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Navigating the Foundry Portal

⚙️ Setting Up Your Environment 6 min 50 BASE XP

Portal Walkthrough

The Foundry portal at ai.azure.com is organized into several key sections:

Main Navigation Areas

SectionWhat You'll Find
HomeOverview dashboard, recent projects, quick actions
Model CatalogBrowse and deploy 1,800+ models from OpenAI, Meta, Mistral, Microsoft, etc.
My AssetsYour deployed models, endpoints, fine-tuned models
AgentsCreate and manage AI agents with tools and data sources
PlaygroundsChat, completions, and image playgrounds for testing
EvaluationRun quality and safety evaluations on your AI outputs
TracingView OpenTelemetry traces for debugging agent behavior
Fine-tuningCreate and manage fine-tuning jobs
Content FiltersConfigure safety filters for your deployments

The Playground

The Chat Playground is your primary testing environment. Here you can:

  • Select a deployed model and adjust parameters (temperature, top_p, max_tokens)
  • Write and test system prompts
  • Add your data (Azure AI Search index) for RAG
  • Test tool/function calling
  • Export your configuration as code (Python, C#, JavaScript)
🎯 Pro Tip: Use the "View Code" button in the Playground to export your entire configuration as SDK code. This is the fastest way to go from prototype to production code.
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What does the 'View Code' button in the Playground do?
Shows the model's source code
Exports your playground configuration as SDK code (Python, C#, JS)
Opens VS Code
Displays API documentation
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