Launch contextual AI on Microsoft Azure. In minutes.

4Minds on Microsoft Azure is a contextual AI platform that runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and grounds your AI in your organization's data, knowledge and business rules. It works with the Microsoft Foundry models you already use and adapts continuously as your business changes, without retraining the underlying foundation model or rebuilding your AI stack.

No, your data does not leave Azure when you use 4Minds. In a customer-managed deployment, 4Minds runs compute, databases, object storage and vector indexes inside your Azure subscription, and inference against Foundry models runs on your own Foundry deployments.

4Minds works with Microsoft Foundry in two ways. You can bring your own model (BYOM) by registering Foundry deployments, including models from OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta and Mistral AI, so they appear in your users' model picker. You can also import datasets and files from your Foundry workspace. Inference runs on your Foundry deployment, grounded in the 4Minds knowledge graph.

Yes, 4Minds works with Microsoft 365 Copilot. 4Minds appears as an agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, so employees can reach your organization's custom models in Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Users select 4Minds in the agent picker and switch between models for finance, engineering, HR, legal or operations. Every answer includes a citation that links back to your data in 4Minds.

You deploy 4Minds on Azure as a containerized platform on AKS. With the customer-managed option, 4Minds runs in a private subnet inside your own Azure subscription and virtual network. A guided installer deploys the full platform in one repeatable workflow.

4Minds connects to a variety of Azure data sources. It imports data from Azure Blob Storage, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Microsoft Fabric lakehouses and warehouses, Microsoft OneLake, Microsoft SharePoint libraries and Foundry workspaces. Fabric imports support formats including CSV, JSON, Parquet, PDF, DOCX, XLSX and images, and optional scheduled sync keeps datasets current as files and tables change.

No, 4Minds does not write data back to Microsoft Fabric or OneLake. 4Minds has read-only access to the Microsoft Fabric and OneLake data you select. It lists and imports approved files and tables into 4Minds-managed storage and never writes, uploads or modifies anything in your Fabric or OneLake estate. Size budgets, streamed transfers and path-safety checks keep every import controlled and predictable.

4Minds uses these Azure services: it runs on AKS and uses Azure Blob Storage for datasets, Azure Database for PostgreSQL for application state, Microsoft Fabric Warehouse as a data source, Microsoft Foundry for model access, Azure Machine Learning for fine-tuning and endpoints, Microsoft Agent Framework for agent actions, and Azure Private Link for private connectivity. Azure Key Vault integration is optional.

4Minds handles identity and access on Azure using per-user delegated OAuth 2.0 against your Microsoft Entra ID tenant, so it inherits each user's existing permissions instead of running through an all-seeing service account. A tenant administrator grants one-time admin consent, and Azure role-based access control (RBAC) enforces least-privilege access down to individual Foundry resources, storage accounts and clusters.

No, 4Minds cannot see more data than your users can. 4Minds connects to Microsoft services on behalf of signed-in users, using each user's own Microsoft identity and permissions. It doesn't see data before an authorized user signs in. 4Minds validates every identity token for issuer, audience and signature, and you can pin integrations to your specific tenant, so data can't reach another one.

4Minds protects credentials and data on Azure by storing credentials, connection tokens and API keys encrypted in a dedicated secrets manager, with optional Azure Key Vault integration. It protects data in transit and at rest and masks sensitive values in logs and API responses. Connection tokens refresh automatically, and disconnecting an integration revokes and removes its stored access.

Yes, you can audit what 4Minds does on Azure. 4Minds logs connection activity and data access to support your compliance and review processes, and tracks usage and token consumption per integration. Its reasoning layer records how each output was shaped, checked and delivered, so every answer traces back to its source data. That gives your team a complete, auditable trail.

You start a free trial of 4Minds on Azure by selecting “try for free” on the 4Minds listing in Microsoft Marketplace to start a free trial. To review deployment options, data integration requirements and your use case, refer to the 4Minds on Microsoft Azure Technical Guide.