Get started in Microsoft Foundry

  • 3 minutes

Azure Language and Azure Translator provide the building blocks for incorporating language capabilities into applications. As one of many Foundry Tools, you can create solutions in several ways including:

  • The Microsoft Foundry portal
  • A software development kit (SDK) or REST API

To use Azure Language or Azure Translator in an application, you must provision an appropriate resource in your Azure subscription. You can choose either a single-service resource or a Foundry Tools resource.

  • A Language resource - choose if you only plan to use Azure Language services, or if you want to manage access and billing for the resource separately from other services.
  • A Translator resource - choose if you want to manage access and billing for each service individually.
  • A Foundry Tools resource - choose if you plan to use Azure Language in combination with other Foundry Tools, and you want to manage access and billing for these services together.

Note

There are several ways to create resources with Azure. You can use a user interface to create resources or write a script. Both the Azure portal and Microsoft Foundry portal provide user interfaces for resource creation. Choose the Microsoft Foundry portal when you also want to see examples of Foundry Tools in action.

Get started in Microsoft Foundry portal

Screenshot of Azure Language page in Microsoft Foundry portal.

Microsoft Foundry provides a unified platform for enterprise AI operations, model builders, and application development. Microsoft Foundry portal provides a user interface based around hubs and projects. To use any of the Foundry Tools, including Azure Language or Azure Translator, you create a project in Microsoft Foundry, which will also create a Foundry Tools resource for you.

Projects in Microsoft Foundry help you organize your work and resources effectively. Projects act as containers for datasets, models, and other resources, making it easier to manage and collaborate on AI solutions.

Within Microsoft Foundry portal, you have the ability to try out service features in a playground setting. Microsoft Foundry portal provides a language playground and a translator playground.

Screenshot of Azure Language playground in Microsoft Foundry portal with an example of sentiment analaysis.

Screenshot of Azure Translator playground in Microsoft Foundry portal with an example of text translation.

Next let's try out language capabilities in Microsoft Foundry portal.