diff --git a/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts b/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
index 770ee7948..78f6ef7d7 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
+++ b/src/Contracts/DataModels.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ export interface DatabaseAccountExtendedProperties {
   enablePriorityBasedExecution?: boolean;
   vcoreMongoEndpoint?: string;
   enableAllVersionsAndDeletesChangeFeed?: boolean;
+  enableFullFidelityChangeFeed?: boolean;
+  enableEmbeddingGenerator?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface DatabaseAccountResponseLocation {
@@ -414,6 +416,7 @@ export interface AccountOverride {
   capacityMode?: CapacityMode;
   enableFreeTier?: boolean;
   enableAnalyticalStorage?: boolean;
+  enableEmbeddingGenerator?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface CreateDatabaseParams {
@@ -458,6 +461,15 @@ export interface VectorEmbedding {
   dimensions: number;
   distanceFunction: "euclidean" | "cosine" | "dotproduct";
   path: string;
+  embeddingSource?: VectorEmbeddingSource;
+}
+
+export interface VectorEmbeddingSource {
+  sourcePaths: string[];
+  deploymentName: string;
+  modelName: string;
+  endpoint: string;
+  authType: "Entra";
 }
 
 export interface FullTextPolicy {
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/CollapsiblePanel/CollapsibleSectionComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/CollapsiblePanel/CollapsibleSectionComponent.tsx
index 3dcea02ac..36058345f 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/CollapsiblePanel/CollapsibleSectionComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/CollapsiblePanel/CollapsibleSectionComponent.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface CollapsibleSectionProps {
   onDelete?: () => void;
   disabled?: boolean;
   disableDelete?: boolean;
+  dataTest?: string;
 }
 
 export interface CollapsibleSectionState {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export class CollapsibleSectionComponent extends React.Component<CollapsibleSect
           tabIndex={0}
           role="button"
           aria-expanded={this.state.isExpanded}
+          data-test={this.props.dataTest}
         >
           <Icon iconName={this.state.isExpanded ? "ChevronDown" : "ChevronRight"} />
           <Label styles={{ root: { color: "var(--colorNeutralForeground1)" } }}>{this.props.title}</Label>
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.test.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.test.tsx
index e8e42fb26..edfb946bd 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.test.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
 import { RenderResult, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { VectorEmbedding, VectorIndex } from "Contracts/DataModels";
 import React from "react";
+import * as CapabilityUtils from "Utils/CapabilityUtils";
 import { VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent } from "./VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent";
 
