diff --git a/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/deployment/AzureOpenAiProcessor.java b/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/deployment/AzureOpenAiProcessor.java
index aaa3d9922..9f1ce303a 100644
--- a/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/deployment/AzureOpenAiProcessor.java
+++ b/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/deployment/AzureOpenAiProcessor.java
@@ -121,13 +121,17 @@ void generateBeans(AzureOpenAiRecorder recorder,
         for (var selected : selectedEmbedding) {
             if (PROVIDER.equals(selected.getProvider())) {
                 String configName = selected.getConfigName();
+
+                var embeddingModel = recorder.embeddingModel(config, configName);
                 var builder = SyntheticBeanBuildItem
                         .configure(EMBEDDING_MODEL)
                         .setRuntimeInit()
                         .unremovable()
                         .defaultBean()
                         .scope(ApplicationScoped.class)
-                        .supplier(recorder.embeddingModel(config, configName));
+                        .addInjectionPoint(ParameterizedType.create(DotNames.CDI_INSTANCE,
+                                new Type[] { ClassType.create(DotNames.MODEL_AUTH_PROVIDER) }, null))
+                        .createWith(embeddingModel);
                 addQualifierIfNecessary(builder, configName);
                 beanProducer.produce(builder.done());
             }
@@ -136,12 +140,16 @@ void generateBeans(AzureOpenAiRecorder recorder,
         for (var selected : selectedImage) {
             if (PROVIDER.equals(selected.getProvider())) {
                 String configName = selected.getConfigName();
+
+                var imageModel = recorder.imageModel(config, configName);
                 var builder = SyntheticBeanBuildItem
                         .configure(IMAGE_MODEL)
                         .setRuntimeInit()
                         .defaultBean()
                         .scope(ApplicationScoped.class)
-                        .supplier(recorder.imageModel(config, configName));
+                        .addInjectionPoint(ParameterizedType.create(DotNames.CDI_INSTANCE,
+                                new Type[] { ClassType.create(DotNames.MODEL_AUTH_PROVIDER) }, null))
+                        .createWith(imageModel);
                 addQualifierIfNecessary(builder, configName);
                 beanProducer.produce(builder.done());
             }
diff --git a/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/AzureOpenAiRecorder.java b/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/AzureOpenAiRecorder.java
index 342c2a60c..40cc8e252 100644
--- a/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/AzureOpenAiRecorder.java
+++ b/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/AzureOpenAiRecorder.java
@@ -153,16 +153,14 @@ public StreamingChatLanguageModel apply(SyntheticCreationalContext<StreamingChat
         }
     }
 
-    public Supplier<EmbeddingModel> embeddingModel(LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig runtimeConfig, String configName) {
+    public Function<SyntheticCreationalContext<EmbeddingModel>, EmbeddingModel> embeddingModel(
+            LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig runtimeConfig, String configName) {
         LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig.AzureAiConfig azureAiConfig = correspondingAzureOpenAiConfig(runtimeConfig, configName);
 
         if (azureAiConfig.enableIntegration()) {
             EmbeddingModelConfig embeddingModelConfig = azureAiConfig.embeddingModel();
             String apiKey = azureAiConfig.apiKey().orElse(null);
             String adToken = azureAiConfig.adToken().orElse(null);
-            if (apiKey == null && adToken == null) {
-                throw new ConfigValidationException(createKeyMisconfigurationProblem(configName));
-            }
             var builder = AzureOpenAiEmbeddingModel.builder()
                     .endpoint(getEndpoint(azureAiConfig, configName, EndpointType.EMBEDDING))
                     .apiKey(apiKey)
@@ -174,29 +172,31 @@ public Supplier<EmbeddingModel> embeddingModel(LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig runt
                     .logRequests(firstOrDefault(false, embeddingModelConfig.logRequests(), azureAiConfig.logRequests()))
                     .logResponses(firstOrDefault(false, embeddingModelConfig.logResponses(), azureAiConfig.logResponses()));
 
-            return new Supplier<>() {
+            return new Function<>() {
                 @Override
-                public EmbeddingModel get() {
+                public EmbeddingModel apply(SyntheticCreationalContext<EmbeddingModel> context) {
+                    throwIfApiKeysNotConfigured(apiKey, adToken, isAuthProviderAvailable(context, configName),
+                            configName);
                     return builder.build();
                 }
             };
         } else {
-            return new Supplier<>() {
+            return new Function<>() {
                 @Override
-                public EmbeddingModel get() {
+                public EmbeddingModel apply(SyntheticCreationalContext<EmbeddingModel> context) {
                     return new DisabledEmbeddingModel();
                 }
             };
         }
     }
 
-    public Supplier<ImageModel> imageModel(LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig runtimeConfig, String configName) {
+    public Function<SyntheticCreationalContext<ImageModel>, ImageModel> imageModel(LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig runtimeConfig,
+            String configName) {
         LangChain4jAzureOpenAiConfig.AzureAiConfig azureAiConfig = correspondingAzureOpenAiConfig(runtimeConfig, configName);
 
         if (azureAiConfig.enableIntegration()) {
             var apiKey = azureAiConfig.apiKey().orElse(null);
             String adToken = azureAiConfig.adToken().orElse(null);
-            throwIfApiKeysNotConfigured(apiKey, adToken, false, configName);
 
             var imageModelConfig = azureAiConfig.imageModel();
             var builder = AzureOpenAiImageModel.builder()
@@ -236,16 +236,18 @@ public Optional<? extends Path> get() {
 
             builder.persistDirectory(persistDirectory);
 
-            return new Supplier<>() {
+            return new Function<>() {
                 @Override
-                public ImageModel get() {
+                public ImageModel apply(SyntheticCreationalContext<ImageModel> context) {
+                    throwIfApiKeysNotConfigured(apiKey, adToken, isAuthProviderAvailable(context, configName),
+                            configName);
                     return builder.build();
                 }
             };
         } else {
-            return new Supplier<>() {
+            return new Function<>() {
                 @Override
-                public ImageModel get() {
+                public ImageModel apply(SyntheticCreationalContext<ImageModel> context) {
                     return new DisabledImageModel();
                 }
             };
diff --git a/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/DisabledModelsAzureOpenAiRecorderTest.java b/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/DisabledModelsAzureOpenAiRecorderTest.java
index 5b5e19ef7..6d599877d 100644
--- a/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/DisabledModelsAzureOpenAiRecorderTest.java
+++ b/model-providers/openai/azure-openai/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/langchain4j/azure/openai/runtime/DisabledModelsAzureOpenAiRecorderTest.java
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ void disabledStreamingChatModel() {
 
     @Test
     void disabledEmbeddingModel() {
-        assertThat(recorder.embeddingModel(config, NamedConfigUtil.DEFAULT_NAME).get())
+        assertThat(recorder.embeddingModel(config, NamedConfigUtil.DEFAULT_NAME).apply(null))
                 .isNotNull()
                 .isExactlyInstanceOf(DisabledEmbeddingModel.class);
     }
 
     @Test
     void disabledImageModel() {
-        assertThat(recorder.imageModel(config, NamedConfigUtil.DEFAULT_NAME).get())
+        assertThat(recorder.imageModel(config, NamedConfigUtil.DEFAULT_NAME).apply(null))
                 .isNotNull()
                 .isExactlyInstanceOf(DisabledImageModel.class);
     }