Merge pull request #43 from microsoft/load-existing-connections

Load existing connections + infra module refactoring + readme updates

Author: mswantek68

CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Added feature to collect and connect existing connections from existing project when creating a new isolated 'production' project. 
+- Added Change Log
+- Added new md to explain the feature in depth.
+
+### Changed
+- Updates to the parameters to prompt user for true/false (feature flag) of connections
+
+### Deprecated
+- None
+
+
+
+## [1.0] - 2025-03-10
+### Added
+- Initial release of the template.

README.md

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 - Provides the ability to [add additional Azure services during deployment](docs/add_additional_services.md), configured to connect via isolation to enrich your AI project.
     (API Management, CosmosDB, Azure SQL DB)
-- Provides the ability to [define the models deployed into the hub](docs/modify_deployed_models.md) when the deployment runs. 
-  
+
+-  <span style="font-size: 3em;">🚀</span> **New**: 
+Offers ability to [start with an existing Azure AI Project](docs/transfer_project_connections.md) which will provision dependent Azure resources based on the Project's established connections within AI Foundry.
+
+
 ## Prerequisites and high-level steps
 
 1. Have access to an Azure subscription and Entra ID account with Contributor permissions.

azure.yaml

@@ -2,4 +2,11 @@ name: deploy-your-ai-application-in-production
 infra:
     provider: "bicep"
 metadata:
-  template: deploy-your-ai-application-in-production@1.0
+  template: deploy-your-ai-application-in-production@1.0
+hooks:
+   preup:
+      windows:
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: ./scripts/SetConnectionsEnvironmentVariables.ps1
+        interactive: true
+        continueOnError: false

docs/transfer_project_connections.md

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+## Transfer your existing project connections
+This new feature will allow you to keep existing connections and transfer them to the new isolated project. 
+During the initial deployment, the user will now be prompted for additional information in the form of boolean 'feature flags'.
+![Feature Flags to select what to copy](../img/provisioning/parameterselection.png)
+
+The solution will run a script to find these related connections in your existing subscription, resource group and project. The system will look in the current subscription, resource group and project, unless values are provided for resources in other subscriptions, resource groups or projects. To find these, follow these steps:
+- **TENANT_ID** - [how to find](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-how-to-find-tenant#find-tenant-id-through-the-azure-portal)
+- **SUBSCRIPTION_ID** - [how to find](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/get-subscription-tenant-id#find-your-azure-subscription)