+// The embedding-source UI is gated behind the integrated-embedding capability.
+// Default the mock to `true` for the existing suites so they exercise the full UI;
+// the dedicated suite at the bottom of this file flips it to `false` to verify gating.
+jest.spyOn(CapabilityUtils, "isIntegratedEmbeddingEnabled").mockReturnValue(true);
+
 const mockVectorEmbedding: VectorEmbedding[] = [
   { path: "/vector1", dataType: "float32", distanceFunction: "euclidean", dimensions: 0 },
 ];
@@ -81,3 +87,197 @@ describe("AddVectorEmbeddingPolicyForm", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent - embedding source", () => {
+  const newEmbedding: VectorEmbedding[] = [
+    { path: "/vector2", dataType: "float32", distanceFunction: "cosine", dimensions: 1536 },
+  ];
+  let onChange: jest.Mock;
+  let view: RenderResult;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    onChange = jest.fn();
+    view = render(
+      <VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent
+        vectorEmbeddingsBaseline={[]}
+        vectorEmbeddings={newEmbedding}
+        vectorIndexes={[]}
+        onVectorEmbeddingChange={onChange}
+      />,
+    );
+  });
+
+  const expandSection = () => {
+    const header = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Embedding source/ });
+    fireEvent.click(header);
+  };
+
+  test("renders the embedding source accordion collapsed by default with no errors", () => {
+    expect(screen.getByText("Embedding source (Preview)")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-sourcePaths-1")).toBeNull();
+    const lastCall = onChange.mock.calls[onChange.mock.calls.length - 1];
+    expect(lastCall[2]).toBe(true);
+    expect(lastCall[0][0].embeddingSource).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("expanding the accordion reveals all source fields without errors when empty", () => {
+    expandSection();
+    expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-sourcePaths-1")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-deploymentName-1")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-modelName-1")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-authType-1")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("At least one source path is required")).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Deployment name is required")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test("typing in one field surfaces required errors for the others", async () => {
+    expandSection();
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-deploymentName-1"), {
+      target: { value: "my-deployment" },
+    });
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText("At least one source path is required")).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText("Model name is required")).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText("Endpoint is required")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+    const last = onChange.mock.calls[onChange.mock.calls.length - 1];
+    expect(last[2]).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("invalid endpoint shows the https:// error", async () => {
+    expandSection();
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1"), {
+      target: { value: "not-a-url" },
+    });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("Endpoint must be a valid https:// URL")).toBeInTheDocument());
+
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1"), {
+      target: { value: "http://insecure.example.com" },
+    });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("Endpoint must be a valid https:// URL")).toBeInTheDocument());
+  });
+
+  test("valid input propagates an embeddingSource with parsed sourcePaths", async () => {
+    expandSection();
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-sourcePaths-1"), {
+      target: { value: "/description, title" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-deploymentName-1"), {
+      target: { value: "my-deployment" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-modelName-1"), {
+      target: { value: "text-embedding-3-small" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1"), {
+      target: { value: "https://my-foundry.openai.azure.com" },
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const lastCall = onChange.mock.calls[onChange.mock.calls.length - 1];
+      const [embeddings, , valid] = lastCall;
+      expect(valid).toBe(true);
+      expect(embeddings[0].embeddingSource).toEqual({
+        sourcePaths: ["/description", "/title"],
+        deploymentName: "my-deployment",
+        modelName: "text-embedding-3-small",
+        endpoint: "https://my-foundry.openai.azure.com",
+        authType: "Entra",
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("clearing all fields drops embeddingSource from the emitted embedding", async () => {
+    expandSection();
+    const sourcePaths = view.container.querySelector(
+      "#vector-policy-embeddingSource-sourcePaths-1",
+    ) as HTMLInputElement;
+    const deploymentName = view.container.querySelector(
+      "#vector-policy-embeddingSource-deploymentName-1",
+    ) as HTMLInputElement;
+    const modelName = view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-modelName-1") as HTMLInputElement;
+    const endpoint = view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1") as HTMLInputElement;
+
+    fireEvent.change(sourcePaths, { target: { value: "/description" } });
