"
synthesizer = speechsdk.SpeechSynthesizer(speech_config=speech_config)

result = synthesizer.speak_text_async("Hello, this is Azure Speech.").get()
audio_data = result.audio_data

Language

# pip install azure-ai-textanalytics

from azure.ai.textanalytics import TextAnalyticsClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

client = TextAnalyticsClient(
    endpoint="https://language-prod.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<key>")
)

documents = ["Azure AI is amazing! I love using it for my projects."]

# Sentiment analysis
result = client.analyze_sentiment(documents)[0]
print(f"Sentiment: {result.sentiment} ({result.confidence_scores})")

# Key phrase extraction
result = client.extract_key_phrases(documents)[0]
print(f"Key phrases: {result.key_phrases}")

# Entity recognition
result = client.recognize_entities(documents)[0]
for entity in result.entities:
    print(f"Entity: {entity.text} ({entity.category})")

# Language detection
result = client.detect_language(documents)[0]
print(f"Language: {result.primary_language.name}")

Translator

# pip install azure-ai-translation-text

from azure.ai.translation.text import TextTranslationClient
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

client = TextTranslationClient(
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<key>"),
    region="eastus"
)

# Translate text
result = client.translate(
    body=["Hello, how are you?"],
    to_language=["es", "fr", "de"]
)

for translation in result[0].translations:
    print(f"{translation.to}: {translation.text}")

# Detect language
result = client.detect_language(body=["Bonjour le monde"])
print(f"Detected: {result[0].language} ({result[0].score})")

7. Content Safety

Categories & Severity Levels

Create Content Safety Resource

az cognitiveservices account create \
  --name content-safety-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --kind ContentSafety \
  --sku S0 \
  --location eastus

Python SDK Usage

# pip install azure-ai-contentsafety

from azure.ai.contentsafety import ContentSafetyClient
from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeTextOptions, TextCategory
from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential

client = ContentSafetyClient(
    endpoint="https://content-safety-prod.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
    credential=AzureKeyCredential("<key>")
)

# Analyze text
request = AnalyzeTextOptions(
    text="Sample text to analyze for safety",
    categories=[
        TextCategory.HATE,
        TextCategory.VIOLENCE,
        TextCategory.SEXUAL,
        TextCategory.SELF_HARM
    ]
)

result = client.analyze_text(request)

for category_result in result.categories_analysis:
    print(f"{category_result.category}: severity {category_result.severity}")

# Check if content should be blocked (threshold-based)
def should_block(result, threshold=4):
    for cat in result.categories_analysis:
        if cat.severity >= threshold:
            return True
    return False

if should_block(result):
    print("Content blocked due to safety concerns")

Image Moderation

from azure.ai.contentsafety.models import AnalyzeImageOptions, ImageData

# Analyze image
with open("image.jpg", "rb") as f:
    image_data = f.read()

request = AnalyzeImageOptions(
    image=ImageData(content=image_data)
)

result = client.analyze_image(request)
for category in result.categories_analysis:
    print(f"{category.category}: {category.severity}")

8. Azure Machine Learning

Workspace Management

# Create ML workspace
az ml workspace create \
  --name ml-workspace-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --location eastus

# List workspaces
az ml workspace list --resource-group rg-ai --output table

# Create compute cluster
az ml compute create \
  --name gpu-cluster \
  --type AmlCompute \
  --size Standard_NC6s_v3 \
  --min-instances 0 \
  --max-instances 4 \
  --workspace-name ml-workspace-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai

Model Registration & Deployment

# pip install azure-ai-ml

from azure.ai.ml import MLClient
from azure.ai.ml.entities import Model, ManagedOnlineEndpoint, ManagedOnlineDeployment
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

ml_client = MLClient(
    credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
    subscription_id="<sub-id>",
    resource_group_name="rg-ai",
    workspace_name="ml-workspace-prod"
)

# Register model
model = ml_client.models.create_or_update(
    Model(
        name="my-classifier",
        path="./model",
        description="Image classification model"
    )
)

# Create online endpoint
endpoint = ManagedOnlineEndpoint(
    name="classifier-endpoint",
    auth_mode="key"
)
ml_client.online_endpoints.begin_create_or_update(endpoint).result()

# Deploy model
deployment = ManagedOnlineDeployment(
    name="blue",
    endpoint_name="classifier-endpoint",
    model=model.id,
    instance_type="Standard_DS3_v2",
    instance_count=1
)
ml_client.online_deployments.begin_create_or_update(deployment).result()

# Set traffic
endpoint.traffic = {"blue": 100}
ml_client.online_endpoints.begin_create_or_update(endpoint).result()

Training Jobs

from azure.ai.ml import command
from azure.ai.ml.entities import Environment

# Define training job
job = command(
    code="./src",
    command="python train.py --epochs ${{inputs.epochs}} --lr ${{inputs.lr}}",
    inputs={
        "epochs": 10,
        "lr": 0.001
    },
    environment=Environment(
        image="mcr.microsoft.com/azureml/pytorch-2.0-cuda11.8:latest"
    ),
    compute="gpu-cluster",
    display_name="training-run"
)

# Submit job
returned_job = ml_client.jobs.create_or_update(job)
print(f"Job URL: {returned_job.studio_url}")

# Monitor job
from azure.ai.ml.entities import Job
status = ml_client.jobs.get(returned_job.name)
print(f"Status: {status.status}")

MLflow Integration

import mlflow
from azure.ai.ml import MLClient

# Set tracking URI
ml_client = MLClient(...)
mlflow_tracking_uri = ml_client.workspaces.get(ml_client.workspace_name).mlflow_tracking_uri
mlflow.set_tracking_uri(mlflow_tracking_uri)

