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		<link rel="modulepreload" href="/docs/microsoft-azure/pr_35/en/_app/immutable/chunks/getInferenceSnippets.bb82f7e4.js"><!-- HEAD_svelte-u9bgzb_START --><meta name="hf:doc:metadata" content="{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ)&quot;,&quot;local&quot;:&quot;frequent-asked-questions-faq&quot;,&quot;sections&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;What is Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)?&quot;,&quot;local&quot;:&quot;what-is-azure-machine-learning-azure-ml&quot;,&quot;sections&quot;:[],&quot;depth&quot;:2},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;What is Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio)?&quot;,&quot;local&quot;:&quot;what-is-azure-ai-foundry-formerly-azure-ai-studio&quot;,&quot;sections&quot;:[],&quot;depth&quot;:2},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;What’s the difference between a Hub-based project and a Foundry (standalone) project ?&quot;,&quot;local&quot;:&quot;whats-the-difference-between-a-hub-based-project-and-a-foundry-standalone-project-&quot;,&quot;sections&quot;:[],&quot;depth&quot;:2}],&quot;depth&quot;:1}"><!-- HEAD_svelte-u9bgzb_END -->      <p></p>  <h1 class="relative group"><a id="frequent-asked-questions-faq" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#frequent-asked-questions-faq"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ)</span></h1>  <h2 class="relative group"><a id="what-is-azure-machine-learning-azure-ml" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#what-is-azure-machine-learning-azure-ml"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>What is Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)?</span></h2> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-1eoiyrq">Azure ML is Microsoft’s cloud-native platform for fully managing the ML lifecycle—training, deployment, monitoring, pipelines, AutoML, model registries, and responsible AI tooling—designed for data scientists and ML engineers.</p>  <h2 class="relative group"><a id="what-is-azure-ai-foundry-formerly-azure-ai-studio" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#what-is-azure-ai-foundry-formerly-azure-ai-studio"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>What is Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio)?</span></h2> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-bkxx05">Azure AI  Foundry builds on Azure ML but is tailored specifically for generative AI and agent-based applications. It offers:</p> <ul data-svelte-h="svelte-1gc66fd"><li>A unified experience for building, evaluating, and deploying LLMs and multimodal agents.</li> <li>Access to a broad catalog of open-source and commercial frontier models—from Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, Meta, DeepSeek, etc.</li> <li>Integrated tools like model evaluation leaderboards, prompt flows (for RAG), content safety, and agent orchestration.</li></ul>  <h2 class="relative group"><a id="whats-the-difference-between-a-hub-based-project-and-a-foundry-standalone-project-" class="header-link block pr-1.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="#whats-the-difference-between-a-hub-based-project-and-a-foundry-standalone-project-"><span><svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span>What’s the difference between a Hub-based project and a Foundry (standalone) project ?</span></h2> <table data-svelte-h="svelte-aqwes5"><thead><tr><th>Feature</th> <th>Hub-based project</th> <th>Standalone Foundry project</th></tr></thead> <tbody><tr><td>Requires a Hub resource</td> <td>✅ Yes—project is linked to a hub</td> <td>❌ No—project created individually</td></tr> <tr><td>Shared infrastructure (compute/quota)</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> <td>❌ No</td></tr> <tr><td>Shared security/network settings</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> <td>❌ No</td></tr> <tr><td>Shared resource connections</td> <td>✅ Yes (e.g., models, storage)</td> <td>❌ Per‑project only</td></tr> <tr><td>Full Generative AI tooling (fine-tuning, evaluation, RAG, agent orchestration)</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> <td>⚠️ Limited support</td></tr> <tr><td>Accessible from Azure ML Studio</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> <td>Limited/absent</td></tr></tbody></table> <p data-svelte-h="svelte-ivavsw">Hub-based projects provide <strong>complete</strong> access to generative-AI features; standalone projects operate with <strong>limited</strong> capabilities. Open-model deployments are only accessible through Hub-based project for now.</p> <a class="!text-gray-400 !no-underline text-sm flex items-center not-prose mt-4" href="https://github.com/huggingface/Microsoft-Azure/blob/main/docs/source/faq.mdx" target="_blank"><span data-svelte-h="svelte-1kd6by1">&lt;</span> <span data-svelte-h="svelte-x0xyl0">&gt;</span> <span data-svelte-h="svelte-1dajgef"><span class="underline ml-1.5">Update</span> on GitHub</span></a>  <p></p> 
			
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