+    fireEvent.change(deploymentName, { target: { value: "d" } });
+    fireEvent.change(modelName, { target: { value: "m" } });
+    fireEvent.change(endpoint, { target: { value: "https://x.example.com" } });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const lastCall = onChange.mock.calls[onChange.mock.calls.length - 1];
+      expect(lastCall[2]).toBe(true);
+      expect(lastCall[0][0].embeddingSource).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.change(sourcePaths, { target: { value: "" } });
+    fireEvent.change(deploymentName, { target: { value: "" } });
+    fireEvent.change(modelName, { target: { value: "" } });
+    fireEvent.change(endpoint, { target: { value: "" } });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const lastCall = onChange.mock.calls[onChange.mock.calls.length - 1];
+      const [embeddings, , valid] = lastCall;
+      expect(valid).toBe(true);
+      expect(embeddings[0].embeddingSource).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("does not loop onVectorEmbeddingChange once all fields become valid (regression)", async () => {
+    // Regression for an infinite render loop where the child rebuilt a fresh
+    // VectorEmbeddingSource literal on every render, defeating the parent's
+    // reference-equality dedupe and re-triggering child useEffect via the
+    // unstable onChange prop. Before the fix, this scenario hung the test
+    // runner (Jest would time out after several minutes).
+    expandSection();
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-sourcePaths-1"), {
+      target: { value: "/title, /description" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-deploymentName-1"), {
+      target: { value: "text-embedding-ada-002" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-modelName-1"), {
+      target: { value: "text-embedding-ada-002" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.change(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1"), {
+      target: { value: "https://my-foundry.openai.azure.com" },
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const lastCall = onChange.mock.calls[onChange.mock.calls.length - 1];
+      expect(lastCall[2]).toBe(true);
+      expect(lastCall[0][0].embeddingSource).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    const stable = onChange.mock.calls.length;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+    expect(onChange.mock.calls.length).toBe(stable);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent - embedding source gating", () => {
+  const newEmbedding: VectorEmbedding[] = [
+    { path: "/vector3", dataType: "float32", distanceFunction: "cosine", dimensions: 1536 },
+  ];
+
+  test("hides the embedding source accordion when the integrated-embedding capability is missing", () => {
+    const isEnabledSpy = jest.spyOn(CapabilityUtils, "isIntegratedEmbeddingEnabled").mockReturnValue(false);
+    try {
+      const view = render(
+        <VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent
+          vectorEmbeddingsBaseline={[]}
+          vectorEmbeddings={newEmbedding}
+          vectorIndexes={[]}
+          onVectorEmbeddingChange={jest.fn()}
+        />,
+      );
+      expect(screen.queryByText("Embedding source (Preview)")).toBeNull();
+      expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-sourcePaths-1")).toBeNull();
+      expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-deploymentName-1")).toBeNull();
+      expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-modelName-1")).toBeNull();
+      expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-endpoint-1")).toBeNull();
+      expect(view.container.querySelector("#vector-policy-embeddingSource-authType-1")).toBeNull();
+    } finally {
+      isEnabledSpy.mockReturnValue(true);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx
index 88a6f021b..62da81074 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-import {
-  DefaultButton,
-  Dropdown,
-  IDropdownOption,
-  IStyleFunctionOrObject,
-  ITextFieldStyleProps,
-  ITextFieldStyles,
-  Label,
-  Stack,
-  TextField,
-} from "@fluentui/react";
+import { DefaultButton, Dropdown, IDropdownOption, Label, Stack, TextField } from "@fluentui/react";
 import { InfoTooltip } from "Common/Tooltip/InfoTooltip";
-import { VectorEmbedding, VectorIndex } from "Contracts/DataModels";
+import { VectorEmbedding, VectorEmbeddingSource, VectorIndex } from "Contracts/DataModels";
 import { CollapsibleSectionComponent } from "Explorer/Controls/CollapsiblePanel/CollapsibleSectionComponent";
+import { VectorEmbeddingSourceComponent } from "Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorEmbeddingSourceComponent";
 import {
   getDataTypeOptions,
   getDistanceFunctionOptions,
@@ -19,8 +10,15 @@ import {
   getQuantizerTypeOptions,
   supportsQuantization,
 } from "Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils";
+import { dropdownStyles, labelStyles, textFieldStyles } from "Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/vectorSearchStyles";
 import { Keys, t } from "Localization";
-import React, { FunctionComponent, useState } from "react";
+import React, { FunctionComponent, useCallback, useState } from "react";
+import { isIntegratedEmbeddingEnabled } from "Utils/CapabilityUtils";
+
+const generatePolicyId = (): string =>
+  typeof crypto !== "undefined" && typeof crypto.randomUUID === "function"
+    ? crypto.randomUUID()
+    : `vep-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
 
