diff --git a/component/src/services/azure/azureOpenAIAssistantIO.ts b/component/src/services/azure/azureOpenAIAssistantIO.ts
index 6d9742045..89b737061 100644
--- a/component/src/services/azure/azureOpenAIAssistantIO.ts
+++ b/component/src/services/azure/azureOpenAIAssistantIO.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export class AzureOpenAIAssistantIO extends OpenAIAssistantIOI {
   private static readonly THREAD_RESOURCE = `threads`;
   private static readonly NEW_ASSISTANT_RESOURCE = 'assistants';
   override permittedErrorPrefixes: string[] = [AzureOpenAIUtils.URL_DETAILS_ERROR_MESSAGE];
+  override insertKeyPlaceholderText = 'Azure OpenAI API Key';
+  override keyHelpUrl = 'https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1193991/how-to-get-the-value-of-openai-api-key';
   isTextInputDisabled = false;
 
   constructor(deepChat: DeepChat) {
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ export class AzureOpenAIAssistantIO extends OpenAIAssistantIOI {
       getFilesPostfix: `/content${commonPostfix}`,
     };
 
-    super(deepChat, config?.assistant, urlSegments, AzureOpenAIUtils.buildHeaders, apiKey);
+    super(deepChat, config?.assistant, urlSegments, AzureOpenAIUtils.buildKeyVerificationDetails(urlDetails), AzureOpenAIUtils.buildHeaders, apiKey);
 
     if (!AzureOpenAIUtils.validateURLDetails(urlDetails)) {
       this.isTextInputDisabled = true;
diff --git a/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIO.ts b/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIO.ts
index c11f80efc..0edd5b6de 100644
--- a/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIO.ts
+++ b/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIO.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class OpenAIAssistantIO extends OpenAIAssistantIOI {
     const directConnectionCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(deepChat.directConnection)) as DirectConnection;
     const apiKey = directConnectionCopy.openAI;
     const config = directConnectionCopy.openAI?.assistant;
-    super(deepChat, config, OpenAIAssistantIO.URL_SEGMENTS, OpenAIUtils.buildHeaders, apiKey);
+    super(deepChat, config, OpenAIAssistantIO.URL_SEGMENTS, OpenAIUtils.buildKeyVerificationDetails(), OpenAIUtils.buildHeaders, apiKey);
     this.connectSettings.headers ??= {};
     this.connectSettings.headers['OpenAI-Beta'] ??= 'assistants=v2'; // runs keep failing but keep trying
     if (this.shouldFetchHistory && this.sessionId) this.fetchHistory = this.fetchHistoryFunc.bind(this);
diff --git a/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIOI.ts b/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIOI.ts
index 4bbbe8a38..4b0c125b2 100644
--- a/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIOI.ts
+++ b/component/src/services/openAI/assistant/openAIAssistantIOI.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../types/openAIResult';
 import {APIKey} from '../../../types/APIKey';
 import {BuildHeadersFunc} from '../../../types/headers';
+import { KeyVerificationDetails } from '../../../types/keyVerificationDetails';
 
 // https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/messages/createMessage
 type MessageContentArr = {
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ export class OpenAIAssistantIOI extends DirectServiceIO {
   private messageStream: MessageStream | undefined;
   private readonly filesToolType: OpenAIAssistant['files_tool_type'];
   
-  constructor(deepChat: DeepChat, config: OpenAI['assistant'], urlSegments: URLSegments, buildHeadersFunc: BuildHeadersFunc, apiKey?: APIKey) {
-    super(deepChat, OpenAIUtils.buildKeyVerificationDetails(), buildHeadersFunc, apiKey);
+  constructor(deepChat: DeepChat, config: OpenAI['assistant'], urlSegments: URLSegments, keyVerificationDetails: KeyVerificationDetails, buildHeadersFunc: BuildHeadersFunc, apiKey?: APIKey) {
+    super(deepChat, keyVerificationDetails, buildHeadersFunc, apiKey);
     this.urlSegments = urlSegments;
     if (typeof config === 'object') {
       this.config = config; // stored that assistant_id could be added