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title: Azure OpenAI LLM Configuration
slug: v111/azure-openai-llm-configuration
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createdAt: 2025-06-19T05:01:13.381Z
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Please note that this is only supported in Servicely versions 1.10.78+
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# Prerequisites

1. An Azure OpenAI service instance
2. API key from Azure OpenAI
3. Endpoint URL for your Azure OpenAI service
4. Deployment name and API Version for your model

# Configuration Steps

1. **Update Outbound API Token**
   - Navigate to the Outbound API Token configuration in Servicely
   - Update Azure OpenAI with the following details:
     - **Type**: Bearer
     - **API Token: **Your Azure OpenAI API key
     - **Base URL:** Your Azure OpenAI endpoint (e.g., https\://your-resource-name.openai.azure.com/)
2. **Configure Model Settings**
   - Set up a new LLM Model record with:
     - **Provider:** Azure OpenAI
     - **Model:** Your deployment name (e.g., gpt-4o)
     - **API Version:** (e.g., 2025-01-01-preview)
     - **Model Type:** Choose from:
       - Chat for chat completions
       - Language for text completions
       - Embedding for embeddings

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