diff --git a/cli/serve.go b/cli/serve.go
index d9b6ada73..effe3f8ff 100644
--- a/cli/serve.go
+++ b/cli/serve.go
@@ -122,24 +122,22 @@ var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func registerAIProvider(aiConfig *ai.Config) {
 	// register the AI provider
 	for name, provider := range aiConfig.Providers {
-		// register the Azure OpenAI provider
-		if name == "azopenai" {
-			apiKey := provider["api_key"]
-			apiEndpoint := provider["api_endpoint"]
-			if apiKey == "" || apiEndpoint == "" {
-				// log.InfoStatusEvent(os.Stdout, "register Azure OpenAI provider used by New()")
-				ai.RegisterProvider(azopenai.New())
-			} else {
-				// log.InfoStatusEvent(os.Stdout, "register Azure OpenAI provider used by NewAzureOpenAIProvider()")
-				ai.RegisterProvider(azopenai.NewAzureOpenAIProvider(apiKey, apiEndpoint))
-			}
+		// register LLM provider
+		switch name {
+		case "azopenai":
+			ai.RegisterProvider(azopenai.NewProvider(
+				provider["api_key"],
+				provider["api_endpoint"],
+				provider["deployment_id"],
+				provider["api_version"],
+			))
+			log.InfoStatusEvent(os.Stdout, "register [%s] AI provider", name)
+			// TODO: register other providers
 		}
 		// register the OpenAI provider
 		if name == "openai" {
 			ai.RegisterProvider(openai.NewProvider(provider["api_key"], provider["model"]))
 		}
-
-		// TODO: register other providers
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/example/10-ai/zipper.yaml b/example/10-ai/zipper.yaml
index dc0fd0590..ddbaef0b6 100644
--- a/example/10-ai/zipper.yaml
+++ b/example/10-ai/zipper.yaml
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ bridge:
 
     providers:
       azopenai:
-        api_key: 
         api_endpoint: 
+        deployment_id: 
+        api_key: 
+        api_version: 
 
       openai:
         api_key:
         model:
 
-      huggingface:
-        model:
-
+      gemini:
+        api_key:
diff --git a/pkg/bridge/ai/provider/azopenai/provider.go b/pkg/bridge/ai/provider/azopenai/provider.go
index dc929e41f..03a3cc001 100644
--- a/pkg/bridge/ai/provider/azopenai/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/bridge/ai/provider/azopenai/provider.go
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ type RespUsage struct {
 
 // AzureOpenAIProvider is the provider for Azure OpenAI
 type AzureOpenAIProvider struct {
-	APIKey      string
-	APIEndpoint string
+	APIKey       string
+	APIEndpoint  string
+	DeploymentID string
+	APIVersion   string
 }
 
 type connectedFn struct {
@@ -80,19 +82,25 @@ func init() {
 	fns = sync.Map{}
 }
 
-// NewAzureOpenAIProvider creates a new AzureOpenAIProvider
-func NewAzureOpenAIProvider(apiKey string, apiEndpoint string) *AzureOpenAIProvider {
-	return &AzureOpenAIProvider{
-		APIKey:      apiKey,
-		APIEndpoint: apiEndpoint,
+// NewProvider creates a new AzureOpenAIProvider
+func NewProvider(apiKey string, apiEndpoint string, deploymentID string, apiVersion string) *AzureOpenAIProvider {
+	if apiKey == "" {
+		apiKey = os.Getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY")
+	}
+	if apiEndpoint == "" {
+		apiEndpoint = os.Getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_ENDPOINT")
+	}
+	if deploymentID == "" {
+		deploymentID = os.Getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_ID")
+	}
+	if apiVersion == "" {
+		apiVersion = os.Getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION")
 	}
-}
-
-// New creates a new AzureOpenAIProvider
-func New() *AzureOpenAIProvider {
 	return &AzureOpenAIProvider{
-		APIKey:      os.Getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY"),
-		APIEndpoint: os.Getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_ENDPOINT"),
+		APIKey:       apiKey,
+		APIEndpoint:  apiEndpoint,
+		DeploymentID: deploymentID,
+		APIVersion:   apiVersion,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -122,9 +130,6 @@ func (p *AzureOpenAIProvider) GetChatCompletions(userInstruction string) (*ai.In
 
 	// prepare tools
 	toolCalls := make([]ai.ToolCall, 0)
-	// for _, v := range tools {
-	// 	toolCalls = append(toolCalls, v)
-	// }
 	fns.Range(func(_, value interface{}) bool {
 		fn := value.(*connectedFn)
 		toolCalls = append(toolCalls, fn.tc)
@@ -140,7 +145,9 @@ func (p *AzureOpenAIProvider) GetChatCompletions(userInstruction string) (*ai.In
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", p.APIEndpoint, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBody))
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/openai/deployments/%s/chat/completions?api-version=%s", p.APIEndpoint, p.DeploymentID, p.APIVersion)
+	ylog.Debug("chat completions request", "url", url)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBody))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/bridge/ai/test/ai_test.go b/pkg/bridge/ai/test/ai_test.go
index 9d3eb8c43..38992ffc0 100644
--- a/pkg/bridge/ai/test/ai_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bridge/ai/test/ai_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestAIToolCalls(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func startAIServer() error {
-	ai.RegisterProvider(azopenai.New())
+	ai.RegisterProvider(azopenai.NewProvider("", "", "gpt35", "2023-12-01-preview"))
 	aiConfig := &ai.Config{
 		Server: ai.Server{
 			Addr:     "localhost:6000",