Backend & AI Engineering
Microsoft Azure

Private Azure RAG & Document Intelligence Platform

A backend-focused Azure architecture connecting separate application services to private data, containers, retrieval, document processing, secrets, and observability.

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Architecture diagram for a private Azure RAG and document intelligence platform
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Case Study Overview

A generative-AI application needed retrieval, document processing, and managed data services behind controlled public and private boundaries. Frontend and backend responsibilities also needed to remain independently deployable and observable.

Outcome

A governed RAG foundation that separates backend, AI, data, and operations responsibilities and supports a controlled path from proof of concept to production.

Architecture Approach

  1. 1Separate the public frontend from the backend application service and place backend dependencies on controlled private service paths.
  2. 2Use private PostgreSQL, private endpoints, private DNS, and Key Vault for data and secret boundaries.
  3. 3Connect containerized workloads through Azure Container Apps and Azure Container Registry.
  4. 4Integrate Azure AI Search, Document Intelligence, AI Foundry, storage, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor as explicit platform services.

Role & Scope

Backend service architecture, API and data boundaries, and AI integration

Technology Stack

Azure App Service
PostgreSQL
Azure AI Search
Document Intelligence
Azure AI Foundry
Container Apps
Azure Container Registry
Private Endpoint
Private DNS
Key Vault
Application Insights