Azure AI Search Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Search. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

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Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L37-L47	Diagnosing and fixing Azure AI Search indexer and skillset issues, including common errors, OData filter problems, portal debug sessions, and shared private link resource failures.
Best Practices	L48-L68	Best practices for indexing, enrichment, chunking, vectors, performance, concurrency, and safe updates in Azure AI Search, including RAG, custom skills, and responsible GenAI usage.
Decision Making	L69-L80	Guidance on upgrading/migrating Azure AI Search skills/SDKs, estimating capacity, choosing pricing tiers, and planning costs and hardware for search workloads
Architecture & Design Patterns	L81-L88	Architectural guidance for Azure AI Search: RAG and agentic retrieval patterns, knowledge store design, multitenancy/isolation, and multi-region deployment strategies.
Limits & Quotas	L89-L99	Limits, quotas, and behaviors for Azure AI Search services, indexers, enrichment, and vector indexes, plus a .NET tutorial that illustrates index size and loading constraints.
Security	L100-L138	Securing Azure AI Search: auth (keys/RBAC), encryption (CMK), network isolation, indexer access to data sources, and enforcing ACL/RBAC/Purview labels at index and query time.
Configuration	L139-L234	Configuring Azure AI Search: data sources, indexes, analyzers, vector/semantic settings, skillsets/enrichment, knowledge bases, monitoring, and indexer/connection options.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L235-L295	Patterns and code for integrating data sources, indexers, custom skills/vectorizers, OData/Lucene queries, semantic + vector search, and agentic retrieval with Azure AI Search.
Deployment	L296-L303	Deploying and moving Azure AI Search services (ARM/Bicep/Terraform), choosing regions/features, and building an end-to-end agentic retrieval solution with Foundry.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Resolve common Azure AI Search indexer errors and warnings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-common-errors-warnings
Understand Debug Sessions for skillset troubleshooting	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-debug-session
Debug Azure AI Search skillsets using portal sessions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-how-to-debug-skillset
Tutorial: Practice debugging Azure AI Search skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-tutorial-debug-sessions
Troubleshoot Azure AI Search indexer issues without errors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-troubleshooting
Troubleshoot OData collection filter errors in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-troubleshoot-collection-filters
Troubleshoot shared private link resource issues in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/troubleshoot-shared-private-link-resources

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Design tips and troubleshooting for AI enrichment pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-concept-troubleshooting
Scale and manage custom skills in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-custom-skill-scale
Model SQL relational data for Azure AI Search indexing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-sql-relational-data
Apply responsible AI best practices for GenAI Prompt skill	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/responsible-ai-best-practices-genai-prompt-skill
Handle changed and deleted blobs in Azure AI Search indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-changed-deleted
Optimize plain text blob indexing with text parsing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-plaintext
Optimize large-scale indexing in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-large-index
Chunk and vectorize content by document layout	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-semantic-chunking
Model complex and nested data in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-complex-data-types
Apply optimistic concurrency for Azure AI Search resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-concurrency
Update or rebuild Azure AI Search indexes safely	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-reindex
Analyze Azure AI Search query and indexing performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-performance-analysis
Optimize Azure AI Search query and indexing performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-performance-tips
Efficient C# indexing with Azure AI Search Push API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-optimize-indexing-push-api
Chunk large documents for Azure AI Search vector RAG	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-chunk-documents
Choose vector optimization and compression in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-configure-compression-storage
Truncate embedding dimensions with MRL in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-truncate-dimensions

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Migrate from deprecated Azure AI Search skills	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-deprecated
Migrate Azure AI Search REST clients to newer API versions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-api-migration
Estimate Azure AI Search capacity for indexing and queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-capacity-planning
Choose and use Azure AI Search management SDKs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-dotnet-mgmt-sdk-migration
Upgrade Azure AI Search .NET apps to SDK v11	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-dotnet-sdk-migration-version-11
Upgrade Azure AI Search services to higher-capacity hardware	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-upgrade
Plan and manage Azure AI Search costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-sku-manage-costs
Choose the right Azure AI Search pricing tier	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-sku-tier

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Understand knowledge store architecture in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-concept-intro
Apply RAG patterns with Azure AI Search and generative AI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/retrieval-augmented-generation-overview
Implement multitenancy and content isolation in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-modeling-multitenant-saas-applications
Design multi-region architectures with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-multi-region

