When will Qwen 3.5 235B be available on Azure AI Foundry?

Hari Vinod 0 Reputation points
2026-04-28T14:41:49.0633333+00:00

Hi, I wanted to check on the planned availability of the Qwen 3.5 235B model on Azure AI Foundry.

Could you please let us know:

  1. Is there an estimated timeline for Qwen 3.5 235B availability on Azure AI Foundry?
  2. Will it support serverless API (pay-as-you-go) or managed compute deployment?
  3. Is there a waitlist or early access program available?

Thank you!

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  1. SRILAKSHMI C 19,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-04-29T04:34:51.02+00:00

    Hello @Hari Vinod

    Thank you for your interest in the Qwen 3.5 235B model on Azure AI Foundry.

    At this time, Qwen 3.5 235B is not yet generally available in Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft has not publicly announced a confirmed release date or availability timeline.

    There is currently no official ETA for when Qwen 3.5 235B will be added to the Azure AI Foundry model catalog.

    Microsoft typically announces new model availability through:

    • the Azure AI Foundry Model Catalog
    • the Azure AI Foundry Blog
    • official Azure product update channels

    We recommend monitoring these resources for the latest announcements.

    Current Availability of Qwen Models

    Azure AI Foundry already offers several models from the Qwen family, including:

    Qwen 3 and Qwen 3.5 smaller and medium-sized variants

    Qwen 3.5 multimodal and vision-language models (VLMs)

    Select Qwen models for:

    • serverless inference
    • fine-tuning
    • managed deployments

    Recent additions, such as the Qwen 3.5 Medium Model Series, are already available in the Azure AI Foundry catalog.

    When Qwen 3.5 235B becomes available, it will likely be offered through one or both of the standard Azure AI Foundry deployment options:

    Serverless API (Pay-as-You-Go)

    • No infrastructure management required
    • No dedicated VM quota needed
    • Ideal for bursty or variable workloads
    • Consumption-based billing

    Managed / Provisioned Compute Deployment

    • Dedicated capacity
    • Predictable performance and latency
    • Better suited for enterprise-scale or high-throughput workloads
    • Uses provisioned compute resources

    The final deployment options will depend on Microsoft's onboarding strategy and the model provider's deployment requirements.

    At present There is no public waitlist

    There is no publicly announced private preview or early-access program specifically for Qwen 3.5 235B

    New models are typically enabled region by region as Microsoft completes rollout. No separate registration is generally required beyond:

    • an active Azure subscription
    • any applicable quota approvals

    If you are interested in potential private preview opportunities, your Microsoft account team may be able to provide additional guidance.

    Recommendation

    If you require Qwen capabilities today, we recommend exploring the currently available Qwen 3.5 models in Azure AI Foundry. These models already support a broad range of use cases, including:

    • advanced language understanding
    • reasoning tasks
    • code generation
    • multimodal applications

    Please refer this

    Bookmark the model-availability guide and check back periodically: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/models/#model-summary-table-and-region-availability

    If you have strict regional or quota requirements, go ahead and submit a quota-increase request now (you won’t be able to deploy until the model is live, but it helps you hit the ground running): https://aka.ms/oai/stuquotarequest

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    2026-04-28T14:41:59.59+00:00
    1. There is no information in the provided material about Qwen 3.5 235B or any planned availability timeline for that specific model in Azure AI Foundry.
    2. The deployment options described for models in Microsoft Foundry are:
      • Serverless deployments (pay-as-you-go, Microsoft-hosted, billed per input/output, typically tokens).
      • Managed compute deployments (customer-dedicated VMs, billed per core-hour). However, the context only lists specific available Fireworks/Qwen model IDs such as FW-Qwen3-14b and does not mention Qwen 3.5 235B, so no supported deployment mode can be confirmed for that model.
    3. The context does not mention any waitlist or early access program for Qwen 3.5 235B or for new Qwen variants in Azure AI Foundry.

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