 export interface IVectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponentProps {
   vectorEmbeddingsBaseline: VectorEmbedding[];
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ export interface IVectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponentProps {
 }
 
 export interface VectorEmbeddingPolicyData {
+  id: string;
   path: string;
   dataType: VectorEmbedding["dataType"];
   distanceFunction: VectorEmbedding["distanceFunction"];
@@ -50,44 +49,12 @@ export interface VectorEmbeddingPolicyData {
   quantizationByteSize?: number;
   quantizationByteSizeError?: string;
   quantizerType?: VectorIndex["quantizerType"];
+  embeddingSource?: VectorEmbeddingSource;
+  embeddingSourceValid: boolean;
 }
 
 type VectorEmbeddingPolicyProperty = "dataType" | "distanceFunction" | "indexType";
 
-const labelStyles = {
-  root: {
-    fontSize: 12,
-    color: "var(--colorNeutralForeground1)",
-  },
-};
-
-const textFieldStyles: IStyleFunctionOrObject<ITextFieldStyleProps, ITextFieldStyles> = {
-  fieldGroup: {
-    height: 27,
-  },
-  field: {
-    fontSize: 12,
-    padding: "0 8px",
-    backgroundColor: "var(--colorNeutralBackground1)",
-    color: "var(--colorNeutralForeground1)",
-  },
-};
-
-const dropdownStyles = {
-  title: {
-    height: 27,
-    lineHeight: "24px",
-    fontSize: 12,
-  },
-  dropdown: {
-    height: 27,
-    lineHeight: "24px",
-  },
-  dropdownItem: {
-    fontSize: 12,
-  },
-};
-
 export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponentProps> = ({
   vectorEmbeddingsBaseline,
   vectorEmbeddings,
@@ -163,6 +130,7 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
       const supportsQuantizer = supportsQuantization(matchingType);
       mergedData.push({
         ...embedding,
+        id: generatePolicyId(),
         indexType: matchingType || "none",
         indexingSearchListSize: matchingIndex?.indexingSearchListSize || undefined,
         quantizationByteSize: matchingIndex?.quantizationByteSize || undefined,
@@ -170,6 +138,8 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
         vectorIndexShardKey: matchingIndex?.vectorIndexShardKey || undefined,
         pathError: onVectorEmbeddingPathError(embedding.path),
         dimensionsError: onVectorEmbeddingDimensionError(embedding.dimensions, matchingIndex?.type || "none"),
+        embeddingSource: embedding.embeddingSource,
+        embeddingSourceValid: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -193,12 +163,18 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
   }, [discardChanges]);
 
   const propagateData = () => {
-    const vectorEmbeddings: VectorEmbedding[] = vectorEmbeddingPolicyData.map((policy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData) => ({
-      path: policy.path,
-      dataType: policy.dataType,
-      dimensions: policy.dimensions,
-      distanceFunction: policy.distanceFunction,
-    }));
+    const vectorEmbeddings: VectorEmbedding[] = vectorEmbeddingPolicyData.map((policy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData) => {
+      const base: VectorEmbedding = {
+        path: policy.path,
+        dataType: policy.dataType,
+        dimensions: policy.dimensions,
+        distanceFunction: policy.distanceFunction,
+      };
+      if (policy.embeddingSource) {
+        base.embeddingSource = policy.embeddingSource;
+      }
+      return base;
+    });
     const vectorIndexes: VectorIndex[] = vectorEmbeddingPolicyData
       .filter((policy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData) => policy.indexType !== "none")
       .map(
@@ -215,7 +191,8 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
           }) as VectorIndex,
       );
     const validationPassed = vectorEmbeddingPolicyData.every(
-      (policy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData) => policy.pathError === "" && policy.dimensionsError === "",
+      (policy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData) =>
+        policy.pathError === "" && policy.dimensionsError === "" && policy.embeddingSourceValid,
     );
 
     onVectorEmbeddingChange(vectorEmbeddings, vectorIndexes, validationPassed);
@@ -306,10 +283,29 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
     setVectorEmbeddingPolicyData(vectorEmbeddings);
   };
 
