Merge branch 'main' of github.com:MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs-pr into sdg-update-links

Author: sdgilley

articles/ai-foundry/azure-ai-foundry-status-dashboard-documentation.md

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ ms.service: azure-ai-foundry
 
 # Azure AI Foundry status dashboard
 
-The Azure AI Foundry Status Dashboard provides visibility into the
+<!--
+The [Azure AI Foundry Status Dashboard](https://status.ai.azure.com/) provides visibility into the
 health and availability of key Foundry services. It's intended to help
 customers monitor service status, stay informed about ongoing incidents,
 and plan around scheduled maintenance windows.
@@ -65,3 +66,5 @@ please contact your support team or Customer Success representative.
 - [Azure AI Foundry documentation](/azure/ai-foundry/)
 - [Azure status history](https://status.azure.com/status)
 - [Azure Service Health](https://azure.microsoft.com/status/)
+
+-->

articles/ai-foundry/concepts/management-center.md

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ titleSuffix: Azure AI Foundry
 description: "The management center in Azure AI Foundry portal provides a centralized hub for governance and management activities."
 ms.author: sgilley
 author: sdgilley
+ms.reviewer: aashishb
 ms.service: azure-ai-foundry
 ms.custom:
   - ignite-2024
 ms.topic: concept-article #Don't change.
-ms.date: 07/01/2025
+ms.date: 09/10/2025
 #customer intent: As an admin, I want a central location where I can perform governance and management activities.
 ---
 
@@ -21,17 +22,17 @@ The management center is a part of the Azure AI Foundry portal that streamlines
 - Quotas for models and virtual machines (VMs)
 
     > [!NOTE]
-    > VM quotas are only available for [!INCLUDE [hub](../includes/hub-project-name.md)]s.
+    > VMs and VM quotas are only available for [!INCLUDE [hub](../includes/hub-project-name.md)]s.
 
 - User management and role assignment
 
-To access the management center, sign in to [Azure AI Foundry](https://ai.azure.com/?cid=learnDocs), select a project, and then select **Management center** from the bottom of left menu.
+To access the management center, sign in to [Azure AI Foundry](https://ai.azure.com/?cid=learnDocs), select a project, then select **Management center** from the bottom of left menu. (You might have to scroll down to find it.)
 
 :::image type="content" source="../media/management-center/management-center.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the left menu of Azure AI Foundry with the management center selected." :::
 
 ## Manage Foundry projects
 
-Use the management center to create and configure [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)]s. Use __All resources__ to view all [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)]s that you have access to, or to create new projects. Use the __Project__ section of the left menu to manage individual [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)].
+Use the management center to create and configure [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)]s. Use __All resources__ to view all [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)]s that you have access to, or to create new projects. Use the __Project__ section of the left menu to manage and create individual [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)] on the AI Foundry resource.
 
 :::image type="content" source="../media/management-center/project-management.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the all resources, hub, and project sections of the management studio selected." lightbox="../media/management-center/project-management.png":::
 

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

@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ 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 |
 |-------|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
-| [Command R](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Cohere-command-r) | February 24, 2025 | March 25, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere Command R 08-2024](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Cohere-command-r-08-2024) |
-| [Command R+](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Cohere-command-r-plus) | February 24, 2025 | March 25, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere Command R+ 08-2024](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Cohere-command-r-plus-08-2024) |
-| [Cohere-rerank-v3-english](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3-english/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere/?cid=learnDocs) | February 28, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere-rerank-v3.5](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3.5/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere/?cid=learnDocs) |
-| [Cohere-rerank-v3-multilingual](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3-multilingual/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere/?cid=learnDocs) | February 28, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere-rerank-v3.5](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3.5/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere/?cid=learnDocs) |
+| [Command R](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-command-r/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere?cid=learnDocs) | February 24, 2025 | March 25, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere Command R 08-2024](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Cohere-command-r-08-2024?cid=learnDocs) |
+| [Command R+](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-command-r-plus/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere?cid=learnDocs) | February 24, 2025 | March 25, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere Command R+ 08-2024](https://aka.ms/azureai/landing/Cohere-command-r-plus-08-2024?cid=learnDocs) |
+| [Cohere-rerank-v3-english](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3-english/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere) | February 28, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere-rerank-v3.5](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3.5/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere) |
+| [Cohere-rerank-v3-multilingual](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3-multilingual/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere) | February 28, 2025 | March 31, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | [Cohere-rerank-v3.5](https://ai.azure.com/explore/models/Cohere-rerank-v3.5/version/1/registry/azureml-cohere) |
 