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Attach Foundry resource and understand AI enrichment quotas	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-attach-cognitive-services
Azure AI Search FAQ with limits and behaviors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-faq-frequently-asked-questions
Run and reset Azure AI Search indexers effectively	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-run-reset-indexers
Schedule Azure AI Search indexers and understand run windows	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-schedule-indexers
Azure AI Search service limits and quotas by tier	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-limits-quotas-capacity
Create and load an index in .NET tutorial	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-csharp-create-load-index
Understand Azure AI Search vector index size limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-index-size

Security

Topic	URL
Enable or disable Web Knowledge Source access at subscription level	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-web-manage
Use built-in Azure Policy definitions for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/policy-reference
Ingest RBAC scope metadata from Azure Blob Storage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-indexer-role-based-access
Configure keyless RBAC authentication for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-rbac
Secure indexer connections to Azure SQL Managed Instance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-managed-instance
Connect Azure SQL Managed Instance with managed identity	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-managed-instance-with-managed-identity
Secure indexer access to SQL Server on Azure VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-server
Configure managed identities for Azure AI Search outbound connections	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-managed-identities
Secure Azure Functions indexer calls with Easy Auth	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-azure-functions
Configure Cosmos DB indexer connections with managed identity	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-cosmos-db
Configure Azure SQL indexer connections with managed identity	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-sql
Connect Azure AI Search indexers to Azure Storage using managed identities	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-storage
Index documents with ACL and RBAC via Azure AI Search push API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-index-access-control-lists-and-rbac-push-api
Ingest ADLS Gen2 ACL and RBAC metadata with indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-access-control-lists-and-role-based-access
Use trusted service exception for blob indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-howto-access-trusted-service-exception
Secure indexer access to network-protected resources in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-securing-resources
Ingest Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels with indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-sensitivity-labels
Ingest SharePoint ACL metadata with Azure AI Search indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-sharepoint-access-control-lists
Configure security, access, and performance for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-manage
Enforce ACL and RBAC at query time in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-access-control-rbac-enforcement
Enforce Purview sensitivity labels at query time	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-sensitivity-labels
Authenticate to Azure AI Search using admin and query API keys	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-api-keys
Apply security best practices to Azure AI Search services	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-best-practices
Enable RBAC for Azure AI Search data plane operations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-enable-roles
Retrieve CMK encryption key details for search resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-get-encryption-keys
Configure customer-managed keys for Azure AI Search encryption	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-manage-encryption-keys
Set up cross-tenant CMK encryption for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-managed-encryption-cross-tenant
Add Azure AI Search to a network security perimeter	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-network-security-perimeter
Use Azure RBAC roles for Azure AI Search administration and content access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-rbac
Configure client applications for keyless RBAC access to Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-rbac-client-code
Implement document-level security filters in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-trimming-for-azure-search
Use Azure Policy compliance controls for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/security-controls-policy
Configure IP firewall rules for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/service-configure-firewall
Create private endpoints for secure Azure AI Search access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/service-create-private-endpoint
Tutorial: Query ADLS Gen2 data with permission-filtered search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-adls-gen2-indexer-acls

