azure openai

I share my mixed experiences with ChatGPT, noting that while it excels at specific technical tasks like data conversion, it often provides unhelpful advice for broader questions. To help you build more robust solutions, I also introduce Azure OpenAI as a powerful commercial alternative with enterprise capabilities and guide you through the initial steps of provisioning it in the Azure Portal.

I walk you through my hands-on experience testing Microsoft’s new free SSL certificate feature for Azure Web Apps, a capability I was eager to try after its announcement at Ignite 2019. Following my excitement about avoiding third-party certificate costs, I demonstrate how to provision a test web app using Azure CLI and prepare the necessary DNS settings to secure a custom domain.

Readers interested in optimizing their Azure management workflows will find value in my recent series on capturing small but impactful best practices beyond Microsoft’s major frameworks. In this post, I explain how to configure Azure Advisor alerts and subscribe to weekly recommendation digests to ensure you stay proactive about security, cost, and performance improvements.

I explain how to leverage Azure OpenAI’s PaaS service to train GPT models on your own custom data by creating simple JSONL dataset files. This approach allows you to move beyond generic responses and tailor the AI’s behavior for specific, high-value use cases.

Discover how to build a private, enterprise-grade ChatGPT service using Azure OpenAI without writing any custom code. I will walk you through the key differences between OpenAI and Azure OpenAI, guide you through the access request process, and show you exactly how to provision the necessary resources in the Azure portal.