 #### DeepSeek
 

articles/ai-foundry/how-to/configure-private-link.md

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ You get several hub default resources in your resource group. You need to config
     > [!IMPORTANT]
     > We don't recommend using the 172.17.0.0/16 IP address range for your VNet. This is the default subnet range used by the Docker bridge network on-premises.
 
-## Securely connect to your hub or project
+## Securely connect to Foundry
 
-To connect to a hub or project secured by a virtual network, use one of these methods:
+To connect to Foundry secured by a virtual network, use one of these methods:
 
 * [Azure VPN Gateway](/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpngateways)-Connect on-premises networks to the virtual network over a private connection on the public internet. Choose from two VPN gateway types:
 
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ To find the private IP addresses for your A records, see the [Azure Machine Lear
 - A network-secured Agent (bring your own virtual network) is only supported through Bicep template deployment. For more information on network-secured Agent deployment, see [How to use a virtual network with the Azure AI Agent Service](/azure/ai-services/agents/how-to/virtual-networks). 
 - A network-secured Agent to be deployed is only a Standard Agent, not a Light Agent. 
 - There's no managed virtual network support for the Agent Service or [!INCLUDE [FDP](../includes/fdp-project-name.md)].
+- Evaluations in AI Foundry are currently not supported with virtual network injection for egress. 
 
 :::zone-end
 

articles/ai-foundry/how-to/upgrade-azure-openai.md

@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ After upgrading from Azure OpenAI to Azure AI Foundry, you'll notice updates to
 
    Your project overview page includes your previous Azure OpenAI endpoint, and a new Azure AI Foundry endpoint. Foundry API and SDK grant access to the broader set of models and features including agent service.
 
+## Understanding pricing
+
+There are no pricing differences for existing Azure OpenAI functionality when upgrading to Azure AI Foundry—your current usage patterns and costs remain unchanged. However, Azure AI Foundry unlocks access to additional features such as expanded model catalogs, agent services, and evaluation tools, which may have their own pricing structures depending on the models and services used.
+
+For estimating costs of new features available in Azure AI Foundry, use the [Azure Pricing Calculator](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/).
+
 ## Roll back to Azure OpenAI
 
 In case you run into any issues, a roll back option is available. As prerequisite to roll back, you're required to delete any of the following configurations first:

articles/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/model-router.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Learn about the model router feature in Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Fo
 author: PatrickFarley
 ms.author: pafarley
 manager: nitinme
-ms.date: 08/06/2025
+ms.date: 09/10/2025
 ms.service: azure-ai-openai
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom:
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ If you select **Auto-update** at the deployment step (see [Manage models](/azure
 
 ## Underlying models
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> The latest version of model router is currently limited access only. You can request access using the `gpt-5 access` form: [gpt-5 limited access model application](https://aka.ms/oai/gpt5access). If you already have `o3 access` no request is required.
-
 |Model router version|Underlying models| Model version
 |:---:|:---|:----:|
 | `2025-08-07` | `gpt-4.1` </br>`gpt-4.1-mini` </br>`gpt-4.1-nano` </br>`o4-mini` </br> `gpt-5`  <br> `gpt-5-mini`  <br> `gpt-5-nano` <br> `gpt-5-chat`   | `2025-04-14` <br> `2025-04-14` <br> `2025-04-14` <br> `2025-04-16` <br> `2025-08-07` <br> `2025-08-07` <br> `2025-08-07` <br> `2025-08-07` |