Configuration

Topic	URL
Set up a blob knowledge source for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-blob
Configure an indexed OneLake knowledge source in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-onelake
Configure a search index knowledge source for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-search-index
Create an indexed SharePoint knowledge source for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-sharepoint-indexed
Configure a remote SharePoint knowledge source via Copilot Retrieval API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-sharepoint-remote
Create and configure a Web Knowledge Source for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-web
Define knowledge source objects for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-overview
Enable answer synthesis in Azure AI Search knowledge bases	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-answer-synthesis
Create an Azure AI Search index for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-create-index
Configure knowledge bases for Azure AI Search agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-create-knowledge-base
Set retrievalReasoningEffort for agentic retrieval workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-set-retrieval-reasoning-effort
Use annotation syntax to reference enriched nodes in skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-concept-annotations-syntax
Create skillsets with Azure AI Search REST APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-defining-skillset
Configure output field mappings for enriched content	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-output-field-mapping
Configure built-in skills in Azure AI Search enrichment pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-predefined-skills
Use skill context and annotation language in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-annotation-language
Configure Azure OpenAI Embedding skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-azure-openai-embedding
Configure Conditional skill in AI Search skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-conditional
Configure Azure Content Understanding skill for document chunking	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-content-understanding
Configure Custom Entity Lookup skill parameters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-custom-entity-lookup
Control Document Extraction behavior in skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-document-extraction
Configure Document Layout skill for Azure AI Search enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-document-intelligence-layout
Configure Entity Linking v3 skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-entity-linking-v3
Configure Entity Recognition skill v2 in skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-entity-recognition
Configure Entity Recognition v3 skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-entity-recognition-v3
Configure GenAI Prompt skill for Azure AI Search indexing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-genai-prompt
Configure Image Analysis skill in Azure AI Search enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-image-analysis
Configure Key Phrase Extraction skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-keyphrases
Configure Language Detection skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-language-detection
Configure Named Entity Recognition skill v2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-named-entity-recognition
Configure OCR skill for Azure AI Search image text extraction	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-ocr
Configure PII Detection skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-pii-detection
Use Sentiment skill v2 and interpret scores	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-sentiment
Configure Sentiment v3 skill in Azure AI Search enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-sentiment-v3
Use Shaper skill to restructure enrichment output	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-shaper
Configure Text Translation skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-text-translation
Configure Text Merge skill to consolidate fields	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-textmerger
Configure Text Split skill for chunking content	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-textsplit
Configure Azure Vision multimodal embeddings skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-vision-vectorize
Design and configure skillsets for AI enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-working-with-skillsets
Configure enrichment caching for AI pipelines (preview)	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/enrichment-cache-how-to-configure
Manage enrichment cache stored in Azure Storage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/enrichment-cache-how-to-manage
Build hybrid queries combining keyword, vector, and semantic search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/hybrid-search-how-to-query
Define custom analyzers for Azure AI Search indexes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-add-custom-analyzers
Add language analyzers to Azure AI Search fields	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-add-language-analyzers
Define and apply scoring profiles in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-add-scoring-profiles
Configure suggesters for autocomplete in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-add-suggesters
Configure BM25 similarity options in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-ranking-similarity
Create a knowledge store via Azure portal Import Data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-create-portal
Configure a knowledge store with Azure AI Search REST	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-create-rest
Set up monitoring for Azure AI Search with Azure Monitor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/monitor-azure-cognitive-search
Reference monitoring metrics and logs for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/monitor-azure-cognitive-search-data-reference
Reference stopword lists for Azure AI Search analyzers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/reference-stopwords
Configure analyzers for text processing in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-analyzers
Map blob and document metadata into Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-metadata-properties
Configure Azure AI Search indexers for data ingestion	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-create-indexers
Define and create search index schemas in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-create-search-index
Configure index projections for chunked and parent-child data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-define-index-projections
Delete documents from Azure AI Search indexes via APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-delete-documents
Index CSV blobs using delimitedText parsing mode	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-csv
Configure JSON blob parsing for Azure AI Search indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-json
Configure Markdown blob parsing and indexing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-markdown
Configure one-to-many blob indexing with parsing modes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-one-to-many
Load and refresh data into Azure AI Search indexes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-load-search-index
Configure field mappings for Azure AI Search indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-field-mappings
Configure private SQL Managed Instance connections for indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-how-to-access-private-sql
Configure firewall rules for Azure AI Search indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-howto-access-ip-restricted
Configure shared private link for Azure AI Search indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-howto-access-private
Configure multi-language analyzers in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-language-support
Manage Azure AI Search with Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-manage-azure-cli
Manage Azure AI Search with PowerShell scripts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-manage-powershell
Configure Azure AI Search using Management REST APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-manage-rest
Configure diagnostic logging for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-enable-logging
Monitor Azure AI Search indexer runs and results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-indexers
Visualize Azure AI Search logs and metrics in Power BI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-logs-powerbi
Monitor Azure AI Search query performance and volume	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-queries
Configure and use moreLikeThis queries in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-more-like-this
Configure text normalizers for filters, facets, and sort	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-normalizers
Configure synonym maps in Azure AI Search indexes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-synonyms
Configure semantic ranking settings on a search index	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-configure
Enable or disable semantic ranker in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-enable-disable
Combine scoring profiles with semantic ranking results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-enable-scoring-profiles
Create and configure custom analyzers in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-create-custom-analyzer
Configure prefilter and postfilter modes for vector queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-filters
Assign narrow data types to Azure AI Search vector fields	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-assign-narrow-data-types
Configure vectorizers and vector profiles in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-configure-vectorizer
Configure vector indexes and fields in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-create-index
Index binary vectors for Azure AI Search vector queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-index-binary-data
Configure quantization to compress vectors in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-quantization
Configure vector storage options to remove extra copies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-storage-options
Configure integrated vectorization in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-integrated-vectorization
Configure multi-vector fields for long-form and multimodal content	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-multi-vector-fields

