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Reusing an Existing Azure AI Foundry Project

To configure your environment to use an existing Azure AI Foundry Project, follow these steps:

⚠️ Region requirement

The existing Foundry project must reside in a region that supports both the GPT model deployed by this accelerator (default gpt-5.1 with GlobalStandard deployment type) and Azure AI Content Understanding (GA).
Supported regions: australiaeast, eastus, eastus2, japaneast, southcentralus, southeastasia, swedencentral, uksouth, westeurope, westus, westus3.
If the existing project is in a different region, deployment will fail or the application will not work correctly.

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1. Go to Azure Portal

Go to https://portal.azure.com

2. Search for Azure AI Foundry

In the search bar at the top, type "Azure AI Foundry" and click on it. Then select the Foundry service instance where your project exists.

3. Navigate to Projects under Resource Management

On the left sidebar of the Foundry service blade:

• Expand the Resource Management section
• Click on Projects (this refers to the active Foundry project tied to the service)

4. Click on the Project

From the Projects view: Click on the project name to open its details

Note: You will see only one project listed here, as each Foundry service maps to a single project in this accelerator

5. Copy Resource ID

In the left-hand menu of the project blade:

• Click on Properties under Resource Management
• Locate the Resource ID field
• Click on the copy icon next to the Resource ID value

6. Set the Foundry Project Resource ID in Your Environment

Run the following command in your terminal

azd env set AZURE_EXISTING_AIPROJECT_RESOURCE_ID '<Existing Foundry Project Resource ID>'

Replace <Existing Foundry Project Resource ID> with the value obtained from Step 5.

7. Continue Deployment

Proceed with the next steps in the deployment guide.