articles/ai-foundry/openai/includes/api-surface.md

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ Each API surface/specification encapsulates a different set of Azure OpenAI capa
 
 | API | Latest preview release | Latest GA release | Specifications | Description |
 |:---|:----|:----|:----|:---|
-| **Control plane** | [`2024-06-01-preview`](/rest/api/aiservices/accountmanagement/operation-groups?view=rest-aiservices-accountmanagement-2024-06-01-preview&preserve-view=true) | [`2024-10-01`](/rest/api/aiservices/accountmanagement/deployments/create-or-update?view=rest-aiservices-accountmanagement-2024-10-01&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true) | [Spec files](https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/cognitiveservices/resource-manager/Microsoft.CognitiveServices) | Azure OpenAI shares a common control plane with all other services. The control plane API is used for things like [creating Azure OpenAI resources](/rest/api/aiservices/accountmanagement/accounts/create?view=rest-aiservices-accountmanagement-2023-05-01&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true), [model deployment](/rest/api/aiservices/accountmanagement/deployments/create-or-update?view=rest-aiservices-accountmanagement-2023-05-01&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true), and other higher level resource management tasks. The control plane also governs what is possible to do with capabilities like Azure Resource Manager, Bicep, Terraform, and Azure CLI.|
-| **Data plane - authoring** | [`2025-04-01-preview`](/azure/ai-foundry/openai/authoring-reference-preview) | `2024-10-21` | [Spec files](https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/cognitiveservices/data-plane/AzureOpenAI/authoring) | The data plane authoring API controls [fine-tuning](/rest/api/azureopenai/fine-tuning?view=rest-azureopenai-2024-08-01-preview&preserve-view=true), [file-upload](/rest/api/azureopenai/files/upload?view=rest-azureopenai-2024-08-01-preview&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true), [ingestion jobs](/rest/api/azureopenai/ingestion-jobs/create?view=rest-azureopenai-2024-08-01-preview&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true), [batch](/rest/api/azureopenai/batch?view=rest-azureopenai-2024-08-01-preview&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true) and certain [model level queries](/rest/api/azureopenai/models/get?view=rest-azureopenai-2024-08-01-preview&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true)
-| **Data plane - inference** | [`2025-04-01-preview`](/azure/ai-foundry/openai/reference-preview#data-plane-inference) | [`2024-10-21`](/azure/ai-foundry/openai/reference#data-plane-inference) | [Spec files](https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/cognitiveservices/data-plane/AzureOpenAI/inference) | The data plane inference API provides the inference capabilities/endpoints for features like completions, chat completions, embeddings, audio, on your data, Dall-e, assistants, etc. |
+| **Control plane** | `2025-07-01-preview` | [`2025-06-01`](/rest/api/aifoundry/accountmanagement/operation-groups?view=rest-aifoundry-accountmanagement-2025-06-01&preserve-view=true) | [Spec files](https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/main/specification/cognitiveservices/resource-manager/Microsoft.CognitiveServices/stable/2025-06-01/cognitiveservices.json) | The control plane API is used for operations like [creating resources](/rest/api/aifoundry/accountmanagement/accounts/create?view=rest-aifoundry-accountmanagement-2025-06-01&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true), [model deployment](/rest/api/aifoundry/accountmanagement/deployments/create-or-update?view=rest-aifoundry-accountmanagement-2025-06-01&tabs=HTTP&preserve-view=true), and other higher level resource management tasks. The control plane also governs what is possible to do with capabilities like Azure Resource Manager, Bicep, Terraform, and Azure CLI.|
+| **Data plane** | [`v1 preview`](/azure/ai-foundry/openai/reference-preview-latest) | [`v1`](/azure/ai-foundry/openai/latest) | [Spec files](https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/OpenAI.v1) | The data plane API controls inference and authoring operations.  |
+
 
