Azure Cognitive Search

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

> IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., security.md), use read_file on the linked reference file

> IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

• Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
• 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 errors, OData filter issues, private link and storage metric problems, with portal-based debugging guidance |

| Best Practices | L48-L66 | Designing, scaling, and troubleshooting AI enrichment and indexing pipelines, optimizing performance/costs, handling data changes, and applying vector, concurrency, and responsible AI best practices. |

| Decision Making | L67-L81 | Planning Azure AI Search capacity, pricing, and regions, plus safely migrating APIs/SDKs, upgrading tiers, and choosing appropriate data source connectors |

| Architecture & Design Patterns | L82-L88 | Architectural patterns for Azure AI Search: combining vector and keyword search, designing multitenant or isolated indexes, and building resilient multi-region search deployments. |

| Limits & Quotas | L89-L98 | Limits, quotas, and scheduling rules for Azure AI Search: billing/free enrichment, indexer runs and schedules, execution quotas, service tier limits, and vector index size constraints. |

| Security | L99-L135 | Securing Azure AI Search: RBAC/Entra ID, keys, CMK, networking (VNets, private endpoints, firewalls), indexer connections, document-level ACLs, Purview labels, and Azure Policy compliance. |

| Configuration | L136-L217 | Configuring Azure AI Search behavior: data sources, indexers, analyzers, enrichment skillsets, vector/semantic settings, scoring, query options, monitoring, and agentic/answer synthesis features. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L218-L305 | Connecting Azure AI Search to data sources and skills, building knowledge bases and vectorization pipelines, and integrating search/query patterns into apps and agentic workflows |

| Deployment | L306-L313 | Deploying and moving Azure AI Search services: ARM/Bicep/Terraform provisioning, region moves and feature availability, and deploying search apps to Static Web Apps. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Troubleshoot Azure AI Search indexer errors and warnings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-common-errors-warnings |

| Debug and troubleshoot Azure AI Search skillsets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-how-to-debug-skillset |

| Debug Azure AI Search skillsets using portal sessions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-tutorial-debug-sessions |

| Diagnose and fix Azure AI Search indexer issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-troubleshooting |

| Troubleshoot OData collection filters 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 |

| Troubleshoot Azure AI Search storage metric issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/troubleshoot-storage-metrics |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Design and troubleshoot AI enrichment pipelines in Azure AI Search | 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 |

| 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 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-changed-deleted |

| Optimize large-scale indexing in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-large-index |

| 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 |

| Optimize Azure AI Search Serverless costs and usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/serverless-cost-optimization |

| Optimize Azure AI Search indexing with Push API in C# | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-optimize-indexing-push-api |

| Use narrow vector data types to reduce Azure AI Search storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-assign-narrow-data-types |

| Chunk large documents for Azure AI Search vector retrieval | 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 text-embedding-3 dimensions using 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 API versions safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-api-migration |

| Estimate Azure AI Search capacity needs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-capacity-planning |

| Choose appropriate data source connectors for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-data-sources-gallery |

| Upgrade Azure AI Search .NET management SDKs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-dotnet-mgmt-sdk-migration |

| Migrate Azure AI Search .NET SDK to v11 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-dotnet-sdk-migration-version-11 |

| Compare Azure AI Search features by tier and region | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-features-list |

| Upgrade Azure AI Search to higher capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-upgrade |

| Choose alternative regions for Azure AI Search capacity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-region-capacity |

| Plan and manage Azure AI Search costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-sku-manage-costs |

| Select Azure AI Search pricing model and tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-sku-tier |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Design hybrid search with vector and full-text in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/hybrid-search-overview |

| Design multitenant and isolated content in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-modeling-multitenant-saas-applications |

| Design multi-region architectures for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-multi-region |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Billing limits and free quotas for Azure AI Search enrichment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-attach-cognitive-services |

| Manage Azure AI Search indexer runs and resets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-run-reset-indexers |

| Configure Azure AI Search indexer schedules and limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-schedule-indexers |

| Understand indexer execution quotas on Serverless and S3 HD | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-high-density-serverless-overview |

| Azure AI Search service limits by tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-limits-quotas-capacity |

| Understand vector index size limits in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-index-size |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Use built-in Azure Policy definitions for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/policy-reference |

| Implement document-level access control in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-document-level-access-overview |

| Configure keyless RBAC access to Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-rbac |

| Configure managed identity access to SQL Managed Instance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-managed-instance-with-managed-identity |

| Secure AI Search indexer connections to SQL Server VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-server |

| Configure managed identities and RBAC for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-managed-identities |

| Configure Azure AI Search indexer with Easy Auth Functions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-azure-functions |

| Secure Cosmos DB indexer connections with managed identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-cosmos-db |

| Configure managed identity access from Azure AI Search to Azure SQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-sql |

| Configure managed identity access from Azure AI Search to Storage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-managed-identities-storage |

| Index ACL and RBAC metadata via Azure Search Push API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-index-access-control-lists-and-rbac-push-api |

| Connect Azure AI Search indexers to SQL Managed Instance privately | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-how-to-access-private-sql |

| Configure Azure AI Search indexer access through IP firewalls | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-howto-access-ip-restricted |

| Configure shared private link access for Azure AI Search indexers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-howto-access-private |

| Use trusted service exception for Azure AI Search indexers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-howto-access-trusted-service-exception |

| Secure Azure AI Search indexer access to VNet resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-securing-resources |

| Configure indexers to ingest Purview sensitivity labels | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-sensitivity-labels |

| Configure security and access 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 in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-sensitivity-labels |

| Manage Azure AI Search 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 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-best-practices |

| Enable RBAC and Entra ID auth for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-enable-roles |

| Retrieve encryption key details for Azure AI Search resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-get-encryption-keys |

| Configure customer-managed encryption keys for Azure AI Search | 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 |

| Join Azure AI Search to a network security perimeter | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-network-security-perimeter |

| Configure Azure AI Search RBAC with Entra ID | 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 and trusted service access for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/service-configure-firewall |

| Configure Azure AI Search private endpoints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/service-create-private-endpoint |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure file-based knowledge sources in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-file |

| Enable or disable Web Knowledge Source access in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-web-manage |

| Configure answer synthesis for Azure AI Search knowledge bases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-answer-synthesis |

| Configure freshness-aware retrieval for agentic knowledge sources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-configure-freshness |

| