Today I explored Azure OpenAI Service and its real-world benefits for modern .NET applications.
This is powerful technology that helps bring secure and scalable AI capabilities into enterprise apps.

Here’s a simplified breakdown:

𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜:

It’s a Microsoft Azure service that gives access to OpenAI’s models like:

GPT-3.5

GPT-4

Codex (for code generation)

DALL·E (for image generation)

It brings OpenAI’s models under Azure's security and enterprise compliance.

🎯 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲

Add natural language AI to your apps

Integrate GPT models with enterprise security

Build AI-powered apps with more control

🔍 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗼

Text generation (emails, summaries, explanations)

Chatbots and AI assistants

Resume feedback or interview questions

Code generation (Codex)

Image generation (DALL·E)

Sentiment or intent analysis

🔐 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗣𝗜 𝗞𝗲𝘆

Step 1: Request access
→ https://aka.ms/oai/access

Step 2: Create Azure OpenAI Resource
→ In Azure Portal > Create a resource > Search "Azure OpenAI"

Step 3: Get Keys
→ Go to “Keys and Endpoint” in your resource
→ Use Key 1 or Key 2 and Endpoint in your code

🛠️ Sample Configuration (appsettings.json)

"AzureOpenAI": {
"ApiKey": "your-azure-api-key",
"Endpoint": "https://your-resource-name.openai.azure.com/",
"DeploymentName": "gpt-35-turbo"
}

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 — 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?