Use App Configuration for operational switches
Keep runtime switches and adjustable operational settings in Azure App Configuration instead of requiring a deployment for every change.
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Microsoft Foundry: When Agent Framework Agents Become Managed Resources
How to host a Microsoft Agent Framework agent in Foundry while keeping authorization, conversation ownership, identity, and governance boundaries explicit.
When an AI Request Should Become a Background Job
How to decide when a .NET AI request should stay synchronous, stream its response, or move to a durable background job with HTTP 202 and a status resource.
Assign least-privilege Azure roles, not broad contributor rights
Give workloads and people the narrow Azure role they need instead of defaulting to Contributor.
Keep model name and deployment name in config
Do not hard-code model routing decisions into application logic.
Use managed identity before connection strings
Prefer Azure-managed identities over long-lived secrets in deployed applications.