{"id":111,"date":"2025-04-04T09:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/?p=111"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:23:35","slug":"azure-ai-foundry-vscode-extension-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/azure-ai-foundry-vscode-extension-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure AI Foundry Extension for Visual Studio Code is Available in Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 2160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-111-1\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1440\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2026\/03\/VS-Code-Extension-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2026\/03\/VS-Code-Extension-1.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2026\/03\/VS-Code-Extension-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Azure AI Foundry is a trusted platform for designing, customizing, and managing AI applications, with a portal that enables secure data integration, model customization, and enterprise-grade governance. As developers, we know the pain of context-switching, that\u2019s why we\u2019re thrilled to announce an <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/azureaifoundry\/vscode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure AI Foundry extension for Visual Studio Code<\/a>\u2014now available in preview! Once you\u2019ve created your project in the Azure AI Foundry portal, you can get back to VS Code to build, test, and deploy AI agents and large language models (LLMs).<\/p>\n<p>Read more about what\u2019s new in Azure AI Foundry <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/AzureAIFoundryApril2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Tell me more&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>With the Azure AI Foundry extension, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deploy language models<\/strong> from Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek, and more using the model catalog<\/li>\n<li><strong>Test deployed models<\/strong> in a model playground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-111-2\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_Models_v2-1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_Models_v2-1.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_Models_v2-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start building with deployed models <\/strong>by right-clicking on the model to get the sample code<\/li>\n<li><strong>Create, deploy, and test agents<\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/products\/ai-foundry\/?msockid=331fc815667b66991affdbd8670f67f7#azureai_tab2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure AI Agent Service<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-111-3\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_Agent_v2.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_Agent_v2.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_Agent_v2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>How do I get started?<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/azureaifoundry\/vscode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure AI Foundry<\/a> extension from the VS Code marketplace.<\/li>\n<li>Set the default AI project using the command palette (Ctrl + Shift + P), with the command \u201cAzure AI Foundry: Foundry: Select Default Project\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>From the Azure icon on the VS Code Navbar, click \u201cResources\u201d, then select your Azure Subscription and Resource Group.<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cAzure AI Foundry\u201d to open your projects.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-111-4\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_GettingStarted_v2.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_GettingStarted_v2.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2025\/04\/25_66_GettingStarted_v2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>You can start interacting with your agents and models! To simplify the coding experience in Python and C#, use the Azure AI Foundry extension along with the Azure AI Foundry SDK to integrate Azure AI Foundry capabilities into your apps.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of features available in the extension, use the Command Palette and search \u201cAzure AI Foundry.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s my next steps?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New!<\/strong> Install the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/azureaifoundry\/vscode\">Azure AI Foundry<\/a> extension from the VS Code marketplace<\/li>\n<li>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.azure.com\/\">Azure AI Foundry<\/a> models, agentic frameworks, and toolchain features<\/li>\n<li>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/aifoundrysdk\">Azure AI Foundry SDK<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/azureaifoundry\/vscode\/docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure AI Foundry documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Take the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/ADAI_OptlGenAIMod_Plan\">Azure AI Foundry learn courses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Feedback<\/h3>\n<p>Give the extension a try, and please let us know what you think. If you have any questions or feedback, please file an issue on our <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/ai-foundry-for-vscode\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub repo<\/a>. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us make continuous improvements. Happy coding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to use Azure AI Foundry capabilities directly in VS Code with the Azure AI Foundry extension for Visual Studio Code, now available in public preview. 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