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Azure OpenAI Service
by Microsoft
Azure OpenAI Service provides enterprise access to GPT-4, DALL-E, Whisper, and other OpenAI models through Microsoft Azure's infrastructure, with the compliance, security, and SLA guarantees that regulated industries require. Data processed through Azure OpenAI is not used to train OpenAI models, making it the choice for healthcare, finance, and government organisations with strict data handling requirements. It integrates natively with other Azure services, Azure Active Directory for identity management, and supports private endpoints for fully isolated deployments.
Azure OpenAI Service features and capabilities, including which plan they need and how they compare in the CanIUse matrix.
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✨ Modalities
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Yes, requires plus plan. Chat Completions and Responses APIs on deployed OpenAI models.Text Input
🖼️
Yes, requires plus plan. GPT-4o and later chat models on Azure accept text and images.Image Upload / Vision
🎨
Yes, requires plus plan. Azure OpenAI lists image generation models in the Foundry catalog.Image Generation
🎙️
Partial. GPT-4o audio models support speech-in/speech-out; that is an API capability, not a consumer voice app.Voice Mode
🎥
Unknown. Video understanding vs Sora video generation was not separated in the catalog page we read.Video Understanding
🎬
Yes, requires plus plan. Azure OpenAI catalog includes Sora and a video generation model.Video Generation
📁
Yes, requires plus plan. Files API and Assistants/vector store accept uploaded customer data.File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
💻
Unknown. Code interpreter on Azure OpenAI was not verified on the catalog page.Code Execution
🔊
Yes, requires plus plan. Audio models cover speech-to-text and GPT-4o audio input.Audio Input
🖌️
No. Not a ChatGPT Canvas product. Playgrounds are for testing API calls.Canvas / Artifact Editor
🖥️
Partial. computer-use-preview is listed for the Responses API computer-use tool. That is not a consumer screen-share chat.Screen Sharing / Computer Use
🧠 Memory & Context
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Partial. Responses API and Assistants threads persist message history when you enable those features; models are otherwise stateless.Persistent Memory
📏
Yes, requires plus plan. Depends on the deployed model; gpt-chat-latest lists a 400k context window.Large Context Window
⚙️
Partial. System prompts are API parameters, not a ChatGPT-style global custom-instructions UI.Custom Instructions
📜
Partial. Optional Responses API / Assistants threads store history in your resource; chat completions are otherwise stateless.Conversation History
🔌 Integrations
🌐
Unknown. Grounding/search on Azure OpenAI was not checked. Distinct from Copilot.Web Search / Browsing
🔌
Partial. Functions and tools are documented; there is no ChatGPT plugin store.Plugins / Extensions
🔧
Yes, requires plus plan. REST API for deployed models in your Azure resource. Usage billing.API Access
⚡
Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked.Zapier Integration
🤖
Partial. Assistants / Agents APIs let you build assistants; there is no public Custom GPT store.Custom GPTs / Bots
👥
Unknown. Team sharing in Azure AI was not checked.Real-time Collaboration
🐦
No. No live social firehose.Live Social Data Integration
📚
Unknown. Grounding citations on Azure were not checked.Live Citation Mapping
👨💻 Developer
🛠️
Yes, requires plus plan. Functions, tools, and parallel tool calling are listed on Azure OpenAI chat models.Function Calling
⚡
Yes, requires plus plan. Chat Completions and Responses APIs stream tokens; the service is documented as processing prompts via those APIs.Streaming Responses
🎛️
Yes, requires plus plan. Customers can upload training data to create a fine-tuned model exclusive to their resource.Fine-Tuning
📐
Yes, requires plus plan. Embedding models convert text to vectors in the Azure OpenAI catalog.Embeddings API
📋
Yes, requires plus plan. Structured outputs are listed on gpt-chat-latest and other Azure OpenAI chat models.Structured Output (JSON)
🧩
Yes, requires plus plan. o-series and later chat models list reasoning; some models expose a configurable reasoning effort.Reasoning / Thinking Mode
🏠
No. Cloud-hosted in your Azure region.Local Execution
🔓
No. Hosts OpenAI proprietary models, not open-weight releases.Open Weights
🤖
Partial. GPT-5.6 series lists multi-agent orchestration as preview on Azure.Multi-Agent Orchestration
📱 Platforms
🌐
Yes, requires plus plan. Azure AI Foundry / portal for deploying and testing models.Web App
📱
No. No consumer iOS app. Distinct from Copilot mobile.iOS App
🤖
No. No consumer Android app.Android App
🖥️
No. Portal and API. No branded consumer chat desktop app.Desktop App
🔵
No. Not a browser extension. Do not conflate with Copilot.Chrome Extension
🔒 Privacy
🔒
Yes, requires plus plan. Azure OpenAI is an Azure service under the Microsoft Products and Services DPA; Trust Center documents GDPR for Azure.GDPR Compliant
🚫
Yes, requires plus plan. Prompts, completions, embeddings, and training data are not used to train foundation models without customer permission.Opt Out of Data Training
🏢
Yes, requires enterprise plan. Private VNet, customer-managed keys, and Microsoft enterprise agreements.Enterprise Privacy Mode
💼 Workspaces
📂
Yes, requires plus plan. Microsoft Foundry organizes work into projects and resources in the Azure tenant.Projects / Folders