You want to try a model and send it test prompts before writing any code. Where do you start?
Why D is the answer
Deploy the model in the Foundry portal and use the playground
The Foundry portal lets you deploy a model and test it straight away with no infrastructure work.
In detail
- Deploy the model in the Foundry portal, then try it in the playground.
- No code is needed.
- The playground also helps you tune the system prompt.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A team wants to try a model before writing code. It deploys the model in the Foundry portal and tests prompts in the playground in minutes.
See it in different ways
flowchart LR A["Deploy a model in Foundry"] --> B["Get the endpoint"] B --> C["Your app calls it with the SDK"] C --> D["Show the response"]
sequenceDiagram participant D as Developer participant F as Foundry participant A as App D->>F: Choose a model in the catalog D->>F: Deploy it D->>F: Test it in the playground A->>F: Call the endpoint
flowchart LR S0["Choose a model"] --> S1["Deploy it"] --> S2["Open the playground"] --> S3["Send test prompts"]
Key point: Deploy, then try it in the playground.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Create a virtual machine and install the model weights on it yourself
- A virtual machine is far more work.
- B. Open Azure Monitor and create an alert for the model endpoint
- An alert monitors an endpoint, and does not test prompts.
- C. Build a container image for the model and push it to a registry
- A container image is not needed to try a model.