Azure OpenAI: get an API key and write fiction with it on your phone

For users who already live in Azure or have enterprise credits: the same GPT models, delivered through Microsoft's regional and compliance machinery. Newcomers should start with a direct provider — this onboarding is simply long. This page is the BYOK quick answer for Azure OpenAI: key steps, direct console and pricing links, and the app-side notes that matter. Verified 2026-07-18.

Two links up front: get your key at the official console and check rates on the official pricing page. Prices and free quotas move; the official pages are authoritative.

What does it power inside Foreverse?

The factory preset declares 2 modality flags for Azure OpenAI. The models actually available come from the live catalog fetched in-app — catalogs move fast, and the flag only means the protocol wiring is ready.

Modality	Used for
Text	Continuation · roleplay chat · agent
Vision	Image understanding in chat

How do I get a Azure OpenAI API key?

Have an Azure account with a subscription (portal.azure.com, card required). If you have no Microsoft cloud footprint, plain OpenAI is a much shorter path.
Create an Azure OpenAI resource in the portal (now under the Microsoft Foundry umbrella), in a region that carries your target model.
Deploy a model to the resource in the Foundry portal (ai.azure.com) and note the deployment name — that string is the "model ID" you'll enter in the app.
Copy the API key and endpoint domain from the resource's Keys and Endpoint page.
In the app, set the host to https://<resource>.openai.azure.com/openai/v1 (the full path), then add a model whose ID equals your deployment name.

Key in hand: three steps to connect

Open the app's Settings → AI models & services and find Azure OpenAI in the list (one of 62 presets, with logo and search).
Paste the key and tap the connectivity test — it fires one real request to verify key and network, and pulls back the model list while it's at it.
Enable the models you want, then set per-modality defaults (text, image, speech, and video each get their own); continuation, chat, and listening route through them from then on.

The one universal host pitfall: the API host must include its full version prefix (this provider's exact form is in the notes below) — the app never appends /v1 for you.

Azure OpenAI-specific notes

You must use Azure's v1 endpoint shape: a host ending in /openai/v1. The app sends the key as a Bearer header (which the v1 endpoint accepts, with no api-version parameter needed); the legacy /openai/deployments/…?api-version=… shape is not supported. Paste the full path — entering just the domain makes the app append a generic /v1, which is wrong here. Model ID = your deployment name, not the catalog model name. The connectivity test button reports unsupported for Azure; verify by sending an actual message.

FAQ

Does Azure OpenAI have a free tier?

No Azure OpenAI-specific free tier; usage is token-priced in the same range as direct OpenAI, varying by region and deployment type (Standard/Global, etc.). Any general new-account Azure trial credit is governed by whatever offer Azure currently runs.

Where does the key live once I paste it into the app?

It's stored on your device only, under system-level encryption — never uploaded or synced to any Foreverse server. Requests go straight from your phone to the provider's official endpoint with zero markup. To revoke access, delete the key in the provider's console.