# Azure AI Foundry Provider

> Source: https://parallelworks.com/docs/ai/ai-providers/azure-ai-foundry

# Azure AI Foundry Provider

An **Azure AI Foundry** provider is provisioned by ACTIVATE in your organization's Azure infrastructure. Instead of an API key, you choose a network, a region, and a resource group, and ACTIVATE creates the Azure resources. You then deploy the models you want from the provider's details page.

## Prerequisites

- The **Azure AI Foundry** entry is enabled in the platform's provider catalog. See [Platform Setup](/docs/ai/ai-providers/platform-setup).
- Your organization has a provisioned Azure **network** in ACTIVATE.
- You have a [resource group](/docs/resource-groups) to bill the provider to.

## Create the Provider

1. Navigate to **AI** > **Providers**.
2. Click **Add provider** and choose **Azure AI Foundry**.
3. Enter a **Provider name**.
4. Choose a **Network**, then a **Region**.
5. Choose a **Resource group** to pay for the provider.
6. Click **Create**.

The provider appears in **My providers** with a live **Status** while ACTIVATE provisions it. Click the status to see the provisioning steps. Azure AI Foundry providers are always personal providers; the **Organization-wide** option isn't offered for them.

## Deploy Models

Once the provider is provisioned, its **Models** card lists the models in the catalog for its region.

1. Open the provider from **AI** > **Providers**.
2. In **Models**, click a model to deploy it. Each deployment allocates Azure capacity and takes about 30 seconds to register.
3. To remove a deployment, click a deployed model and confirm **Remove deployment**. This destroys the Azure AI Foundry deployment for that model, and it is no longer available on this provider until you deploy it again.

You can change the models on a provider at any time this way; there is no need to recreate the provider. Only the owner can deploy or remove models. If the card reads "No models in the catalog for this region yet.", no models are listed for that region.

The details page also shows the provider's **Region** and **Resource group**. The region is chosen at creation and can't be changed; to use a different region, create another provider.

## Edit, Share, and Delete

- **Edit** changes the **Display name** and the **Fold history** setting.
- **Manage access** shares the provider once it is provisioned. See [Managing Permissions](/docs/ai/ai-providers/managing-permissions).
- **Delete provider** removes the provider and deprovisions its Azure resources. This can't be undone.

## Related Documentation

- [AI Providers Overview](/docs/ai/ai-providers): All provider types
- [Adding a Provider](/docs/ai/ai-providers/add-provider): API-key and subscription providers
- [Managing Permissions](/docs/ai/ai-providers/managing-permissions): Sharing providers with your team