Create an Azure AI services resource

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Learn how to create and manage an Azure AI services multi-service resource. An Azure AI services multi-service resource allows you to access multiple Azure AI services (such as Azure AI Speech, Azure OpenAI, and Azure AI Content Safety) with a single set of credentials.

For your company's video department, you'll focus on Azure AI services' text to speech features to create audio files that you can use for narration in your videos.

However, before you can create an application that uses Azure AI services like text to speech, you need to create an Azure AI services resource.

In the next unit, you'll complete an exercise that uses the Azure CLI to create an Azure AI services resource. However, you can also use the Azure portal, which we describe in the following section.

Create an Azure AI services resource using the Azure portal

Azure provides more than one resource kind named Azure AI services. Be sure to select the one that is listed under Azure AI services > Azure AI services in the portal. To create an Azure AI services multi-service resource follow these instructions:

1. Sign into the Azure portal.

2. Select this link to create a multi-service resource: https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.CognitiveServicesAIServices

3. On the Create page, provide the following information:

   Project details	Description
   Subscription	Select one of your available Azure subscriptions.
   Resource group	The Azure resource group that will contain your Azure AI services resource. You can create a new group or add it to a pre-existing group.
   Region	The location of your Azure AI services resource. Different locations may introduce latency, but have no impact on the runtime availability of your resource.
   Name	A descriptive name for your Azure AI services resource. For example, MyAzureAIServicesResource.
   Pricing tier	The cost of your Azure AI services resource depends on the options you choose and your usage. For more information, see the API pricing details.

   

4. Configure other settings for your resource as needed, read and accept the conditions (as applicable), and then select Review + create.

Tip

If your subscription doesn't allow you to create an Azure AI services resource, you may need to enable the privilege of that Azure resource provider using the Azure portal, PowerShell command or an Azure CLI command. If you are not the subscription owner, ask the Subscription Owner or someone with a role of admin to complete the registration for you or ask for the /register/action privileges to be granted to your account.