Building one AI agent is easy; engineering a platform for thousands is another story. Which department is burning the most tokens? Does every agent in production follow your safety guidelines? A reference architecture for a centrally governed AI platform on Azure — token rate limiting, semantic caching and security through API Management and Microsoft Foundry, agent identity in Entra ID, deployed as a hub-and-spoke landing zone in code.
Everyone uses AI to improve their organization, but without care you drain your budget, increase energy usage, or create risks you never intended. Do you keep a leash on your AI? Practical governance and sustainability for your AI landscape with Azure API Management and Azure AI Foundry: content filtering, token-aware throttling, and caching.