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Microsoft Launches xAI’s Grok 4 on Azure AI Foundry for Enterprise Use

The integration emphasizes Azure's default safety controls for business deployment.

Overview

  • Grok 4 is now live in Azure AI Foundry for general availability after a private preview, with deployment under the Global Standard category.
  • Key capabilities include a 128K‑token context window, native tool use and integrated web search to support data‑aware, real‑time responses.
  • Microsoft says the model was evaluated for responsible use, with Azure AI Content Safety enabled by default and guidance to add domain‑specific guardrails.
  • Three workload‑tuned options accompany the flagship model: Grok 4 Fast Reasoning, Grok 4 Fast Non‑Reasoning and Grok Code Fast 1.
  • Pricing for the standard Grok 4 is $5.50 per million input tokens and $27.50 per million output tokens, with performance and training‑scale advantages reported by xAI and Microsoft’s internal benchmarks.