# Prompt Flow and Production Deployment

**Kategori:** MLOps & GenAIOps
**Dato:** 2026-02-04
**Last updated:** 2026-06-19
**Confidence:** 🟢 Høy (basert på offisiell Microsoft-dokumentasjon fra Azure AI Foundry og Azure Machine Learning)

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> **⚠️ Retirement (verifisert mot Microsoft Learn 2026-06-19):** Prompt Flow — i **både Microsoft Foundry og Azure Machine Learning** — pensjoneres **20. april 2027** og anbefales ikke for ny utvikling. Migrer eksisterende flows og deployments til **Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF)** før fristen. Web authoring-opplevelsen (Foundry + Azure ML), VS Code-utvidelsene og Prompt Flow container images (`promptflow-runtime`, `promptflow-runtime-stable`, `promptflow-python`) får ikke lenger oppdateringer, inkludert sikkerhetsoppdateringer. [Migrasjonsguide](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/migrate-prompt-flow-to-agent-framework?view=azureml-api-2). Innholdet under beskriver fortsatt gjeldende Prompt Flow-praksis for eksisterende løsninger frem til fristen.

## Introduksjon

Prompt Flow er Microsofts rammeverk for å utvikle, teste og deploye LLM-baserte applikasjoner gjennom en visuell workflow-editor. Produksjonsdeployment av Prompt Flow handler om å ta en testet og evaluert flow fra utviklingsmiljø til skalerbar produksjon med robuste CI/CD-pipelines, overvåking og governance.

Dette dokumentet dekker hele produksjonsdeployment-spekteret: fra lokal utvikling til Azure Managed Online Endpoints, CI/CD-integrering, monitoring med Application Insights, og GenAIOps-praksiser for LLM-baserte applikasjoner.

**Hvorfor dette er kritisk for produksjon:**

- **Lifecycle management**: Strukturert overgang fra eksperiment til produksjon med versjonshåndtering
- **Skalerbarhet**: Automatisk skalering av endpoints basert på trafikk
- **Observability**: Fullstendig trace, metrics og logging via Application Insights
- **Governance**: Model registry, conditional registration, og audit trails
- **Continuous deployment**: Automatisert testing, evaluering og deployment via GitHub Actions eller Azure DevOps

---

## Kjernekomponenter

### 1. Flow Development Lifecycle

Prompt Flow følger en fire-fase livssyklus:

**Initialisering**
- Definer business objective og samle sample data
- Bygg basic prompt structure i Prompt Flow editor (DAG-basert)
- Utvikle flow med nodes (LLM, Python, prompts) og connections

**Eksperimentering**
- Kjør flow mot sample data i Azure AI Foundry eller VS Code extension
- Test single inputs og batch runs
- Iterer på prompt variants og node-konfigurasjoner

**Evaluering og refinement**
- Kjør batch runs mot større datasett
- Bruk built-in evaluation flows (groundedness, relevance, etc.)
- Sammenlign variants og hyperparameters
- Register model i Azure Machine Learning Model Registry ved godkjente resultater

**Produksjon**
- Deploy til Azure Managed Online Endpoint eller Kubernetes
- Aktiver Application Insights for tracing og metrics
- Implementer A/B deployment for gradvis rollout
- Monitor performance og samle user feedback

### 2. Deployment Targets

**Azure Managed Online Endpoint** (anbefalt for de fleste scenarier)
- Fully managed infrastruktur med autoscaling
- Integrated med Azure RBAC og managed identities
- Built-in support for A/B testing via traffic splitting
- Krever `Microsoft.PolicyInsights` resource provider registrert

**Kubernetes Online Endpoint**
- For on-premises eller hybrid scenarios
- Krever custom instance types og manuell infrastruktur-oppsett
- Nyttig for air-gapped environments

**Docker/Custom Platforms**
- Flow kan eksporteres som Docker image basert på `promptflow-runtime-stable` base image
- Deploy til Azure App Service, Azure Container Apps, eller on-prem
- Krever custom monitoring-oppsett

