diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py b/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py
index 94793295ca..69d0f5285c 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py
@@ -32,29 +32,18 @@ class AzureAudioTranscription(AzureChatCompletion):
         client=None,
         azure_ad_token: Optional[str] = None,
         atranscription: bool = False,
+        litellm_params: Optional[dict] = None,
     ) -> TranscriptionResponse:
         data = {"model": model, "file": audio_file, **optional_params}
 
         # init AzureOpenAI Client
-        azure_client_params = {
-            "api_version": api_version,
-            "azure_endpoint": api_base,
-            "azure_deployment": model,
-            "timeout": timeout,
-        }
-
-        azure_client_params = select_azure_base_url_or_endpoint(
-            azure_client_params=azure_client_params
+        azure_client_params = self.initialize_azure_sdk_client(
+            litellm_params=litellm_params or {},
+            api_key=api_key,
+            model_name=model,
+            api_version=api_version,
+            api_base=api_base,
         )
-        if api_key is not None:
-            azure_client_params["api_key"] = api_key
-        elif azure_ad_token is not None:
-            if azure_ad_token.startswith("oidc/"):
-                azure_ad_token = get_azure_ad_token_from_oidc(azure_ad_token)
-            azure_client_params["azure_ad_token"] = azure_ad_token
-
-        if max_retries is not None:
-            azure_client_params["max_retries"] = max_retries
 
         if atranscription is True:
             return self.async_audio_transcriptions(  # type: ignore
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index b0a4268106..0d80ac4943 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -5066,6 +5066,7 @@ def transcription(
             api_version=api_version,
             azure_ad_token=azure_ad_token,
             max_retries=max_retries,
+            litellm_params=litellm_params_dict,
         )
     elif (
         custom_llm_provider == "openai"
diff --git a/tests/litellm/llms/azure/test_azure_common_utils.py b/tests/litellm/llms/azure/test_azure_common_utils.py
index e2bad3e7c5..27ec181a25 100644
--- a/tests/litellm/llms/azure/test_azure_common_utils.py
+++ b/tests/litellm/llms/azure/test_azure_common_utils.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def test_select_azure_base_url_called(setup_mocks):
         CallTypes.atext_completion,
         CallTypes.aembedding,
         # CallTypes.arerank,
-        # CallTypes.atranscription,
+        CallTypes.atranscription,
         CallTypes.aspeech,
         CallTypes.aimage_generation,
         # BATCHES ENDPOINTS