diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py
index 779a86629e2..0ab386d544e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/chat/transformation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 import enum
 import re
+from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final, cast
 
 import httpx
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret_str
 from litellm.types.llms.openai import AllMessageValues
 from litellm.types.router import GenericLiteLLMParams
 from litellm.types.utils import ModelResponse, ProviderField
-from litellm.utils import _add_path_to_api_base, supports_tool_choice
+from litellm.utils import _add_path_to_api_base, supports_reasoning, supports_tool_choice
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tokenizer import Encoding as Tokenizer
@@ -96,20 +97,35 @@ class AzureAIStudioConfig(OpenAIConfig):
         model: str,
         drop_params: bool,
     ) -> dict[str, object]:  # mutable-ok: OpenAIConfig.map_openai_params signature
-        if not azureAIGPT5Config.is_model_gpt_5_model(model):
-            return super().map_openai_params(
+        if azureAIGPT5Config.is_model_gpt_5_model(model):
+            return azureAIGPT5Config.map_openai_params(
                 non_default_params=non_default_params,
                 optional_params=optional_params,
                 model=model,
                 drop_params=drop_params,
             )
-        return azureAIGPT5Config.map_openai_params(
+        super().map_openai_params(
             non_default_params=non_default_params,
             optional_params=optional_params,
             model=model,
             drop_params=drop_params,
         )
 
+        if "max_completion_tokens" not in optional_params or supports_reasoning(
+            model=model, custom_llm_provider="azure_ai"
+        ):
+            return optional_params
+
+        max_tokens: Final = optional_params["max_completion_tokens"]
+        token_limit_params: Final = frozenset(("max_tokens", "max_completion_tokens"))
+        params_without_token_limits: Final = MappingProxyType(
+            {key: value for key, value in optional_params.items() if key not in token_limit_params}
+        )
+        return {  # mutable-ok: BaseConfig mapping contract requires a request dict
+            **params_without_token_limits,
+            "max_tokens": max_tokens,
+        }
+
     def _supports_stop_reason(self, model: str) -> bool:
         """
         Check if the model supports stop tokens.
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/azure_ai/chat/test_azure_ai_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/azure_ai/chat/test_azure_ai_transformation.py
index 47609261a25..28568958569 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/azure_ai/chat/test_azure_ai_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/azure_ai/chat/test_azure_ai_transformation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from typing import Final
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -146,6 +147,51 @@ def _local_model_cost_map(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "model_cost", get_model_cost_map(url=litellm.model_cost_map_url))
 
 
+def test_azure_ai_maps_max_completion_tokens_to_max_tokens():
+    mapped_params: Final = litellm.get_optional_params(
+        model="mistral-large-3",
+        custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        max_completion_tokens=256,
+    )
+
+    assert mapped_params["max_tokens"] == 256
+    assert "max_completion_tokens" not in mapped_params
+
+
+def test_azure_ai_keeps_max_completion_tokens_for_gpt_5():
+    mapped_params: Final = litellm.get_optional_params(
+        model="gpt-5",
+        custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        max_completion_tokens=256,
+    )
+
+    assert mapped_params["max_completion_tokens"] == 256
+    assert "max_tokens" not in mapped_params
+
+
+def test_azure_ai_keeps_max_completion_tokens_for_reasoning_models(_local_model_cost_map: None) -> None:
+    mapped_params: Final = litellm.get_optional_params(
+        model="o3",
+        custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        max_completion_tokens=256,
+    )
+
+    assert mapped_params["max_completion_tokens"] == 256
+    assert "max_tokens" not in mapped_params
+
+
+def test_azure_ai_keeps_params_without_max_completion_tokens():
+    mapped_params: Final = litellm.get_optional_params(
+        model="mistral-large-3",
+        custom_llm_provider="azure_ai",
+        temperature=0.2,
+    )
+
+    assert mapped_params["temperature"] == 0.2
+    assert "max_tokens" not in mapped_params
+    assert "max_completion_tokens" not in mapped_params
+
+
 def test_foundry_gpt_6_astra_keeps_sampling_params_when_reasoning_effort_is_none(_local_model_cost_map):
     optional_params = AzureAIStudioConfig().map_openai_params(
         non_default_params={"reasoning_effort": "none", "temperature": 0.2, "top_p": 0.9},