Create an AI connection for Azure AI Foundry

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Create an AI connection for Azure Foundry in AI Control Tower using the  AI Service Graph Connector for Microsoft.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_ai_disc.discovery_admin and sn_cmdb_int_util.sgc_admin

    Account & Resource Hierarchy

    The connector supports three Azure service variants, each with its own resource hierarchy:

    • ML Services (AI Hub) Subscriptions → Resource Groups → ML Workspaces → Agents
    • AI Services/Old Foundry (Cognitive Services) Subscriptions → Resource Groups → Cognitive Services Accounts → Projects → Agents
    • New Foundry Subscriptions → Resource Groups → Accounts → Projects → Agents → Agent Versions

    The key distinction with New Foundry is that each agent version is treated as a distinct entity, which the other two variants don't support.

    Discovered per agent

    For each agent discovered across all three variants, the connector collects:

    • AI Agents (assistants)- The primary entity.
    • AI Models- Deployed models (GPT-4o, Llama, Claude, etc.) via deployment enrichment.
    • AI Prompts- System instructions attached to agents.
    • AI Tools- With type coverage varying by variant:
      • ML & AI Services: functions, connected_agent, others
      • New Foundry adds: mcp, openapi, a2a_preview
    • Sub-component Relationships- M2M links between agents and their sub agents/tools
    • Usage/Execution Metrics- Aggregated run counts by agent, date, and session.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to Al Control Tower workspace > Configurations > AI connections.
    2. Click Add.
    3. Select AI connector for Microsoft from all the available connectors.
    4. Click Create connection.
    5. Select Azure Foundry check box.
    6. Review setup instructions page displays.
      Note:
      Verify to follow all the prerequisite steps.
    7. Select Continue.
    8. Setup page appears
    9. Configure and test ML services connection
      1. Enter the Connection Name
      2. Enter the Region URL
        Note:
        The region field is optional. If the field is empty, it will discover for all the region or If you can give comma- separated value of regions (e.g., eastus, westus2).
      3. Enter the OAuth client IDOAuth client ID
      4. Enter the OAuth client secret
      5. Enter the Tenant ID (https://login.microsoftonline.com/<tenantid>/oauth2/v2.0/token)

        The tenant id can be found in the URL of every page. It’s abbreviated as tid.

      6. Select Create and test connection
      7. Select Continue
    10. Configure and test AI services connection
      1. Enter the Connection Name
      2. Enter the Connection URL (https://<resource-name>services.ai.azure.com)
        Note:
        To obtain the resource name, make sure that you're on New Foundry (Enable the New Foundry toggle) and select the project. Once you're on the home page, look for the Project endpoint to view the resource name.

        Starting from March 2026 onwards, ServiceNow provides support to the New Foundry along with the old Foundry.

      3. Enter the OAuth client ID
      4. Enter the OAuth client secret
      5. Enter the OAuth token URL
    11. Configure Azure import schedule
      1. Verify that both the parent-scheduled jobs, Discovery and Execution are active as they’re shipped out inactive.

        Ensure to execute the Discovery-scheduled job first.

      2. Select Execute now to run
        Note:
        This is an optional step as the schedule imports run according to the schedule.
      3. Select Continue
      4. Select View all connections to view the newly created connection

    Result

    The AI connection for Azure AI Foundry is created and configured.