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parent: Connecting to LLMs
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# Azure

Aider can connect to the OpenAI models on Azure.

```
pip install aider-chat

# Mac/Linux:                                           
export AZURE_API_KEY=<key>
export AZURE_API_VERSION=2023-05-15
export AZURE_API_BASE=https://myendpt.openai.azure.com

# Windows:
setx AZURE_API_KEY <key>
setx AZURE_API_VERSION 2023-05-15
setx AZURE_API_BASE https://myendpt.openai.azure.com

aider --model azure/<your_deployment_name>

# List models available from Azure
aider --models azure/
```

Note that aider will also use environment variables
like `AZURE_OPENAI_API_xxx`.