 ## Authentication
 

articles/ai-foundry/openai/includes/models-azure-direct-openai.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Azure OpenAI in Azure AI Foundry Models
 author: mrbullwinkle #ChrisHMSFT
 ms.author: mbullwin #chrhoder#
 manager: nitinme
-ms.date: 08/12/2025
+ms.date: 09/10/2025
 ms.service: azure-ai-foundry
 ms.topic: include
 ---
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ az cognitiveservices account deployment create \
 
 A model that intelligently selects from a set of underlying chat models to respond to a given prompt.
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> The latest version of model router is currently limited access only. You can request access using the `gpt-5 access` form: [gpt-5 limited access model application](https://aka.ms/oai/gpt5access). If you already have `o3 access` no request is required.
-
 ### Region availability
 
 | Model | Region |

articles/ai-foundry/openai/whats-new.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn about the latest news and features updates for Azure OpenAI.
 author: mrbullwinkle
 ms.author: mbullwin #
 manager: nitinme
-ms.date: 08/14/2025
+ms.date: 09/10/2025
 ms.service: azure-ai-openai
 ms.topic: whats-new
 ms.custom:
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ Spillover is now Generally Available. Spillover manages traffic fluctuations on
 
 - Model router now supports GPT-5 series models.
 
-- The latest version of model router is currently limited access only. You can request access using the `gpt-5 access` form: [gpt-5 limited access model application](https://aka.ms/oai/gpt5access). If you already have `o3 access` no request is required.
-
 - Model router for Azure AI Foundry is a deployable AI chat model that automatically selects the best underlying chat model to respond to a given prompt. For more information on how model router works and its advantages and limitations, see the [Model router concepts guide](./concepts/model-router.md). To use model router with the Completions API, follow the [How-to guide](./concepts/model-router.md).
 
 

articles/ai-foundry/toc-files/sdk-api-reference/toc.yml

@@ -51,38 +51,38 @@ items:
       href: /rest/api/aifoundry/get-image-embeddings/get-image-embeddings
 - name: Azure OpenAI
   items:
-  - name: v1 APIs
+  - name: v1 API
     items:
       - name: v1 API
-        items:
-        - name: v1 API
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md 
-        - name: Chat
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-chat-completion
-        - name: Embeddings
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-embedding   
-        - name: Evals (preview)
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#list-evals
-        - name: Files
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-file
-        - name: Fine-tuning
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-fine-tuning-job
-        - name: Models
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#list-models
-        - name: Responses
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-response   
-        - name: Vector stores
-          href: ../../openai/latest.md#list-vector-stores
-      - name: v1 Preview API
-        href: ../../openai/reference-preview-latest.md
-  - name: Pre v1 API
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md 
+      - name: Chat
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-chat-completion
+      - name: Embeddings
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-embedding   
+      - name: Evals (preview)
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#list-evals
+      - name: Files
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-file
+      - name: Fine-tuning
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-fine-tuning-job
+      - name: Models
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#list-models
+      - name: Responses
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#create-response   
+      - name: Vector stores
+        href: ../../openai/latest.md#list-vector-stores
+  - name: Previous versions
     items:
-    - name:  2024-10-21 API reference
-      href: ../../openai/reference.md
-    - name: 2025-04-01-preview - Authoring 
-      href: ../../openai/authoring-reference-preview.md
-    - name: 2025-04-01-preview - Inference 
-      href: ../../openai/reference-preview.md
+       - name:  2024-10-21 API reference
+         href: ../../openai/reference.md
+       - name: Preview APIs
+         items:
+          - name: v1 Preview API
+            href: ../../openai/reference-preview-latest.md
+          - name: 2025-04-01-preview - Authoring 
+            href: ../../openai/authoring-reference-preview.md
+          - name: 2025-04-01-preview - Inference 
+            href: ../../openai/reference-preview.md
   - name: Assistants API Reference
     items:
       - name: REST