How to connect a copilot (PVA) to Azure OpenAI with AI Search?

Question

Hello,

I've been trying to connect a copilot to my Azure OpenAI resource with my data, I haven't had much luck.
I'm receiving no response from my generative nodes. The docs on this are also not very clear on what to add to the connection settings. Everything's being done on france-central.

How do I debug this? What's the best way to approach it?

Answer 1

To connect a copilot to Azure OpenAI with AI Search, you need to follow these steps:

1. Connect your data source using Azure OpenAI Studio.
2. Connect a Copilot Studio copilot to your data by selecting Deploy to and then A new Microsoft Copilot Studio bot.
3. Open the Data source configuration pane from one of two places:
   • On the Create generative answers node, select Edit under Data sources.
   • Alternatively, select the ... in the Create generative answers node, then select Properties to open a pane, and finally select Data source.
4. Edit the connection to the Azure OpenAI Service.
5. Select Save to save any changes to your topic.

If you are not receiving any response from your generative nodes, you can try debugging the issue by checking the logs in Azure OpenAI Studio. You can also check the connection settings to ensure that they are correct.

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References:

• Connect your data to Azure OpenAI for generative answers
• Create copilots for customer engagement and hand off
• Get set up with Azure OpenAI Service
• Azure OpenAI on your data (preview)
• Generative answers with Search and summarize content