Azure AI Foundry: from zero to production
Azure AI Foundry: from zero to production What I cover when a customer asks “we want to build AI applications on Azure, where do we start?” TL;DR: Azure AI Foundry is the unified platform for building AI apps on Azure. Start with PAYGO, move to PTU when utilization exceeds 60-70%, and always configure spillover (PTU primary + PAYGO overflow). Use ptucalc.com to model your costs before committing. The starting point A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a customer’s engineering team that was ready to build their first AI-powered application on Azure. They had experimented with ChatGPT, prototyped with the OpenAI API directly, and now needed to understand: how do we go from playground to production at enterprise scale? ...