Merge pull request #158650 from aahill/offline-containers

Offline containers

Author: ttorble

articles/cognitive-services/Computer-vision/toc.yml

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ items:
         maintainContext: true
         href: ../containers/azure-container-instance-recipe.md
         displayName: container instances, container, containers, images
+      - name: Use containers in disconnected environments
+        href: ../containers/disconnected-containers.md
       - name: All Cognitive Services containers
         href: ../containers/index.yml
         maintainContext: true

articles/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/toc.yml

@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ items:
           displayName: 'ACI,azure container instances,container instances,containers'
           maintainContext: true
           href: ../containers/azure-container-instance-recipe.md
+        - name: Use containers in disconnected environments
+          href: ../containers/disconnected-containers.md
         - name: Containers FAQ
           href: speech-container-faq.yml
         - name: Cognitive Services containers documentation

articles/cognitive-services/TOC.yml

@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@
         href: cognitive-services-container-support.md
       - name: Container image tags and releases notes
         href: ./containers/container-image-tags.md
-      - name: Container FAQ
+      - name: General container FAQ
         href: ./containers/container-faq.yml
+      - name: Use containers in disconnected environments
+        href: ./containers/disconnected-containers.md
+      - name: Disconnected containers FAQ
+        href: ./containers/disconnected-container-faq.yml
       - name: Container recipes
         items:
         - name: Container Reuse

articles/cognitive-services/Translator/toc.yml

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ items:
         href: containers/translator-how-to-install-container.md
       - name: Configure containers
         href: containers/translator-container-configuration.md
+      - name: Use containers in disconnected environments
+        href: ../containers/disconnected-containers.md
       - name: "Container: Translate"
         href: containers/translator-container-supported-parameters.md
   - name: Tutorials

articles/cognitive-services/cognitive-services-container-support.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ manager: nitinme
 ms.custom: cog-serv-seo-aug-2020, ignite-fall-2021
 ms.service: cognitive-services
 ms.topic: article
-ms.date: 12/15/2021
+ms.date: 01/12/2022
 ms.author: aahi
 keywords: on-premises, Docker, container, Kubernetes
 #Customer intent: As a potential customer, I want to know more about how Cognitive Services provides and supports Docker containers for each service.
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ Azure Cognitive Services containers provide the following set of Docker containe
 | Service |  Container | Description | Availability |
 |--|--|--|--|
 | [LUIS][lu-containers] |  **LUIS** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2043204&clcid=0x409)) | Loads a trained or published Language Understanding model, also known as a LUIS app, into a docker container and provides access to the query predictions from the container's API endpoints. You can collect query logs from the container and upload these back to the [LUIS portal](https://www.luis.ai) to improve the app's prediction accuracy. | Generally available |
-| [Language service][ta-containers-keyphrase] | **Key Phrase Extraction** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2018757&clcid=0x409)) | Extracts key phrases to identify the main points. For example, for the input text "The food was delicious and there were wonderful staff", the API returns the main talking points: "food" and "wonderful staff". | Generally available |
-| [Language service][ta-containers-language] |  **Text Language Detection** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2018759&clcid=0x409)) | For up to 120 languages, detects which language the input text is written in and report a single language code for every document submitted on the request. The language code is paired with a score indicating the strength of the score. | Generally available |
-| [Language service][ta-containers-sentiment] | **Sentiment Analysis** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2018654&clcid=0x409)) | Analyzes raw text for clues about positive or negative sentiment. This version of sentiment analysis returns sentiment labels (for example *positive* or *negative*) for each document and sentence within it. |  Generally available |
+| [Language service][ta-containers-keyphrase] | **Key Phrase Extraction** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2018757&clcid=0x409)) | Extracts key phrases to identify the main points. For example, for the input text "The food was delicious and there were wonderful staff", the API returns the main talking points: "food" and "wonderful staff". | Generally available. <br> This container can also [run in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md). |
+| [Language service][ta-containers-language] |  **Text Language Detection** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2018759&clcid=0x409)) | For up to 120 languages, detects which language the input text is written in and report a single language code for every document submitted on the request. The language code is paired with a score indicating the strength of the score. | Generally available. <br> This container can also [run in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md). |
+| [Language service][ta-containers-sentiment] | **Sentiment Analysis** ([image](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2018654&clcid=0x409)) | Analyzes raw text for clues about positive or negative sentiment. This version of sentiment analysis returns sentiment labels (for example *positive* or *negative*) for each document and sentence within it. |  Generally available. This <br> container can also [run in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md). |
 | [Language service][ta-containers-health] |  **Text Analytics for health** | Extract and label medical information from unstructured clinical text. | Generally available |
-| [Translator][tr-containers] | **Translator** | Translate text in several languages and dialects. | Gated preview. [Request access](https://aka.ms/csgate-translator). | 
+| [Translator][tr-containers] | **Translator** | Translate text in several languages and dialects. | Gated preview - [request access](https://aka.ms/csgate-translator). <br> This container can also [run in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md). | 
 