# Log experiment
with mlflow.start_run():
    mlflow.log_param("learning_rate", 0.001)
    mlflow.log_metric("accuracy", 0.95)
    mlflow.log_artifact("model.pkl")
    mlflow.sklearn.log_model(model, "model")

9. Observability & Tracing

Application Insights Integration

# pip install azure-monitor-opentelemetry

from azure.monitor.opentelemetry import configure_azure_monitor
from opentelemetry import trace

# Configure (use connection string from Azure Portal)
configure_azure_monitor(
    connection_string="InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=..."
)

tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)

# Create spans for AI operations
with tracer.start_as_current_span("llm-inference") as span:
    span.set_attribute("model", "gpt-4o")
    span.set_attribute("tokens.input", 100)
    span.set_attribute("tokens.output", 250)

    response = call_openai(prompt)

    span.set_attribute("tokens.total", response.usage.total_tokens)

Prompt Flow Tracing

from promptflow.tracing import start_trace

# Enable tracing
start_trace(
    resource_attributes={
        "service.name": "chatbot-service",
        "service.version": "1.0.0"
    }
)

# Traces are automatically captured for:
# - Azure OpenAI calls
# - Azure AI Search queries
# - Custom function calls

Azure AI Evaluation

# pip install azure-ai-evaluation

from azure.ai.evaluation import GroundednessEvaluator, RelevanceEvaluator

# Evaluate response quality
groundedness = GroundednessEvaluator()
relevance = RelevanceEvaluator()

result = groundedness.evaluate(
    query="What is Azure AI?",
    context="Azure AI is Microsoft's cloud AI platform...",
    response="Azure AI provides machine learning and cognitive services."
)
print(f"Groundedness score: {result['groundedness']}")

result = relevance.evaluate(
    query="What is Azure AI?",
    response="Azure AI provides machine learning and cognitive services."
)
print(f"Relevance score: {result['relevance']}")

10. Responsible AI

Six Principles

1. Fairness - AI systems should treat all people fairly
2. Reliability & Safety - AI systems should perform reliably and safely
3. Privacy & Security - AI systems should be secure and respect privacy
4. Inclusiveness - AI systems should empower everyone
5. Transparency - AI systems should be understandable
6. Accountability - People should be accountable for AI systems

Content Filtering Configuration

# Azure OpenAI content filter settings
content_filter_config = {
    "prompt": {
        "hate": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"},
        "violence": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"},
        "sexual": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"},
        "self_harm": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"}
    },
    "completion": {
        "hate": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"},
        "violence": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"},
        "sexual": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"},
        "self_harm": {"filtering": True, "severity_threshold": "medium"}
    }
}

Model Evaluation for Bias

from azure.ai.evaluation import HateSpeechEvaluator, ViolenceEvaluator

# Evaluate model outputs for harmful content
hate_evaluator = HateSpeechEvaluator()
violence_evaluator = ViolenceEvaluator()

# Batch evaluation
results = []
for response in model_responses:
    hate_score = hate_evaluator.evaluate(response=response)
    violence_score = violence_evaluator.evaluate(response=response)
    results.append({
        "response": response,
        "hate_score": hate_score,
        "violence_score": violence_score
    })

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Authentication Errors

# Check logged in identity
az account show

# Re-login
az login

# Use service principal
az login --service-principal -u <app-id> -p <password> --tenant <tenant-id>

# Check role assignments
az role assignment list --assignee <identity>

Quota Exceeded

# Check current usage
az cognitiveservices usage list \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai

# Request quota increase via Azure Portal > Quotas

Model Not Available

# List available models in region
az cognitiveservices account list-models \
  --name openai-prod \
  --resource-group rg-ai \
  --output table

# Check model availability by region
# https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models

Rate Limiting (429 Errors)

import time
from tenacity import retry, wait_exponential, stop_after_attempt

@retry(wait=wait_exponential(min=1, max=60), stop=stop_after_attempt(5))
def call_with_retry():
    return client.chat.completions.create(...)

Search Index Issues

# Check index status
az search service show --name search-prod --resource-group rg-ai

# Rebuild index
# Use indexer reset via REST API or SDK

Logging & Diagnostics

# Enable diagnostic logging
az monitor diagnostic-settings create \
  --name ai-diagnostics \
  --resource /subscriptions/{sub}/resourceGroups/rg-ai/providers/Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts/openai-prod \
  --logs '[{"category": "RequestResponse", "enabled": true}]' \
  --workspace /subscriptions/{sub}/resourceGroups/rg-ai/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/log-analytics-prod

# Query logs
az monitor log-analytics query \
  --workspace log-analytics-prod \
  --analytics-query "AzureDiagnostics | where ResourceProvider == 'MICROSOFT.COGNITIVESERVICES'"

Best Practices

Cost Optimization

1. Use Provisioned Throughput (PTU) for predictable high-volume workloads
2. Implement caching for repeated queries
3. Use smaller models when possible (GPT-4o-mini vs GPT-4o)
4. Set max_tokens appropriately to avoid waste
5. Batch requests when possible

Security

1. Use Managed Identities instead of API keys
2. Store keys in Azure Key Vault
3. Enable Private Endpoints for network isolation
4. Configure RBAC with least privilege
5. Enable audit logging

Performance

1. Deploy to regions close to users
2. Use Global Standard deployment for automatic routing
3. Implement retry logic with exponential backoff
4. Use streaming for long responses
5. Pre-compute embeddings for known content

Reliability

1. Deploy across multiple regions
2. Implement circuit breaker patterns
3. Set up alerts for quota and errors
4. Have fallback models configured
5. Regular backup of custom models and configurations