Teach AI to Answer Questions Based on Your Documents

I started a new 2026 series on document-grounded AI systems.

The first article revisits my 2023 Azure AI Search and Azure OpenAI document QA tutorials, but this time I start with the architecture decisions: when RAG is the right fit, when a managed Azure stack makes sense, when open-source tools are a better choice, and where fine-tuning actually belongs.

Read the full article on GitHub:

Teach AI to Answer Questions Based on Your Documents: Series 1 - RAG, Azure vs Open-Source Alternatives, and When Fine-Tuning Makes Sense