Azure OpenAI Architecture: The Decisions That Actually Matter (Part 2) (opens in new tab)

Introduction In Part 1 of this series, we walked through the architectural decisions that shape any Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry Models workload: capacity model, deployment location, governance layer, grounding strategy, and quota engineering. Part 2 moves from decisions to discipline. Once you have made those choices, how do you make sure your design holds up to the Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF)? The five WAF pillars — Cost Optimization, Security, Reliability, Performance Effici...