+  const onEmbeddingSourceChange = useCallback(
+    (index: number, embeddingSource: VectorEmbeddingSource | undefined, isValid: boolean): void => {
+      setVectorEmbeddingPolicyData((prev) => {
+        const current = prev[index];
+        if (!current) {
+          return prev;
+        }
+        if (current.embeddingSource === embeddingSource && current.embeddingSourceValid === isValid) {
+          return prev;
+        }
+        const next = [...prev];
+        next[index] = { ...current, embeddingSource, embeddingSourceValid: isValid };
+        return next;
+      });
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
   const onAdd = () => {
     setVectorEmbeddingPolicyData([
       ...vectorEmbeddingPolicyData,
       {
+        id: generatePolicyId(),
         path: "",
         dataType: "float32",
         distanceFunction: "euclidean",
@@ -317,6 +313,8 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
         indexType: "none",
         pathError: onVectorEmbeddingPathError(""),
         dimensionsError: onVectorEmbeddingDimensionError(0, "none"),
+        embeddingSource: undefined,
+        embeddingSourceValid: true,
       },
     ]);
   };
@@ -340,12 +338,13 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
         vectorEmbeddingPolicyData.map((vectorEmbeddingPolicy: VectorEmbeddingPolicyData, index: number) => (
           <CollapsibleSectionComponent
             disabled={isExistingPolicy(vectorEmbeddingPolicy)}
-            key={index}
+            key={vectorEmbeddingPolicy.id}
             isExpandedByDefault={true}
             title={t(Keys.controls.vectorEmbeddingPolicies.vectorEmbeddingTitle, { index: index + 1 })}
             showDelete={true}
             onDelete={() => onDelete(index)}
             disableDelete={false}
+            dataTest={`VectorEmbedding/Section/${index + 1}`}
           >
             <Stack horizontal tokens={{ childrenGap: 4 }}>
               <Stack
@@ -365,6 +364,7 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
                   <TextField
                     disabled={isExistingPolicy(vectorEmbeddingPolicy)}
                     id={`vector-policy-path-${index + 1}`}
+                    data-test={`VectorEmbedding/Path/${index + 1}`}
                     required={true}
                     placeholder="/vector1"
                     styles={textFieldStyles}
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
                   <TextField
                     disabled={isExistingPolicy(vectorEmbeddingPolicy)}
                     id={`vector-policy-dimension-${index + 1}`}
+                    data-test={`VectorEmbedding/Dimensions/${index + 1}`}
                     required={true}
                     styles={textFieldStyles}
                     value={String(vectorEmbeddingPolicy.dimensions || 0)}
@@ -525,11 +526,25 @@ export const VectorEmbeddingPoliciesComponent: FunctionComponent<IVectorEmbeddin
                     </Stack>
                   </Stack>
                 )}
+                {isIntegratedEmbeddingEnabled() && (
+                  <VectorEmbeddingSourceComponent
+                    index={index}
+                    disabled={isExistingPolicy(vectorEmbeddingPolicy)}
+                    initialEmbeddingSource={vectorEmbeddingPolicy.embeddingSource}
+                    discardChanges={discardChanges}
+                    onChange={(source, isValid) => onEmbeddingSourceChange(index, source, isValid)}
+                  />
+                )}
               </Stack>
             </Stack>
           </CollapsibleSectionComponent>
         ))}
-      <DefaultButton id={`add-vector-policy`} styles={{ root: { maxWidth: 170, fontSize: 12 } }} onClick={onAdd}>
+      <DefaultButton
+        id={`add-vector-policy`}
+        data-test="VectorEmbedding/AddButton"
+        styles={{ root: { maxWidth: 170, fontSize: 12 } }}
+        onClick={onAdd}
+      >
         {t(Keys.controls.vectorEmbeddingPolicies.addVectorEmbedding)}
       </DefaultButton>
     </Stack>
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts
index 7e90053fc..9db70a133 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Explorer/Controls/VectorSearch/VectorSearchUtils.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import { IDropdownOption } from "@fluentui/react";
-import { VectorIndex } from "Contracts/DataModels";
+import { VectorEmbeddingSource, VectorIndex } from "Contracts/DataModels";
 import { Keys, t } from "Localization";
 
 const dataTypes = ["float32", "uint8", "int8", "float16"];
 const distanceFunctions = ["euclidean", "cosine", "dotproduct"];
 const indexTypes = ["none", "flat", "diskANN", "quantizedFlat"];
+const authTypes: VectorEmbeddingSource["authType"][] = ["Entra"];
 
 export const getDataTypeOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => createDropdownOptionsFromLiterals(dataTypes);
 export const getDistanceFunctionOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => createDropdownOptionsFromLiterals(distanceFunctions);
 export const getIndexTypeOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => createDropdownOptionsFromLiterals(indexTypes);
+export const getAuthTypeOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => createDropdownOptionsFromLiterals(authTypes);
 export const getQuantizerTypeOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => [
   { key: "product", text: "Product" },
   { key: "spherical", text: `Spherical (${t(Keys.common.preview)})` },
@@ -17,6 +19,28 @@ export const getQuantizerTypeOptions = (): IDropdownOption[] => [
 export const supportsQuantization = (indexType: VectorIndex["type"] | "none" | undefined): boolean =>
   indexType === "quantizedFlat" || indexType === "diskANN";
 