### 3. Environment Configuration

**Base Image**
- Default: `mcr.microsoft.com/azureml/promptflow/promptflow-runtime-stable:latest`
- Kan spesifiseres i `flow.dag.yaml` under `environment` section
- Støtter custom images for private feeds eller spesialiserte dependencies

**Requirements.txt**
- Plasseres i flow root folder
- Dependencies installeres automatisk ved deployment
- Eksempel:
  ```
  openai>=1.0.0
  azure-identity
  promptflow-tools
  ```

**Environment Variables**
- Settes i deployment YAML under `environment_variables`
- Kritiske variabler:
  - `APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING`: For tracing til custom App Insights
  - `PROMPTFLOW_SERVING_ENGINE`: `flask` (default) eller `fastapi` (fra SDK 1.10.0+)
  - `PROMPTFLOW_WORKER_NUM`: Antall worker prosesser (default = CPU cores)
  - `PROMPTFLOW_WORKER_THREADS`: Threads per worker (default = 1, kun hvis flow er thread-safe)
  - `PRT_CONFIG_OVERRIDE`: Connection overrides for deployment

### 4. Deployment Process (Azure Foundry Portal)

**Steg 1: Forbered Flow**
1. Test flow grundig med batch runs og evaluations
2. Verifiser at connections fungerer (Azure OpenAI, AI Search, etc.)
3. Sjekk at `requirements.txt` inneholder alle dependencies

**Steg 2: Deploy fra UI**
1. Velg **Deploy** i flow editor eller run detail page
2. Konfigurer **Basic Settings**:
   - Endpoint name (nytt eller eksisterende)
   - Deployment name (unique per endpoint)
   - Virtual machine type (Standard_DS3_v2, Standard_F4s_v2, etc.)
   - Instance count (minimum 3 for high availability)
   - Inference data collection (enable for monitoring)

3. **Advanced Settings - Endpoint**:
   - Authentication type: Key-based (persistent keys) eller Token-based (rotating tokens)
   - Identity type: System-assigned (auto-created) eller User-assigned (pre-created)
   - For User-assigned: Grant `Azure Machine Learning Workspace Connection Secrets Reader` før deployment

4. **Advanced Settings - Deployment**:
   - Environment: Custom eller default (basert på flow.dag.yaml)
   - Tags for organisering
   - Application Insights diagnostics: Enable for tracing

5. **Advanced Settings - Outputs & Connections**:
   - Velg hvilke flow outputs som inkluderes i endpoint response
   - Override connections hvis produksjon bruker andre enn dev

**Steg 3: Grant Permissions**
- For System-assigned identity: Assign `Azure Machine Learning Workspace Connection Secrets Reader` role
- For connections med Entra ID auth (f.eks. Azure OpenAI): Assign `Cognitive Services OpenAI User` role
- For User-assigned: Grant ACR Pull + Storage Blob Data Reader på hub registry/storage

**Deployment tar 15-20 minutter** (endpoint creation, model registration, deployment creation)

### 5. CI/CD Integration

**GitHub Actions Workflow (GenAIOps Template)**

Microsoft tilbyr [genaiops-promptflow-template](https://github.com/microsoft/genaiops-promptflow-template) med følgende process:

1. **Feature branch → Dev branch (PR)**:
   - Build validation pipeline kjører
   - Experimentation flows testes
   - Manual approval kreves

2. **Dev branch (merge)**:
   - CI pipeline kjører experimentation + evaluation flows sekvensielt
   - Registrerer flows i Azure ML Model Registry hvis metrics passerer threshold
   - CD pipeline deployer til dev environment (managed endpoint)
   - Integration og smoke tests kjøres

3. **Dev → Release branch (PR)**:
   - Samme CI/CD loop for prod environment
   - A/B deployment støttes via traffic splitting

