Mastering Enterprise AI: A Deep Dive into Azure AI Gateway
Generative AI is revolutionizing business, offering incredible potential. Yet, for many enterprises, adopting powerful models like those in Azure OpenAI feels like navigating the Wild West. How do you unleash innovation without facing runaway costs, complex security threats, inconsistent usage, and the immense challenge of governing AI responsibly at scale? The answer lies in establishing robust, centralized control. Enter the Azure AI Gateway. It’s absolutely critical to understand this: Azure AI Gateway is not a standalone product. Instead, it refers to a powerful set of capabilities integrated directly into Azure API Management (APIM). Microsoft leverages the mature, battle-tested foundation of APIM to provide a centralized control plane, purpose-built for the unique demands of managing Generative AI workloads within the enterprise. Forget deploying separate gateway software; Azure builds this intelligence into the platform you may already use for API management. ...