+// Parses a comma-separated path list, trims whitespace, drops blanks, and
+// prefixes a leading "/" on each entry if it isn't there already.
+export const parseSourcePaths = (raw: string): string[] => {
+  if (!raw) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return raw
+    .split(",")
+    .map((p) => p.trim())
+    .filter((p) => p.length > 0)
+    .map((p) => (p.startsWith("/") ? p : `/${p}`));
+};
+
+export const isValidHttpsUrl = (value: string): boolean => {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(value);
+    return url.protocol === "https:";
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
 function createDropdownOptionsFromLiterals<T extends string>(literals: T[]): IDropdownOption[] {
   return literals.map((value) => ({
     key: value,
diff --git a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx
index 52ec53371..4cb52802a 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Panes/AddCollectionPanel/AddCollectionPanel.tsx
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ export class AddCollectionPanel extends React.Component<AddCollectionPanelProps,
                   scrollToSection("collapsibleVectorPolicySectionContent");
                 }}
                 tooltipContent={ContainerVectorPolicyTooltipContent()}
+                dataTest="ContainerVectorPolicy/Section"
               >
                 <Stack id="collapsibleVectorPolicySectionContent" styles={{ root: { position: "relative" } }}>
                   <Stack styles={{ root: { paddingLeft: 40 } }}>
diff --git a/src/Localization/en/Resources.json b/src/Localization/en/Resources.json
index 6ac748936..3a6c37927 100644
--- a/src/Localization/en/Resources.json
+++ b/src/Localization/en/Resources.json
@@ -994,12 +994,27 @@
       "indexingSearchListSize": "Indexing search list size",
       "vectorIndexShardKey": "Vector index shard key",
       "addVectorEmbedding": "Add vector embedding",
+      "embeddingSourceSection": "Embedding source",
+      "embeddingSourceTooltip": "Configure Cosmos DB to auto-generate the vector from one or more source paths using a Microsoft Foundry deployment. Leave all fields empty to skip auto-generation.",
+      "sourcePaths": "Source paths",
+      "sourcePathsPlaceholder": "/description, /title",
+      "deploymentName": "Deployment name",
+      "modelName": "Model name",
+      "endpoint": "Endpoint",
+      "endpointPlaceholder": "https://<your-foundry-endpoint>",
+      "authType": "Authentication type",
       "pathEmptyError": "Path should not be empty",
       "pathDuplicateError": "Path is already defined",
       "dimensionRangeError": "Dimension must be greater than 0 and less than or equal 4096",
       "dimensionFlatIndexError": "Maximum allowed dimension for flat index is 505",
       "quantizationByteSizeRangeError": "Quantization byte size must be greater than 0 and less than or equal to 512",
-      "indexingSearchListSizeRangeError": "Indexing search list size must be greater than or equal to 25 and less than or equal to 500"
+      "indexingSearchListSizeRangeError": "Indexing search list size must be greater than or equal to 25 and less than or equal to 500",
+      "sourcePathsRequiredError": "At least one source path is required",
+      "sourcePathDuplicateError": "Source paths must be unique",
+      "deploymentNameRequiredError": "Deployment name is required",
+      "modelNameRequiredError": "Model name is required",
+      "endpointRequiredError": "Endpoint is required",
+      "endpointInvalidError": "Endpoint must be a valid https:// URL"
     }
   },
   "containerCopy": {
@@ -1173,4 +1188,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Utils/CapabilityUtils.ts b/src/Utils/CapabilityUtils.ts
index de341bb13..23955e6ac 100644
--- a/src/Utils/CapabilityUtils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/CapabilityUtils.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,14 @@ export const isFullTextSearchPreviewFeaturesEnabled = (targetAccountOverride?: A
     isCapabilityEnabled(Constants.CapabilityNames.EnableNoSQLFullTextSearchPreviewFeatures, targetAccountOverride)
   );
 };
+
+// `enableEmbeddingGenerator` is a top-level boolean on the database account
+// (e.g. properties.enableEmbeddingGenerator), not an entry in
+// properties.capabilities[]. It's the Foundry integrated embedding generator
+// flag that gates the `embeddingSource` block inside a Container Vector Policy.
+export const isIntegratedEmbeddingEnabled = (targetAccountOverride?: AccountOverride): boolean => {
+  const { databaseAccount } = userContext;
+  const enableEmbeddingGenerator =
+    targetAccountOverride?.enableEmbeddingGenerator ?? databaseAccount?.properties?.enableEmbeddingGenerator;
+  return isVectorSearchEnabled(targetAccountOverride) && enableEmbeddingGenerator === true;
+};
diff --git a/src/Utils/arm/generatedClients/cosmos/types.ts b/src/Utils/arm/generatedClients/cosmos/types.ts
index 0e74697d2..70d7df0a1 100644
--- a/src/Utils/arm/generatedClients/cosmos/types.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/arm/generatedClients/cosmos/types.ts
@@ -1412,6 +1412,27 @@ export interface VectorEmbedding {
 
