Exercise: Create an Azure OpenAI deployment

  • 10 minutes

In this exercise, you create an Azure OpenAI deployment. Creating a deployment on your previously provisioned resource allows you to interact with your large language model (LLM).

Note

To complete this exercise, you need the following:

  • An Azure subscription. Create one for free.
  • Access to Azure OpenAI in the desired Azure subscription. Currently, access to this service is granted only through applications. Apply for access to Azure OpenAI by completing this form: https://aka.ms/oai/access.
  • An Azure OpenAI resource. If you haven't created this yet, refer to the previous exercise before moving on.

Create a deployment

Let's walk through creating a deployment by using Azure OpenAI Studio. You can have more than one Azure OpenAI cloud resource. To ensure you're managing the right one, navigate to Azure OpenAI Studio from the instance blade.

  1. Go to the Azure portal and locate your newly provisioned Azure OpenAI instance by typing openai in the top search bar. From there, select your specific cloud instance.

  2. On the left, select Model deployments and then select Manage Deployments.

    Screenshot of the Azure portal, showing the newly created OpenAI resource. The model deployments and manage deployments buttons are highlighted with red boxes.

    When you select Manage Deployments, you're directed to Azure OpenAI Studio. Double-check that Deployments is selected.

    Screenshot of Azure OpenAI Studio, in which the Deployments tab is highlighted with a red box.

  3. Select Create new deployment from the toolbar. A Deploy model window opens.

    A screenshot of the Deploy model window.

  4. In the window, fill in the required fields:

    What Value
    Select a model Select gpt-35-turbo.
    Model version Select 0301.
    Deployment name Add a name that's unique for this cloud instance. The name should make sense to you, for example conversation-model, because this model type and GPT-4 are optimized for conversation.

  5. Select Create.

Congratulations! You successfully created a model deployment that enables you to interact with the GPT-3.5-Turbo LLM.