Tag: azure-openai

5 posts tagged with "azure-openai"

• AI Cost Governance in 2026: The Spend Caps That Don't Actually Cap

  June 17, 2026

  AI cost governance in 2026: the budget you reach for first only alerts, it never stops. A vendor-by-vendor playbook on which AI spend controls hard-stop and which just notify.

• Azure AI Foundry vs Azure OpenAI: The 2026 Decision

  May 8, 2026

  Azure AI Foundry vs Azure OpenAI: the rebrand is consolidation, not deprecation. Decision tree, 8 scenarios, and the migration mechanics that bite.

• Azure OpenAI PTU vs PAYG: The Real Break-Even Table

  March 5, 2026

  Break-even calculators say PTU wins at 150M tokens per month. Real-world utilization breaks that math. Here is the actual table from Microsoft's PTU throughput data, with the utilization curve most architects miss.

• AI Copilots vs Custom AI on Azure: When to Build and When to Buy

  February 25, 2026

  Real cost math comparing Microsoft Copilot at $30/user/month to Azure OpenAI at pennies per query. Decision framework for architects choosing build vs buy.

• Building AI Solutions on Azure: The Architecture That Actually Works

  February 13, 2026

  Real Azure AI architecture with cost math, RAG patterns, and pricing traps that Microsoft's diagrams leave out.