Cloud Computing

Azure OpenAI: Grounding GPT with Private Data

Every enterprise wants an AI that doesn't hallucinate. This lesson covers RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) in Azure — connecting Blob Storage to Azure OpenAI Studio to ground a chatbot in internal HR docs.

Level: IntermediateCloud Computing

What You'll Learn

Azure OpenAI Service vs OpenAI API
Add Your Data feature in Azure OpenAI Studio
Connecting Azure Blob Storage as a data source
Azure AI Search for vector indexing
Grounding GPT responses to internal documents
HR document chatbot: no hallucinations
Role-based access control for private data

What's Included

🧭AI Tutor🔒

Interactive learning path with AI-generated lessons read aloud by your personal tutor

🧪Practice Lab🔒

Step-by-step lab instructions with AI guidance — run in your own IDE or sandbox.

🎙️Mock Interviews🔒

AI interviewer asks tailored questions, gives real-time feedback and a score report

📝Evaluation🔒

MCQ questions (theory, practical, code) to test your knowledge and earn a badge

⚔️Challenge AI🔒

Compete head-to-head against AI on real production problems — judged on correctness, performance, scalability, code quality, and edge cases

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Azure OpenAI & RAG Overview

  • •Azure OpenAI Service: deployment, quotas, and models
  • •Why grounding eliminates hallucinations
  • •Add Your Data: Azure's managed RAG pipeline
  • •Azure AI Search as the vector store backend
  • •Supported file types and ingestion limits

Module 2: Connecting Private Data

  • •Uploading HR docs to Azure Blob Storage
  • •Connecting Blob Storage to Azure OpenAI Studio
  • •Chunking and indexing configuration
  • •Testing retrieval in the Azure playground
  • •Inspecting citations and retrieved chunks

Module 3: Deploying the Grounded Chatbot

  • •Deploying the grounded chat model as a web app
  • •RBAC: restricting data access by Azure AD role
  • •System prompt design for HR assistant persona
  • •Monitoring token usage and retrieval quality
  • •Capstone: internal HR Q&A bot grounded in private docs

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✓AI Tutor
✓Practice Lab
✓Mock Interviews
✓Evaluation
✓Challenge AI