Feature Drop: GPT-5.5 Now Available via Microsoft Azure in the EU

We are excited to announce that GPT-5.5 is now available in Omnifact through the Microsoft Azure Service, hosted within the EU Data Zone. This update combines the advanced reasoning capabilities of OpenAI's flagship model with Azure's enterprise-grade security and data residency guarantees.

Building on our recent GPT-5.5 rollout and our Azure OpenAI integration, this addition ensures that teams with strict compliance requirements do not have to compromise on AI performance.

The Best of Both Worlds

Previously, accessing the highest tier of OpenAI's reasoning and agentic capabilities meant routing traffic through standard endpoints. For organizations under strict GDPR compliance or internal data residency policies, this sometimes limited access to the newest models.

Now, you can use GPT-5.5 directly through Azure's EU infrastructure. This means your sensitive business data benefits from Azure's robust security measures and strict data residency commitments while still accessing the most capable model in the GPT-5 family for complex workflows.

Key Benefits

• Uncompromised Security: Keep your data securely within the EU Data Zone, streamlining GDPR compliance and internal security reviews.
• Advanced Agentic Workflows: Use GPT-5.5 to plan, execute, and verify multi-step tasks with less manual steering, now in a highly regulated environment.
• Seamless Integration: EU-hosted GPT-5.5 is automatically preferred over direct OpenAI endpoints when both are available, ensuring compliance without changing how your team works.

Start Using Azure GPT-5.5

You can enable GPT-5.5 via Azure today in your organization settings. Since it is an advanced model, it requires the "expensive model access" feature to be enabled.

1. Navigate to your Admin Settings if you are a team admin.
2. Select the Providers tab to ensure your Azure OpenAI integration is configured.
3. Select the Models tab and toggle on GPT-5.5 in the Azure provider to make it available to your workspace.

Equip your team with the most capable reasoning model available, backed by the security and compliance standards your organization demands.