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+# **Setting Up Azure Environment for Azure GenAI Cloud Lab**
+****
+##### **Skill Level: Beginner**
+This guide will help you set up your Azure environment to complete the activities in the [GenAI](https://github.com/STRIDES/NIHCloudLabAzure/tree/main/notebooks/GenAI) directory of the NIH Cloud Lab. The purpose of this guide is to walk you through a deployment of the resources needed to carry out these activities.
+### Prerequisites
+*****
+- An active Azure subscription
+- ### Resources and Pricing
+*****
+
+Provided is a list of resources that will be deployed along with the estimated cost breakdown for each resource. Please find the resources that will be deployed below.
+#### Resources deployed
+
+1. ##### **Azure Storage Account**
+   -  **Resource Type:** Storage Account (Standard_LRS)
+   -  **Purpose:** This resource is used to store and manage files.
+   -  **Estimated Cost:** $0.018 per GB / $18.40 per 1000 GB per month
+2. ##### **Azure OpenAI**
+   - **Resource Type:** Cognitive Services (Standard)
+   - **Purpose:** This resource provides access to OpenAI models, including GPT and embeddings for AI processing.
+   - **Models Deployed.**
+     - **Model:** gpt-5.4-nano
+       - **Version:** 2024-07-18
+       - **Cost per 1M Tokens:** $0.15 input / $0.60 output  
+     - **Model:** text-embedding-3-small  
+       - **Version:** 1  
+       - **Cost per 1K Tokens:** $0.00002  
+   - **Estimated Cost:** Varies based on model usage and API calls. Please refer to [Azure OpenAI Service Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-openai/?msockid=3df6a53ac4916aa73e41b1e3c5c36bd4) for more details.
+
+Please refer to the [Azure Pricing Calculator](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/) for a more detailed and personalized estimate based on your specific usage patterns and region.
+#### Get Started
+****
+### Azure OpenAI Setup Steps
+****
+1. Navigate to Azure OpenAI by searching at the top of the page. 
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_1.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_1.jpg)  
+
+2. Click **Create** and then select **Azure OpenAI**  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_2.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_2.jpg)  
+
+3. In the **Create Azure OpenAI window:**
+   - Select your Azure subscription
+   - Click **Create new** for resource group  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_3.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_3.jpg)  
+
+ - Select Region **East US 2**
+ - Enter Name for your Azure OpenAI
+ - Select Pricing tier **Standard S0**
+ - Click **Next**
+4. In the Network window:
+  - Select **All networks, including the internet, can access this resource.**
+  - Click Next.
+5. In **Reviwe+submit** window:
+  - Click **create**  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_4.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_4.jpg)  
+
+6. When you see **Your deployment is complete** message:
+   - Select **Go to resource**  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_5.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_5.jpg)  
+
+7. In your resource window:
+   - Select **Go to Foundry portal**
+   - Click **Create a project**
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_6.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_6.jpg)  
+
+8.In the Create project window:
+  - Give a **Project name**
+  - Select **Region**
+  - Select your **Subscription**
+  - Select **Resource group**
+  - Click **Create**  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_7.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_7.jpg)  
+
+9. In the Deployments section:
+    - Select **View Deployments** or **Manage Deployments**
+    - Select **Deploy a base model**
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_8.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_8.jpg)  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_9.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_9.jpg)  
+
+10. Search for and deploy a GPT model:
+    - Type a GPT model name in the search bar
+    - Click on the selected model
+    - Select **Deploy**
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_10.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_10.jpg)  
+
+![AZ_OpenAI_setup_11.jpg](/docs/images/AZ_OpenAI_setup_11.jpg)  
+
+11. Deploy an embedding model:
+    - Type an embedding model name in the search bar
+    - Click on the selected model
+    - Select **Deploy**
+
+Azure infrastructre setup is complete.