   /* The number of dimensions in the vector. */
   dimensions: number;
+
+  /* Optional configuration for Cosmos DB integrated embeddings (server-side
+     embedding generation via Microsoft Foundry). When set, Cosmos DB
+     auto-populates the vector field from the listed source paths.
+     TODO: This field was added manually pending an upstream Swagger update;
+     re-applying `npm run generateARMClients` will overwrite it. */
+  embeddingSource?: VectorEmbeddingSource;
+}
+
+/* Configuration for Cosmos DB integrated embeddings. */
+export interface VectorEmbeddingSource {
+  /* Source field paths used as input for embedding generation. */
+  sourcePaths: string[];
+  /* The Foundry deployment name. */
+  deploymentName: string;
+  /* The Foundry model name. */
+  modelName: string;
+  /* The Foundry endpoint URL. */
+  endpoint: string;
+  /* Authentication type used by Cosmos DB to call Foundry. */
+  authType: "Entra";
 }
 
 /* Represents the full text index path. */
diff --git a/test/sql/container.spec.ts b/test/sql/container.spec.ts
index ea02b2105..129a8d51c 100644
--- a/test/sql/container.spec.ts
+++ b/test/sql/container.spec.ts
@@ -50,3 +50,81 @@ test("SQL database and container CRUD", async ({ page }) => {
 