**Key GitHub Actions Steps**:
```yaml
- name: Install promptflow CLI
  run: pip install promptflow promptflow-tools promptflow[azure]

- name: Run flow
  run: pf run create --flow <path> --data <data.jsonl>

- name: Evaluate flow
  run: pf run create --flow <eval-flow> --run <base-run-id>

- name: Register model
  run: az ml model create --name <model> --path <flow-path>

- name: Deploy endpoint
  run: az ml online-deployment create --file deployment.yml
```

**Azure DevOps Pipelines**:
- Tilsvarende struktur med Azure DevOps tasks
- Bruk `AzureCLI@2` task for `az ml` commands
- Service principal autentisering via Azure Service Connection

### 6. Model Registry and Versioning

**Conditional Registration**:
- GenAIOps template registrerer kun nye versjoner hvis:
  - Dataset har endret seg (SHA hash comparison)
  - Evaluation metrics overstiger threshold
  - Flow definition har endret seg

**Registration Format**:
```yaml
name: my-flow-model
version: 1
type: mlflow_model
path: azureml://jobs/<job-id>/outputs/artifacts/paths/model
properties:
  azureml.promptflow.source_flow_id: <flow-name>
```

**Registry Benefits**:
- Cross-workspace sharing av models
- Lineage tracking til training jobs
- Role-based access control per model
- Tagging for lifecycle stages (dev, staging, prod)

---

## Arkitekturmønstre

### Pattern 1: Single Environment Deployment

**Bruk når:**
- Enkel applikasjon uten kompleks governance
- Liten team med begrenset DevOps-kapasitet
- Proof-of-concept eller interne tools

**Arkitektur:**
```
Developer → Azure AI Foundry Portal → Manual Deploy → Single Endpoint
```

**Fordeler:**
- Rask time-to-deployment
- Ingen CI/CD overhead
- Enkel å forstå for ikke-DevOps-team

**Ulemper:**
- Ingen automated testing
- Mangler audit trail
- Vanskelig rollback

### Pattern 2: Multi-Stage CI/CD Pipeline

**Bruk når:**
- Enterprise produksjon med compliance krav
- Team med DevOps/Platform engineering
- Kritiske applikasjoner med SLA

**Arkitektur:**
```
Feature Branch → PR → Dev CI/CD → Dev Endpoint
                                ↓
                          Manual Gate
                                ↓
               Release Branch → Prod CI/CD → Prod Endpoint (Blue-Green)
```

**Fordeler:**
- Automated evaluation og quality gates
- Audit trail via Git history
- Rollback via pipeline re-run
- A/B testing support

**Ulemper:**
- Høyere initial setup cost
- Krever CI/CD infrastruktur

### Pattern 3: A/B Deployment for Gradual Rollout

**Bruk når:**
- Testing ny prompt versjon i produksjon
- Risikoreduksjon ved store endringer
- Data-driven prompt optimization

**Arkitektur:**
```
Endpoint: my-flow-endpoint
├── Deployment A (80% traffic): v1.0 (current stable)
└── Deployment B (20% traffic): v2.0 (new variant)
```

**Implementation (Azure CLI)**:
```bash
# Deploy new version
az ml online-deployment create --name v2 --endpoint my-flow-endpoint \
  --file deployment-v2.yml --traffic-percentage 20

# Gradvis øk traffic
az ml online-endpoint update --name my-flow-endpoint \
  --traffic "v1=50 v2=50"

# Full rollout
az ml online-endpoint update --name my-flow-endpoint \
  --traffic "v2=100"
```

### Pattern 4: Local-to-Cloud Development Loop

**Bruk når:**
- Rapid iteration på prompts
- Team collaboration på flows
- Hybrid dev environment (local + cloud compute)

**Workflow:**
```
1. Local Dev (VS Code + Prompt Flow extension)
   ↓
2. Test locally: pf flow test --flow .
   ↓
3. Submit batch run to cloud: pf run create --runtime serverless
   ↓
4. View results i Azure ML Studio
   ↓
5. Export flow til Git → CI/CD pipeline
```

