Create an AI connection for Azure AI Foundry (v2.3)

Create an AI connection for Azure Foundry in AI Control Tower using the  AI Service Graph Connector for Microsoft (version 2.3).

Before you begin

Role required: sn_ai_disc.discovery_admin and sn_cmdb_int_util.sgc_admin

Account & Resource Hierarchy

The connector supports three Azure service variants, each with its own resource hierarchy:

• ML Services (AI Hub) Subscriptions → Resource Groups → ML Workspaces → Agents
• AI Services/Old Foundry (Cognitive Services) Subscriptions → Resource Groups → Cognitive Services Accounts → Projects → Agents
• New Foundry Subscriptions → Resource Groups → Accounts → Projects → Agents → Agent Versions

The key distinction with New Foundry is that each agent version is treated as a distinct entity, which the other two variants don't support.

Discovered per agent

For each agent discovered across all three variants, the connector collects:

• AI Agents (assistants)- The primary entity.
• AI Models- Deployed models (GPT-4o, Llama, Claude, etc.) via deployment enrichment.
• AI Prompts- System instructions attached to agents.
• AI Tools- With type coverage varying by variant:
  • ML & AI Services: functions, connected_agent, others
  • New Foundry adds: mcp, openapi, a2a_preview
• Sub-component Relationships- M2M links between agents and their sub agents/tools
• Usage/Execution Metrics- Aggregated run counts by agent, date, and session.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Al Control Tower workspace > Configurations > AI connections.
2. Click Add.
3. Select AI connector for Microsoft from the available connectors.
4. Click Create connection.
5. Select Azure Foundry check box.
6. Review setup instructions page displays.
   Note:

   Verify to follow all the prerequisite steps.
7. Select Continue.
8. Setup page appears
9. Configure and test ML services connection
   1. Enter the Connection Name
   2. Enter the Regions
      Note:

      The region field is optional. If the field is empty, it will discover for all the region or If you can give comma- separated value of regions (examples: eastus, westus2).
   3. Enter the OAuth client ID
   4. Enter the OAuth client secret
   5. Enter the Tenant ID
   6. Select Create and test connection
   7. Select Continue
10. Configure and test AI services connection
    1. Enter the Connection Name
    2. Enter the Resources
       Note:

       To limit discovery to specific resources, enter the resource names as comma-separated values (eg, resource1, resource2). If the field is empty, it will discover for all the available resources.
    3. Enter the OAuth client ID
    4. Enter the OAuth client secret
    5. Enter the Tenant ID
11. Configure Azure import schedule
    1. Verify that both the parent-scheduled jobs, Discovery and Execution are active as they’re shipped out inactive.
       Note:

       Ensure to execute the Discovery-scheduled job first
    2. Select Run according to your preference
    3. To run frequency by demand, select Execute Now.
       Note:

       This is an optional step as the schedule imports run according to the schedule.
    4. Select Continue
12. Select the Confirm connection setup activity to verify whether the connection was configured.

Result

Click View all connections to view the newly created connection.

The AI connection for Azure AI Foundry is created and configured.