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Migrate agentic retrieval REST API integrations to latest version	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-migrate
Query Azure AI Search knowledge bases via retrieve API and MCP	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-retrieve
Use Chat Completion skill for image captioning in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/chat-completion-skill-example-usage
Configure AML custom skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-aml-skill
Create a Bing Entity Search custom skill for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-create-custom-skill-example
Implement custom skill interface for Azure AI Search enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-custom-skill-interface
Implement Custom Web API skill for enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-custom-skill-web-api
Implement complex projection shapes for knowledge stores	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projection-example-long
Define knowledge store projections in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projections-examples
Use Lucene query syntax with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/query-lucene-syntax
Construct OData expressions for Azure AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/query-odata-filter-orderby-syntax
Use simple query syntax in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/query-simple-syntax
Integrate Azure Blob Storage content with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-storage-integration
Index Azure Files shares with Azure AI Search (preview)	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-file-storage-integration
Implement agentic retrieval with Azure AI Search and Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-agentic-retrieval
Programmatically implement full-text search with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-text
Use Python SDK and REST APIs for vector search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-vector
Use Azure.Search.Documents .NET SDK for search operations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-dotnet-sdk
Index client-side encrypted blobs using custom skills	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-encrypted
Set up Azure Blob indexer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-storage
Configure Azure Data Lake Gen2 indexer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-data-lake-storage
Index Azure Table Storage data with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-tables
Index Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin data with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-gremlin
Index Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-mongodb
Index Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL data with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-sql
Use Azure Logic Apps workflows for automated indexing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-logic-apps
Index Azure Database for MySQL with Azure AI Search (preview)	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-mysql
Configure OneLake files indexer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-onelake-files
Set up SharePoint Online indexer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sharepoint-online
Configure Azure SQL indexer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-database
Use integrated vectorization with Azure AI Search REST APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-integrated-vectorization
Index Markdown blobs with Azure AI Search REST APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-markdown-data-tutorial
Use OData collection operators any/all in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-collection-operators
Use OData comparison operators in Azure AI Search filters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-comparison-operators
Use OData $filter in Azure AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-filter
Use OData full-text search functions in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-full-text-search-functions
Use OData geo-spatial functions in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-geo-spatial-functions
Use OData logical operators in Azure AI Search filters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-logical-operators
Use OData $orderby in Azure AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-orderby
Use the OData search.in function in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-search-in-function
Use the OData search.score function in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-search-score-function
Use OData $select in Azure AI Search query results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-select
OData expression grammar for Azure AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-syntax-reference
Index semi-structured JSON blobs with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-semi-structured-data
Index big data from Spark using SynapseML and Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-synapseml-cognitive-services
Migrate semantic ranking API usage to newer versions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-code-migration
Invoke semantic ranking in Azure AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-query-request
Use semantic query rewriting in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-query-rewrite
Understand .NET search integration code for web apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-csharp-search-query-integration
Index multiple Azure data sources into one search index	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-multiple-data-sources
C# tutorial for building AI enrichment skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-skillset
Generate embeddings for Azure AI Search vector indexing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-generate-embeddings
Vectorize content with Microsoft Foundry models in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-integrated-vectorization-ai-studio
Integrate Azure Vision vectorizer for multimodal search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-ai-services-vision
Configure Foundry model catalog vectorizer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-azure-machine-learning-ai-studio-catalog
Use Azure OpenAI vectorizer with AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-azure-open-ai
Configure Custom Web API vectorizer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-custom-web-api

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Azure AI Search service using ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-arm
Deploy Azure AI Search service using Bicep	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-bicep
Provision Azure AI Search with Terraform	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-terraform
Manually move Azure AI Search services across regions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-move-across-regions
Select Azure regions and feature availability for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-region-support

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