 ### Speech containers
 
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ Azure Cognitive Services containers provide the following set of Docker containe
 
 | Service |  Container | Description | Availability |
 |--|--|--|
-| [Speech Service API][sp-containers-stt] |  **Speech-to-text** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-custom-speech-to-text)) | Transcribes continuous real-time speech into text. | Generally available |
+| [Speech Service API][sp-containers-stt] |  **Speech-to-text** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-custom-speech-to-text)) | Transcribes continuous real-time speech into text. | Generally available. <br> This container can also [run in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md). |
 | [Speech Service API][sp-containers-cstt] | **Custom Speech-to-text** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-custom-speech-to-text)) | Transcribes continuous real-time speech into text using a custom model. | Generally available |
 | [Speech Service API][sp-containers-tts] | **Text-to-speech** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-text-to-speech)) | Converts text to natural-sounding speech. | Generally available |
 | [Speech Service API][sp-containers-ctts] | **Custom Text-to-speech** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-custom-text-to-speech)) | Converts text to natural-sounding speech using a custom model. | Gated preview |
-| [Speech Service API][sp-containers-ntts] | **Neural Text-to-speech** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-neural-text-to-speech)) | Converts text to natural-sounding speech using deep neural network technology, allowing for more natural synthesized speech. | Generally available |
+| [Speech Service API][sp-containers-ntts] | **Neural Text-to-speech** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-neural-text-to-speech)) | Converts text to natural-sounding speech using deep neural network technology, allowing for more natural synthesized speech. | Generally available. |
 | [Speech Service API][sp-containers-lid] | **Speech language detection** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-speechservices-language-detection)) | Determines the language of spoken audio. | Gated preview |
 
 ### Vision containers
 
 
 | Service |  Container | Description | Availability |
 |--|--|--|--|
-| [Computer Vision][cv-containers] | **Read OCR** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-vision-read)) | The Read OCR container allows you to extract printed and handwritten text from images and documents with support for JPEG, PNG, BMP, PDF, and TIFF file formats. For more information, see the [Read API documentation](./computer-vision/overview-ocr.md). | Generally Available. |
+| [Computer Vision][cv-containers] | **Read OCR** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-vision-read)) | The Read OCR container allows you to extract printed and handwritten text from images and documents with support for JPEG, PNG, BMP, PDF, and TIFF file formats. For more information, see the [Read API documentation](./computer-vision/overview-ocr.md). | Generally Available. This container can also [run in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md). |
 | [Spatial Analysis][spa-containers] | **Spatial analysis** ([image](https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-azure-cognitive-services-vision-spatial-analysis)) | Analyzes real-time streaming video to understand spatial relationships between people, their movement, and interactions with objects in physical environments. | Preview |
 
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articles/cognitive-services/commitment-tier.md

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ For more information, see [Azure Cognitive Services pricing](https://azure.micro
 
 ## Request approval to purchase a commitment plan
 
+> [!CAUTION]
+> The following instructions are for purchasing a commitment tier for web-based APIs and connected containers only. For instructions on purchasing plans for disconnected containers, see [Run containers in disconnected environments](containers/disconnected-containers.md).  
+
 Before you can purchase a commitment plan, you must [submit an online application](https://aka.ms/csgatecommitment). If your application is approved, you will be able to purchase a commitment tier on the Azure portal, for both new and existing Azure Resources. 
 
 * On the form, you must use a corporate email address associated with an Azure subscription ID.
@@ -61,7 +64,9 @@ Once you are approved, you can use either create a new resource to use a commitm
     > * The resource is using the standard pricing tier.
     > * You have been approved to purchase  commitment tier pricing. 
  
-1. Select **Change** to view the available commitments for hosted API and container usage. 
+3. Select **Change** to view the available commitments for hosted API and container usage. Choose a commitment plan for one or more of the following offerings:
+    * **Web**: web-based APIs, where you send data to Azure for processing.
+    * **Connected container**: Docker containers that enable you to [deploy Cognitive services on premises](cognitive-services-container-support.md), and maintain an internet connection for billing and metering.
 
     :::image type="content" source="media/commitment-tier/commitment-tier-pricing.png" alt-text="A screenshot showing the commitment tier pricing page on the Azure portal." lightbox="media/commitment-tier/commitment-tier-pricing.png":::
 

articles/cognitive-services/containers/container-faq.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
   manager: nitinme
   ms.service: cognitive-services
   ms.topic: conceptual
-  ms.date: 10/28/2021
+  ms.date: 01/11/2022
   ms.author: aahi
 
 title: FAQ for Azure Cognitive Services containers
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ sections:
           Containers can be run anywhere in any region, but they need a key and need to call back to Azure for metering. All supported regions for the cloud service are supported for the containers' metering call.
 
 additionalContent: |
-          [!INCLUDE [Containers next steps](includes/containers-next-steps.md)]
+          * [How to use Cognitive Services containers in disconnected environments](disconnected-containers.md)