   await expect(databaseNode.element).not.toBeAttached();
 });
+
+test("SQL container with vector embedding policy and embedding source", async ({ page }) => {
+  const databaseId = generateUniqueName("vdb");
+  const containerId = "testvectorcontainer";
+
+  const explorer = await DataExplorer.open(page, TestAccount.SQL);
+
+  // Open the New Container panel and check if the embedding source capability is available
+  // before proceeding. We must skip before whilePanelOpen to avoid a timeout on panel close.
+  const newContainerButton = await explorer.globalCommandButton("New Container");
+  await newContainerButton.click();
+
+  const panel = explorer.panel("New Container");
+  await panel.waitFor();
+
+  // Expand vector policy section and add a vector embedding to check for the embedding source accordion
+  await panel.getByTestId("ContainerVectorPolicy/Section").click();
+  await panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbedding/AddButton").click();
+
+  const embeddingSourceSection = panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/Section/1");
+  if ((await embeddingSourceSection.count()) === 0) {
+    // Close the panel before skipping
+    await panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Close New Container" }).click();
+    await panel.waitFor({ state: "detached" });
+    test.skip(true, "Test account does not have the integrated embedding capability.");
+  }
+
+  await panel.getByPlaceholder("Type a new database id").fill(databaseId);
+  await panel.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Container id, Example Container1" }).fill(containerId);
+  await panel.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Partition key" }).fill("/pk");
+  await panel.getByTestId("autoscaleRUInput").fill(TEST_AUTOSCALE_THROUGHPUT_RU.toString());
+
+  await panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbedding/Path/1").fill("/embedding");
+  await panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbedding/Dimensions/1").fill("1536");
+
+  // Expand embedding source section and fill fields
+  await embeddingSourceSection.click();
+
+  await panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/SourcePaths/1").fill("/description");
+  await panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/DeploymentName/1").fill("text-embedding-3-small");
+  await panel.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/ModelName/1").fill("text-embedding-3-small");
+  await panel
+    .getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/Endpoint/1")
+    .fill("https://e2e-embedding.cognitiveservices.azure.com/");
+
+  const okButton = panel.getByTestId("Panel/OkButton");
+  await okButton.click();
+  await panel.waitFor({ state: "detached", timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000 });
+
+  const databaseNode = await explorer.waitForNode(databaseId);
+  const containerNode = await explorer.waitForContainerNode(databaseId, containerId);
+
+  // Cleanup
+  await containerNode.openContextMenu();
+  await containerNode.contextMenuItem("Delete Container").click();
+  await explorer.whilePanelOpen(
+    "Delete Container",
+    async (panel, okButton) => {
+      await panel.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Confirm by typing the container id" }).fill(containerId);
+      await okButton.click();
+    },
+    { closeTimeout: 5 * 60 * 1000 },
+  );
+  await expect(containerNode.element).not.toBeAttached();
+
+  await databaseNode.openContextMenu();
+  await databaseNode.contextMenuItem("Delete Database").click();
+  await explorer.whilePanelOpen(
+    "Delete Database",
+    async (panel, okButton) => {
+      await panel.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Confirm by typing the database id" }).fill(databaseId);
+      await okButton.click();
+    },
+    { closeTimeout: 5 * 60 * 1000 },
+  );
+
+  await expect(databaseNode.element).not.toBeAttached();
+});
diff --git a/test/sql/scaleAndSettings/containerPolicies/vectorPolicy.spec.ts b/test/sql/scaleAndSettings/containerPolicies/vectorPolicy.spec.ts
index f1fd4a39a..db2614e8e 100644
--- a/test/sql/scaleAndSettings/containerPolicies/vectorPolicy.spec.ts
+++ b/test/sql/scaleAndSettings/containerPolicies/vectorPolicy.spec.ts
@@ -190,4 +190,59 @@ test.describe("Vector Policy under Scale & Settings", () => {
     const saveButton = explorer.commandBarButton(CommandBarButton.Save);
     await expect(saveButton).toBeDisabled();
   });
+
+  test("Add embedding source to vector embedding policy", async () => {
+    const addButton = explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbedding/AddButton");
+    await addButton.click();
+
+    const embeddingSourceSection = explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/Section/1");
+    if ((await embeddingSourceSection.count()) === 0) {
+      test.skip(true, "Test account does not have the integrated embedding capability.");
+    }
+
+    await explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbedding/Path/1").fill("/embedding");
+    await explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbedding/Dimensions/1").fill("1536");
+
+    // Expand embedding source section and fill fields
+    await embeddingSourceSection.click();
+
+    await explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/SourcePaths/1").fill("/description");
+    await explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/DeploymentName/1").fill("text-embedding-3-small");
+    await explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/ModelName/1").fill("text-embedding-3-small");
+    await explorer.frame
+      .getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/Endpoint/1")
+      .fill("https://e2e-embedding.cognitiveservices.azure.com/");
+
+    // Save changes
+    const saveButton = explorer.commandBarButton(CommandBarButton.Save);
+    await expect(saveButton).toBeEnabled();
+    await saveButton.click();
+    await expect(explorer.getConsoleHeaderStatus()).toContainText(
+      `Successfully updated container ${context.container.id}`,
+      { timeout: 2 * ONE_MINUTE_MS },
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("Existing embedding source fields are disabled after save", async () => {
+    // Ensure a policy with embedding source exists (from previous test or create one)
+    const sourcePathsInput = explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/SourcePaths/1");
+    if ((await sourcePathsInput.count()) === 0) {
+      test.skip(true, "No embedding source present; previous test may have been skipped.");
+    }
+
+    await expect(sourcePathsInput).toBeDisabled();
+    await expect(sourcePathsInput).toHaveValue("/description");
+
+    const deploymentInput = explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/DeploymentName/1");
+    await expect(deploymentInput).toBeDisabled();
+    await expect(deploymentInput).toHaveValue("text-embedding-3-small");
+
+    const modelInput = explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/ModelName/1");
+    await expect(modelInput).toBeDisabled();
+    await expect(modelInput).toHaveValue("text-embedding-3-small");
+
+    const endpointInput = explorer.frame.getByTestId("VectorEmbeddingSource/Endpoint/1");
+    await expect(endpointInput).toBeDisabled();
+    await expect(endpointInput).toHaveValue("https://e2e-embedding.cognitiveservices.azure.com/");
+  });
 });