**Fordeler:**
- Fast iteration cycle
- Cloud compute for batch testing
- Version control via Git

---

## Beslutningsveiledning

### Når velge Managed Online Endpoint vs. Kubernetes?

| Kriterium | Managed Endpoint | Kubernetes Endpoint |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------|
| **Infrastruktur-overhead** | Ingen (fully managed) | Høy (cluster management) |
| **Skalerbarhet** | Auto-scaling built-in | Manual HPA setup |
| **Kostnads-transparens** | Pay-per-instance | Cluster overhead + instances |
| **Hybrid/On-prem** | Nei (Azure only) | Ja (AKS eller on-prem K8s) |
| **Compliance** | Standard Azure compliance | Custom compliance setup |
| **Anbefalt for** | De fleste scenarier | Hybrid cloud, air-gapped |

**Anbefaling for offentlig sektor:** Managed Endpoint i utgangspunktet, Kubernetes kun hvis hybrid cloud eller on-prem er lovpålagt.

### Når bruke FastAPI vs. Flask serving engine?

| Faktor | Flask (default) | FastAPI |
|--------|-----------------|---------|
| **Tilgjengelighet** | Alle SDK-versjoner | SDK >= 1.10.0 |
| **Ytelse** | Stabil, proven | Høyere throughput (async) |
| **Concurrency** | Process-based (multi-worker) | Async event loop + multi-worker |
| **Thread-safety** | Mindre kritisk | Krever thread-safe flow code |

**Aktivering:**
```yaml
environment_variables:
  PROMPTFLOW_SERVING_ENGINE: fastapi
```

**Anbefaling:** Start med Flask (default), switch til FastAPI hvis latency/throughput blir bottleneck OG flow code er thread-safe.

### Concurrency Tuning

**Formula:**
```
max_concurrent_requests_per_instance = worker_num × worker_threads × multiplier

hvor multiplier =
  - 1.0 hvis request time > 200ms (CPU-bound)
  - 1.5-2.0 hvis request time <= 200ms (I/O-bound)
```

**Eksempel for 4-core VM med 100ms request time:**
```yaml
request_settings:
  max_concurrent_requests_per_instance: 12  # 4 workers × 1 thread × 1.5

environment_variables:
  PROMPTFLOW_WORKER_NUM: 4
  PROMPTFLOW_WORKER_THREADS: 1
```

---

## Integrasjon med Microsoft-stakken

### Azure AI Foundry Integration

**Flow Development**:
- Drag-and-drop DAG editor for LLM, Python, Prompt nodes
- Built-in connections til Azure OpenAI, AI Search, Content Safety
- Variant experimentation (side-by-side prompt comparison)

**Compute Session Management**:
- Serverless compute (on-demand, billed per minute)
- Compute instance (dedicated, faster startup for iteration)
- Automatisk pause etter inaktivitet

**Deployment Lifecycle**:
- Flow → Test → Batch Run → Evaluation → Model Registry → Endpoint
- All steps traceable via Foundry portal UI

### Azure Machine Learning Integration

**Model Registry**:
- Cross-workspace sharing via Azure ML Registry (multi-region)
- Lineage tracking: flow → training job → dataset
- RBAC per model version

**Endpoints & Deployments**:
- Same infrastructure som standard ML model deployments
- Supports managed identities for secure connection access
- Integrated med Azure Monitor for operational metrics

### Application Insights Integration

**Tracing**:
- OpenTelemetry-compliant trace data
- Captures: LLM calls, node execution, token consumption, latency
- Transaction search for debugging individual requests

