To use Azure AI Vision image analysis services, you need to provision an Azure AI Vision resource in your Azure subscription. You can choose from multiple provisioning options:

- Create an Azure AI Foundry project and an associated hub. By default, an Azure AI Foundry hub includes an Azure AI services multi-service resource, which includes Azure AI Vision. Azure AI Foundry projects are recommended for development of AI solutions on Azure that combine generative AI, agents, and pre-built Azure AI services, or which involve collaborative development by a team of software engineers and service operators.
- If you don’t need all of the functionality in an Azure AI Foundry hub, you can create an Azure AI services multi-service resource in your Azure subscription. You can then use this resource to access Azure AI Vision services and other AI services through a single endpoint and key.
- If you only need to use Azure AI Vision functionality, or you’re just experimenting with the service, you can create a standalone Computer Vision resource in your Azure subscription. One benefit of this approach is that the standalone service provides a free tier that you can use to explore the service at no cost.
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