How is it that you Azure Foundry only offers deployments for 4.1 but not 4.1 mini ( the cheaper option ) ?

Question

4.1 and 4.1 mini were released today, but only 4.1 is available for provisioning ? The cheaper model 4.1 mini is not ?

Answer 1

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As of now, only GPT-4.1 (full model) appears to be available for provisioning in Azure OpenAI, while OpenAI has released GPT-4.1 Mini (the smaller, cost-effective variant) on their platform but has not yet been made available in Azure OpenAI.

• GPT-4.1 → Available for provisioning in supported Azure regions.

GPT-4.1 Mini → Released by OpenAI but not yet surfaced in Azure as of today.

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Azure OpenAI typically lags behind OpenAI’s direct API by a few days to weeks for new model releases due to:

• Internal testing and validation.

Regional availability rollouts.

Quota management considerations.

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• Keep an eye on the Azure OpenAI Release Notes and Model Catalog for updates.
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