**Metrics** (under `promptflow standard metrics` namespace):
- `token_consumption` (counter): prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, total_tokens
- `flow_latency` (histogram): end-to-end request time
- `flow_request` (counter): request count per flow
- `node_latency` / `node_request`: per-node breakdown
- `rpc_latency` / `rpc_request`: external API call metrics
- `flow_streaming_response_duration`: for streaming endpoints

**Enabling:**
```yaml
# I deployment.yml
app_insights_enabled: true

# Eller custom App Insights:
environment_variables:
  APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING: "InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=..."
```

**Viewing Metrics**:
1. Azure Portal → Application Insights → Metrics
2. Metric Namespace: `promptflow standard metrics`
3. Metric: Velg fra dropdown (token_consumption, flow_latency, etc.)
4. Split by dimension: flow, node, response_code

### Feedback Collection API

Prompt Flow serving eksponerer `/feedback` endpoint for post-inference feedback:

**Request:**
```http
POST https://<endpoint>.azureml.ms/feedback
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json
traceparent: 00-<trace-id>-<span-id>-01

{
  "rating": 5,
  "comment": "Excellent answer",
  "user_id": "user@example.com"
}
```

**Trace Correlation**:
- `traceparent` header linker feedback til original request trace
- Feedback lagres som span i Application Insights
- Enables correlation analysis (latency vs. rating, etc.)

### Azure DevOps Integration

**Pipeline Tasks**:
- `AzureCLI@2`: For `az ml` commands
- `PythonScript@0`: For `pf` CLI commands
- `PublishPipelineArtifact@1`: Publish evaluation reports (CSV, HTML)

**Artifact Management**:
- Flow folder lagres i Azure Repos
- Evaluation results publiseres som pipeline artifacts
- Model versions linkes til Git commits

---

## Offentlig sektor (Norge)

### Compliance ved Deployment

**Krav fra Digdir:**
- **Etterprøvbarhet**: CI/CD pipeline gir audit trail (Git commits, pipeline runs, model versions)
- **Versjonskontroll**: Model registry sporer alle versjoner med lineage til training data
- **Tilgangskontroll**: Managed identities + Azure RBAC sikrer least privilege
- **Datahåndtering**: Inference data collection kan disabled hvis personvern krever det

**DPIA for Deployment**:
- Vurder om inference logs inneholder persondata (aktiveres via `inference_data_collection`)
- Application Insights trace data kan inneholde brukerinput → anonymiser i production
- Feedback API må ha consent-mekanisme hvis brukerdata lagres

### Utredningsinstruksen: Teknologivalg

**Deployment Target**:
- **Managed Endpoint**: Standard valg, dokumenter kostnads-modell (instance count × VM cost)
- **Kubernetes**: Kun hvis hybrid cloud er påkrevd, dokumenter driftskostnader
- **Docker on-prem**: Kun hvis sky ikke er tillatt, dokumenter security patching-ansvar

**Alternativer-analyse**:
| Alternativ | Fordel | Ulempe |
|------------|--------|--------|
| Managed Endpoint | Fully managed, auto-scaling | Azure lock-in, cloud-only |
| AKS | Hybrid, full kontroll | Høy driftskostnad |
| On-prem Docker | Ingen sky-avhengighet | Manuell skalering, patching |

**Anbefaling:** Managed Endpoint med fallback til AKS hvis hybrid cloud er lovpålagt.

### ROS-analyse: Deployment Risiko

| Trussel | Sannsynlighet | Konsekvens | Tiltak |
|---------|---------------|------------|--------|
| Endpoint key leak | Middels | Høy | Bruk Token-based auth (roterende) + Key Vault |
| Connection credentials i logs | Lav | Høy | Disable inference data collection |
| Unauthorized model update | Lav | Middels | RBAC på Model Registry + approval gates |
| DDoS på endpoint | Middels | Middels | Azure DDoS Protection + rate limiting |

---

## Kostnad og lisensiering

### Deployment Kostnader

**Managed Online Endpoint**:
```
Kostnad = (VM cost per hour × instance count × uptime hours)
        + (Azure ML deployment overhead)
        + (Application Insights ingestion + retention)
```

