Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs-pr into voicelive-customization-ga

Author: goergenj

articles/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/tools/bing-custom-search-samples.md

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ Use this article to find step-by-step instructions and code samples for using th
 
 * The name of your Grounding with Bing Custom Search configuration, which contains the URLs you want to allow or disallow. You can find it by navigating to the overview page for your resource in the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/). Select **Configurations**, then select your configuration. 
 
-    :::image type="content" source="../../media/tools/bing/custom-connection-name.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing the Grounding with Bing Custom Search connection name. " lightbox="../../media/tools/bing/custom-connection-name.png":::
+    :::image type="content" source="../../media/tools/bing/custom-connection-name.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing the Grounding with Bing Custom Search configuration name. " lightbox="../../media/tools/bing/custom-connection-name.png":::
 
-    Save this connection name to an environment variable named `BING_CUSTOM_CONNECTION_NAME`. 
+    Save this configuration name to an environment variable named `BING_CUSTOM_INSTANCE_NAME`. 
 
 * The names of your model's deployment name. You can find it in **Models + Endpoints** in the left navigation menu. 
 

articles/ai-foundry/concepts/fine-tuning-overview.md

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Now that you know when to use fine-tuning for your use case, you can go to Azure
 
 **To fine-tune an AI Foundry model using Serverless** you must have a hub/project in the region where the model is available for fine tuning. See [Region availability for models in serverless API deployment](../how-to/deploy-models-serverless-availability.md) for detailed information on model and region availability, and [How to Create a Hub-based project](../how-to/create-projects.md) to create your project.
 
-**To fine-tune an OpenAI model** you can use an Azure OpenAI Resource, a Foundry resource or default project, or a hub/project. GPT 4.1, 4.1-mini and 4.1-nano are available in all regions with Global Training. For regional availability, see [Regional Availability and Limits for Azure OpenAI Fine Tuning](../openai/concepts/models.md). See [Create a project for Azure AI Foundry](../how-to/create-projects.md) for instructions on creating a new project.
+**To fine-tune an OpenAI model** you can use an Azure OpenAI Resource, a Foundry resource or default project, or a hub/project. GPT 4.1, 4.1-mini, 4.1-nano and GPT 4o, 4omini are available in all regions with Global Training. For regional availability, see [Regional Availability and Limits for Azure OpenAI Fine Tuning](../openai/concepts/models.md). See [Create a project for Azure AI Foundry](../how-to/create-projects.md) for instructions on creating a new project.
 
 **To fine-tune a model using Managed Compute** you must have a hub/project and available VM quota for training and inferencing. See [Fine-tune models using managed compute (preview)](../how-to/fine-tune-managed-compute.md) for more details on how to use managed compute fine tuning, and [How to Create a Hub-based project](../how-to/create-projects.md) to create your project.
 

articles/ai-foundry/concepts/model-lifecycle-retirement.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ titleSuffix: Azure AI Foundry
 description: Learn about the lifecycle stages, deprecation, and retirement for Azure AI Foundry Models.
 ms.service: azure-ai-foundry
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 06/17/2025
+ms.date: 09/17/2025
 ms.author: mopeakande
 manager: nitinme
 author: msakande
@@ -141,9 +141,12 @@ The following tables list the timelines for models that are on track for retirem
 
 | Model | Legacy date (UTC) | Deprecation date (UTC) | Retirement date (UTC) | Suggested replacement model |
 |-------|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
+| [Mistral-Nemo](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Mistral-Nemo/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral) | September 30, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | January 30, 2026 | [Mistral-small-2503](https://aka.ms/aistudio/landing/mistral-small-2503) |
+| [Mistral-large-2411](https://aka.ms/aistudio/landing/Mistral-Large-2411) | September 30, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | January 30, 2026 | [Mistral-medium-2505](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/mistral-medium-2505/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral) |
+| [Mistral-ocr-2503](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/mistral-ocr-2503/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral) | September 30, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | January 30, 2026 | [Mistral-document-ai-2505](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/mistral-document-ai-2505/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral) |
 | [Mistral-small](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Mistral-small/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral/?cid=learnDocs) | March 31, 2025 | April 30, 2025 | July 31, 2025 | [Mistral-small-2503](https://aka.ms/aistudio/landing/mistral-small-2503) |
-| [Mistral-large-2407](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Mistral-Large-2407) | January 13, 2025 | February 13, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | [Mistral-large-2411](https://aka.ms/aistudio/landing/Mistral-Large-2411) |
-| [Mistral-large](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Mistral-Large) | December 15, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | April 15, 2025 | [Mistral-large-2411](https://aka.ms/aistudio/landing/Mistral-Large-2411) |
+| [Mistral-large-2407](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Mistral-Large-2407) | January 13, 2025 | February 13, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | [Mistral-medium-2505](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/mistral-medium-2505/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral) |
+| [Mistral-large](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Mistral-Large) | December 15, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | April 15, 2025 | [Mistral-medium-2505](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/mistral-medium-2505/version/1/registry/azureml-mistral) |
 
