How to select the correct Azure AI services when subscribe the Azure AI resources?

Question

In the Azure portal， We want to subscribe some resources, We noticed there are a services type is Azure AI services which under Azure AI services, but when I open the Azure AI services documents, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/， There is not a AI service is Azure AI services , why？

Answer 1

In the Azure portal, "Azure AI Services" is a resource category that groups together various AI-powered services (formerly known as Cognitive Services) such as:

• Azure OpenAI Service
• Computer Vision
• Language Services
• Speech Services
• Anomaly Detector
• Personalizer
• Translator
• Document Intelligence

But when you go to the Azure AI services documentation page, you're right — there's no single service called "Azure AI Services" itself. That's because "Azure AI Services" is a product family, not a single service It acts like a container for multiple services. It's a branding umbrella used in the Azure portal and Microsoft documentation to group Microsoft's AI capabilities (like vision, speech, language, and decision APIs).

Think of it like this:

• In the Azure Portal, it helps organize these services into a clean category.
• In documentation, each service (e.g., Speech, Computer Vision, etc.) has its own page and guide — because they are independent and have different use cases, APIs, and pricing.

So it's normal that when you open the docs, you see a list of individual services under the umbrella, but no single "Azure AI Services" API or product by itself.

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Marcin