Merge pull request #3005 from mrbullwinkle/mrb_02_18_2025_o1-mini_update

[Azure OpenAI] o1-mini clarify access

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/ai-services/openai/concepts/models.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The Azure OpenAI o<sup>&#42;</sup> series models are specifically designed to ta
 | `o3-mini` (2025-01-31) | The latest reasoning model, offering [enhanced reasoning abilities](../how-to/reasoning.md). <br> - Structured outputs<br> - Text-only processing <br> - Functions/Tools <br> <br> **Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access)** | Input: 200,000 <br> Output: 100,000 | Oct 2023 |  
 | `o1` (2024-12-17) | The most capable model in the o1 series, offering [enhanced reasoning abilities](../how-to/reasoning.md). <br> - Structured outputs<br> - Text, image processing <br> - Functions/Tools <br> <br> **Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access)** | Input: 200,000 <br> Output: 100,000 | Oct 2023 |  
 |`o1-preview` (2024-09-12) | Older preview version | Input: 128,000  <br> Output: 32,768 | Oct 2023 |
-| `o1-mini` (2024-09-12) | A faster and more cost-efficient option in the o1 series, ideal for coding tasks requiring speed and lower resource consumption. <br> Global standard deployment available by default <br> For standard deployments, **Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access)**  | Input: 128,000  <br> Output: 65,536 | Oct 2023 |
+| `o1-mini` (2024-09-12) | A faster and more cost-efficient option in the o1 series, ideal for coding tasks requiring speed and lower resource consumption. <br><br> Global standard deployment available by default. <br> <br> Standard (regional) deployments are currently only available for select customers who received access as part of the `o1-preview` limited access release.  | Input: 128,000  <br> Output: 65,536 | Oct 2023 |
 
 ### Availability
 
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ All deployments can perform the exact same inference operations, however the bil
 
 [!INCLUDE [Standard Global](../includes/model-matrix/standard-global.md)]
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> **Most o-series models are limited access**. Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access). `o1-mini` is currently available to all customers for global standard deployment.
+>
+> Select customers were granted standard (regional) deployment access to `o1-mini` as part of the `o1-preview` limited access release. At this time access to `o1-mini` standard (regional) deployments is not being expanded.
+
 # [Global Provisioned Managed](#tab/global-ptum)
 
 ### Global provisioned managed model availability
@@ -257,7 +262,11 @@ All deployments can perform the exact same inference operations, however the bil
 
 [!INCLUDE [Standard Models](../includes/model-matrix/standard-models.md)]
 
-**o-series models require registration for standard deployments**. Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access)
+> [!NOTE]
+> **Most o-series models are limited access**. Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access). `o1-mini` is currently available to all customers for global standard deployment.
+>
+> Select customers were granted standard (regional) deployment access to `o1-mini` as part of the `o1-preview` limited access release. At this time access to `o1-mini` standard (regional) deployments is not being expanded.
+
 
 # [Provisioned Managed](#tab/provisioned)
 
@@ -282,7 +291,10 @@ This table doesn't include fine-tuning regional availability information.  Consu
 
 [!INCLUDE [Chat Completions](../includes/model-matrix/standard-chat-completions.md)]
 
-**o-series models require registration for standard deployments**. Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access)
+> [!NOTE]
+> **Most o-series models are limited access**. Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access). `o1-mini` is currently available to all customers for global standard deployment.
+>
+> Select customers were granted standard (regional) deployment access to `o1-mini` as part of the `o1-preview` limited access release. At this time access to `o1-mini` standard (regional) deployments is not being expanded.
 
 ### GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo model availability
 

articles/ai-services/openai/how-to/reasoning.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Request access: [limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access)
 | `o3-mini` | East US2 (Global Standard) <br> Sweden Central (Global Standard) | [Limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access) |
 |`o1` | East US2 (Global Standard) <br> Sweden Central (Global Standard) | [Limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access) |
 | `o1-preview` | See [models page](../concepts/models.md#global-standard-model-availability). | [Limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access) |
-| `o1-mini` | See [models page](../concepts/models.md#global-standard-model-availability). | No access request needed for Global Standard deployments<br>Standard (regional) deployments require: [Limited access model application](https://aka.ms/OAI/o1access) |
+| `o1-mini` | See [models page](../concepts/models.md#global-standard-model-availability). | No access request needed for Global Standard deployments.<br><br>Standard (regional) deployments are currently only available to select customers who were previously granted access as part of the `o1-preview` release.|
 
 ## API & feature support