**Eksempel (Standard_DS3_v2, 3 instances, 24/7):**
- VM cost: ~70 NOK/time × 3 instances × 730 timer/måned = ~153 300 NOK/måned
- Application Insights: ~1000-5000 NOK/måned (avhengig av trace volume)
- **Total: ~155 000-160 000 NOK/måned**

**Kostnadsoptimalisering**:
- Bruk autoscaling (min 1 instance, max 5) for variabel trafikk
- Scheduled scaling (nedskalering utenfor arbeidstid)
- Reserved instances for forutsigbar last (opptil 72% rabatt)

**Compute Session (Development)**:
- Serverless: ~5 NOK/time, billed per minute
- Compute instance: ~60-150 NOK/time avhengig av size, billed hourly
- Auto-pause etter 30 min inaktivitet (konfigurerbar)

### Lisensiering

**Azure AI Foundry**:
- Included i Azure subscription, ingen separat lisens
- Betaler kun for underliggende resources (compute, storage, AI services)

**Prompt Flow**:
- Open source (MIT license) + Azure-managed variant
- Ingen lisenskostnad for SDK/CLI
- Azure-managed deployment krever Azure ML workspace (ingen ekstra lisens)

**Nødvendige Azure Services**:
- Azure Machine Learning workspace (gratis, betaler kun for compute/storage)
- Application Insights (pay-as-you-go)
- Optional: Azure ML Registry for cross-workspace sharing (ingen ekstra kostnad)

---

## For arkitekten (Cosmo)

### Når anbefale Prompt Flow Deployment?

**Sterk anbefaling når:**
- Kunden allerede bruker Azure AI Foundry for LLM-utvikling
- Behov for visuell DAG-editor (forenkler kommunikasjon med ikke-tekniske stakeholders)
- Team mangler dyp MLOps-kompetanse (Prompt Flow abstraherer bort mye kompleksitet)
- Krav om rapid iteration på prompts (variant experimentation built-in)

**Vurder alternativer når:**
- Kunden har eksisterende MLOps pipeline (f.eks. Kubeflow, MLflow) → integrer Prompt Flow som model format
- Kompleks custom orchestration logic → Semantic Kernel eller LangChain kan være bedre fit
- Pure API-basert workflow uten visuell editor-behov → Azure Functions + Azure OpenAI direkte

### Red Flags å se etter

**Deployment Anti-patterns:**
- Deploying direkte fra developer laptop → alltid bruk CI/CD
- Hardkoding connection credentials i flow → bruk Azure Key Vault references
- Ingen evaluations før deployment → alltid kjør eval flows
- Single instance deployment for produksjon → minimum 3 instances for HA
- Ingen Application Insights → umulig å debugge production issues

**Cost Traps:**
- 24/7 high-end VMs uten autoscaling → kan koste 100K+ NOK/måned unødvendig
- Inference data collection enabled uten retention policy → App Insights storage kosten eksploderer
- Compute sessions som ikke auto-pauserer → betaler for idle compute

### Spørsmål å stille kunden

1. **Development Process**: "Hvordan itererer teamet på prompts i dag? Lokalt eller i sky?"
   - *Steer til:* Local dev (VS Code) → cloud batch testing → CI/CD deployment

2. **Deployment Frequency**: "Hvor ofte oppdaterer dere prompts/flows i produksjon?"
   - *Hvis daglig/ukentlig:* CI/CD er kritisk
   - *Hvis månedlig+:* Manual deployment kan aksepteres

3. **Traffic Pattern**: "Er trafikken konstant eller variabel (dag vs. natt, virkedag vs. helg)?"
   - *Hvis variabel:* Autoscaling er must-have
   - *Hvis konstant:* Reserved instances for kostnadskutt

