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Creating Your First Foundry Resource

⚙️ Setting Up Your Environment 7 min 60 BASE XP

Step-by-Step: Create a Foundry Resource

There are two ways to create your Foundry resource: via the Azure Portal or via the Foundry Portal.

Method 1: Foundry Portal (Recommended)

  1. Navigate to ai.azure.com
  2. Click "+ Create project"
  3. Enter a project name and select your subscription
  4. The portal will automatically create the underlying Foundry resource
  5. Choose your region (East US recommended for broadest availability)
  6. Click Create

Method 2: Azure Portal

  1. Go to portal.azure.com
  2. Search for "Azure AI Foundry" or "AI Services"
  3. Click Create
  4. Fill in: Subscription, Resource Group, Region, Name
  5. Review + Create

Method 3: Azure CLI

az cognitiveservices account create \
  --name my-foundry-resource \
  --resource-group my-rg \
  --kind AIServices \
  --sku S0 \
  --location eastus
🚧 Important: When you create a Foundry resource, it automatically provisions several dependent resources: Azure Storage Account (for artifacts), Azure Key Vault (for secrets), and optionally Application Insights (for monitoring). These will appear in your resource group.
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What dependent resources does Foundry automatically provision?
Only a database
Storage Account, Key Vault, and optionally Application Insights
A virtual machine
Nothing — it's serverless only
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