diff --git a/openai/__init__.py b/openai/__init__.py
index 2b184226df..76b9f322e1 100644
--- a/openai/__init__.py
+++ b/openai/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from aiohttp import ClientSession
+    import requests
 
 api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
 # Path of a file with an API key, whose contents can change. Supercedes
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@
 debug = False
 log = None  # Set to either 'debug' or 'info', controls console logging
 
+requestssession: ContextVar[Optional["requests.Session"]] = ContextVar(
+    "requests-session", default=None
+)
 aiosession: ContextVar[Optional["ClientSession"]] = ContextVar(
     "aiohttp-session", default=None
 )  # Acts as a global aiohttp ClientSession that reuses connections.
diff --git a/openai/api_requestor.py b/openai/api_requestor.py
index 64e55e82ef..117ea83d0a 100644
--- a/openai/api_requestor.py
+++ b/openai/api_requestor.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 MAX_CONNECTION_RETRIES = 2
 
 # Has one attribute per thread, 'session'.
-_thread_context = threading.local()
+# _thread_context = threading.local()
 
 
 def _build_api_url(http://github.com/url,%20query):
@@ -510,10 +510,12 @@ def request_raw(
             url, supplied_headers, method, params, files, request_id
         )
 
-        if not hasattr(_thread_context, "session"):
-            _thread_context.session = _make_session()
+        session = openai.requestssession.get()
+        if not session:
+            session = _make_session()
+            openai.requestssession.set(session)
         try:
-            result = _thread_context.session.request(
+            result = session.request(
                 method,
                 abs_url,
                 headers=headers,
diff --git a/openai/easyaz.py b/openai/easyaz.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65fa5213e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openai/easyaz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import logging
+import typing
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from azure.core.credentials import TokenCredential
+
+try:
+    from requests import PreparedRequest, Response, Session
+    from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    print("You have to install the `requests` library (pip install requests) in order to use easyaz.requests")
+    exit(-1)
+
+import azure.identity
+import openai
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def init(endpoint: str, *, credential=None, api_version='2022-12-01'):
+    openai.api_type = 'azure_ad'
+    openai.api_key = 'dummy'
+    openai.api_base = endpoint
+    openai.api_version = api_version
+
+    if not credential:
+        credential = azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential()
+
+    session = Session()
+    adapter = AzHttpAdapter(credential=credential, scopes=[ "https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default" ])
+    session.mount(endpoint, adapter)
+    openai.requestssession.set(session)
+
+
+class AzHttpAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
+    
+    def __init__(self, *, credential: "TokenCredential", scopes: list[str] | str, **kwargs: typing.Any):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.credential = credential
+        self.scopes = [ scopes ] if isinstance(scopes, str) else scopes
+        self.max_recurse = 1
+
+    def send(self, request: PreparedRequest, stream: bool = ..., timeout: None | float | tuple[float, float] | tuple[float, None] = ..., verify: bool | str = ..., cert: None | bytes | str | tuple[bytes | str, bytes | str] = ..., proxies: typing.Mapping[str, str] | None = ..., *, recurse:int=0) -> Response:
+        initial_response = super().send(request, stream, timeout, verify, cert, proxies)
+        if initial_response.status_code != 401 or recurse > self.max_recurse:
+            # Only do the auth dance if we are challenged...
+            return initial_response
+        
+        log.info('Received 401 response from service - grabbing a token!')
+
+        # Drain response
+        initial_response.content 
+
+        # Fill in a token
+        new_request = request.copy()
+        access_token = self.credential.get_token(*self.scopes) # TODO: sniff out claims from response
+        new_request.headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + access_token.token
+        return self.send(new_request, stream, timeout, verify, cert, proxies, recurse=recurse + 1)
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