Thanks for reaching out to us, I am sorry for your inconvenience caused by the policy. Even if you want to use Azure Machine Learning Service's model catalog feature, you need to have Azure OpenAI resource.
Azure OpenAI access is currently limited as we navigate high demand, upcoming product improvements, and Microsoft’s commitment to responsible AI. For now, we're working with customers with an existing partnership with Microsoft, lower risk use cases, and those committed to incorporating mitigations.
More specific information is included in the application form. We appreciate your patience as we work to responsibly enable broader access to Azure OpenAI.
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You need to apply the access even you want to use the catalog feature in Azure Machine Learning.
However, you can use other LLMs if your case fit in, Azure Machine Learning provides a lot of LLMs which do not need an approval -
Please take a look and have a try, please let me know if you need more help.
Regards, Yutong
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