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Microsoft Azure integrations

Microsoft Azure services extend Agent Framework with model inference, retrieval, memory, conversation storage, content processing, observability, and durable hosting. Use this page to find the dedicated guide for each Azure service.

Choose a Microsoft Azure integration

Scenario Guide
Use Azure OpenAI models through the Responses or Chat Completions API. Azure OpenAI
Retrieve grounding data from an Azure AI Search index. Azure AI Search
Add extracted, searchable long-term memory backed by Azure Cosmos DB. Azure Cosmos DB
Persist complete conversation history in Azure Cosmos DB. Azure Cosmos DB
Analyze documents, images, audio, and video before sending content to an agent. Azure Content Understanding
Apply Microsoft Purview policy checks through Agent Framework middleware. Microsoft Purview
Run durable agents and workflows with Azure Functions and the Durable Extension. Azure Functions and Durable Extension
Export Agent Framework traces, metrics, and logs to Azure Monitor. Agent observability
Use Microsoft Foundry projects, managed agents, hosted tools, and related services. Microsoft Foundry integrations

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