 ## Related content
 

articles/ai-foundry/concepts/rbac-azure-ai-foundry.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.custom:
   - build-2024
   - ignite-2024
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 09/12/2025
+ms.date: 09/15/2025
 ms.reviewer: deeikele
 ms.author: jburchel 
 author: jonburchel 
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ The Azure AI Foundry resource has built-in roles that are available by default f
 |--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | **Azure AI User**            | Grants reader access to AI projects, reader access to AI accounts, and data actions for an AI project. If you can assign roles, this role is assigned to you automatically. Otherwise, your subscription Owner or a user with role assignment permissions grants it. |
 | **Azure AI Project Manager** | Lets you perform management actions on Azure AI Foundry projects, build and develop with projects, and conditionally assign the Azure AI User role to other user principals.          |
-| **Azure AI Account Owner**   | Grants full access to manage AI projects and accounts, and lets you conditionally assign the Azure AI User role to other user principals.                                                       |
+| **Azure AI Account Owner**   | Grants full access to manage AI projects and accounts, and lets you conditionally assign the Azure AI User role to other user principals.      
+
+>[!NOTE]
+>To view and purge deleted AI Foundry accounts, you must have Contributor role assigned at the subscription scope.
 
 The key differences between **Azure AI Project Manager** and **Azure AI Account Owner** are the abilities to:
 

articles/ai-foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure.md

@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Models sold directly by Azure include all Azure OpenAI models and specific, sele
 
 To learn more about attributes of Foundry Models sold directly by Azure, see [Explore Azure AI Foundry Models](../../concepts/foundry-models-overview.md#models-sold-directly-by-azure).
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> For a list of models from partners and community, see [Foundry Models from partners and community](models-from-partners.md).
 
 ::: zone pivot="azure-openai"
 

articles/ai-foundry/foundry-models/includes/model-matrix/data-zone-standard.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+title: Data zone standard availability for Azure Direct models
+manager: nitinme
+ms.topic: include
+ms.date: 09/15/2025
+---
+
+<!-- ## DataZoneStandard.md -->
+
+| **Region**         | **grok-3-mini** | **grok-3** |
+|:-------------------|:---------------:|:----------:|
+| eastus             | ✅              | ✅          |
+| eastus2            | ✅              | ✅          |
+| francecentral      | -               | -          |
+| germanywestcentral | -               | -          |
+| italynorth         | -               | -          |
+| northcentralus     | ✅              | ✅          |
+| polandcentral      | -               | -          |
+| southcentralus     | ✅              | ✅          |
+| spaincentral       | -               | -          |
+| swedencentral      | -               | -          |
+| westeurope         | -               | -          |
+| westus             | ✅              | ✅          |
+| westus3            | ✅              | ✅          |
+

articles/ai-foundry/foundry-models/includes/model-matrix/global-provisioned-managed.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+title: Global provisioned managed availability for Azure Direct models
+manager: nitinme
+ms.topic: include
+ms.date: 09/15/2025
+---
+
+<!-- ## GlobalProvisionedManaged.md -->
+
+| **Region**         | **DeepSeek-R1-0528** | **DeepSeek-V3-0324** | **DeepSeek-R1** |
+|:-------------------|:--------------------:|:--------------------:|:---------------:|
+| australiaeast      | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| brazilsouth        | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| canadaeast         | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| eastus             | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| eastus2            | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| francecentral      | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| germanywestcentral | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| italynorth         | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| japaneast          | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| koreacentral       | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| northcentralus     | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| norwayeast         | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| polandcentral      | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| southafricanorth   | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| southcentralus     | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| southindia         | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| spaincentral       | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| swedencentral      | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| switzerlandnorth   | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| switzerlandwest    | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| uaenorth           | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| uksouth            | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| westeurope         | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| westus             | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+| westus3            | ✅                   | ✅                    | ✅              |
+

articles/ai-foundry/foundry-models/includes/model-matrix/global-standard.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+title: Global standard availability for Azure Direct models
+manager: nitinme
+ms.topic: include
+ms.date: 09/15/2025
+---
+
+<!-- ## GlobalStandard.md -->
+
+| **Region** | **DeepSeek-R1-0528** | **DeepSeek-R1** | **DeepSeek-V3-0324** | **DeepSeek-V3.1** | **FLUX.1-Kontext-pro** | **FLUX-1.1-pro** | **grok-code-fast-1** |  **grok-3-mini** | **grok-3** | **Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8** | **Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct** | **MAI-DS-R1** | **mistral-document-ai-2505** |
+|:-------------------|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|:--------------------------:|
+| australiaeast | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| brazilsouth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| canadaeast | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| eastus | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| eastus2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| francecentral | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| germanywestcentral | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| italynorth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| japaneast | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| koreacentral | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| northcentralus | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| norwayeast | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| polandcentral | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| southafricanorth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| southcentralus | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| southindia | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| spaincentral | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| swedencentral | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| switzerlandnorth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| switzerlandwest | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| uaenorth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| uksouth | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| westeurope | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| westus | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| westus3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |