Before you begin, ensure you have the following prerequisites:
- .NET 10 SDK or later
- Azure OpenAI service endpoint and deployment configured
- Azure CLI installed and authenticated (for Azure credential authentication)
Note: This demo uses Azure CLI credentials for authentication. Make sure you're logged in with az login and have access to the Azure OpenAI resource. For more information, see the Azure CLI documentation.
Set the following environment variables:
# Resource root is fine (sample appends /openai/v1). You can also set the full v1 endpoint.
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/"
# or: $env:AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/"
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="gpt-5.4-mini" # Optional, defaults to gpt-5.4-mini