4. **Compliance**: "Har dere krav om on-prem eller hybrid cloud?"
   - *Hvis ja:* Kubernetes endpoint eller Docker export
   - *Hvis nei:* Managed endpoint (default)

5. **Monitoring**: "Hvordan måler dere kvalitet på LLM-output i dag?"
   - *Hvis ingen:* Setup evaluation flows + App Insights metrics
   - *Hvis eksisterende:* Integrer med /feedback API

### Decision Tree: Deployment Strategy

```
Er dette første gang kunden deployer LLM-basert app?
├─ Ja → Start med Managed Endpoint + Manual deployment (rask learning)
│        Etter 1-2 måneder → Introduser CI/CD pipeline
│
└─ Nei (har erfaring) → Direkte til CI/CD pipeline
                        ├─ GitHub brukt? → GitHub Actions template
                        └─ Azure DevOps brukt? → Azure Pipelines template
```

### Eksempel på anbefaling (offentlig sektor use case)

**Scenario:** NAV skal deploye chatbot for sykepenger-spørsmål.

**Anbefalt arkitektur:**
1. **Development**: Azure AI Foundry → Prompt Flow editor (DAG-basert)
2. **CI/CD**: GitHub (NAV sin standard) + GenAIOps template
   - Feature branch: PR trigger → build validation
   - Main branch: CI trigger → evaluation → model registry → dev endpoint
   - Prod branch: Manual approval gate → prod endpoint
3. **Deployment**: Managed Online Endpoint
   - 3 instances (Standard_DS3_v2) med autoscaling 1-5
   - Token-based auth (roterende credentials)
   - System-assigned managed identity
4. **Monitoring**: Application Insights
   - Token consumption metrics (budsjettsporing)
   - Latency metrics (SLA tracking)
   - Custom feedback via /feedback API (brukertilfredshet)
5. **Compliance**:
   - Inference data collection DISABLED (personvern)
   - Model registry for versjonssporing (etterprøvbarhet)
   - RBAC på endpoint + model registry (tilgangskontroll)

**Kostnadsestimat:**
- Deployment: ~160 000 NOK/måned (3 instances 24/7)
- Compute sessions (dev): ~10 000 NOK/måned (5 utviklere, 4 timer/dag)
- Application Insights: ~3 000 NOK/måned
- **Total: ~173 000 NOK/måned**

**Alternativ (kostnadsoptimalisert):**
- Autoscaling 1-3 instances med scheduled scaling (08:00-16:00 virkedager)
- Reserved instances (1-year commit)
- **Redusert kostnad: ~80 000 NOK/måned**

---

## Kilder og verifisering

**Microsoft Learn Dokumentasjon:**
1. [Deploy a flow for real-time inference (Azure AI Foundry)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-classic/how-to/flow-deploy?view=foundry-classic) – Offisiell guide for deployment via portal
2. [GenAIOps with Prompt Flow and GitHub](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-end-to-end-llmops-with-prompt-flow?view=azureml-api-2) – CI/CD pipeline patterns og lifecycle management
3. [Enable tracing and collect feedback for a flow deployment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-classic/how-to/develop/trace-production-sdk?view=foundry-classic) – Application Insights integration og metrics
4. [Deploy a flow to online endpoint with CLI/SDK](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-deploy-to-code?view=azureml-api-2) – Advanced deployment configuration (concurrency, FastAPI, etc.)
5. [Integrate Prompt Flow with DevOps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/prompt-flow/how-to-integrate-with-llm-app-devops?view=azureml-api-2) – Local-to-cloud development workflow

**GitHub Resources:**
- [GenAIOps Prompt Flow Template](https://github.com/microsoft/genaiops-promptflow-template) – Reference implementation for CI/CD
- [Prompt Flow SDK Examples](https://github.com/Azure/azureml-examples/tree/main/cli/generative-ai/promptflow) – Code samples for deployment automation

**Verifisert:** 2026-06-19 via microsoft-learn MCP server (søk + fetch på 5 offisielle docs)