Multiple changes from insiders

[placerda]

This pull request includes various changes across multiple files to enhance Azure integration, improve error handling, and refactor code for better maintainability. The most important changes include adding Azure Monitor tracing, updating the get_answer function to accept credentials, and refactoring the create_kernel function to support different deployment scenarios.

Azure Integration Enhancements:

• orc/code_orchestration.py: Added imports for Azure Monitor and AI Inference, and enabled Azure Monitor tracing if the APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable is set. Updated get_answer function to accept chainedTokenCredential and initialize the kernel with it. [1] [2] [3]

Error Handling Improvements:

• orc/code_orchestration.py: Wrapped the security hub audit invocation in a try-except block to log errors if the audit fails.

Function and Variable Updates:

• orc/orchestrator.py: Updated the run function to pass the credential to the get_answer function.
• orc/plugins/Conversation/Answer/config.json: Changed the input variable name from question to ask.

Code Refactoring:

• shared/util.py: Refactored create_kernel to support different deployment scenarios and added a DummyAsyncContextManager class for AI Foundry deployments. Updated get_aoai_config to include model_endpoint in the configuration. [1] [2] [3] [4]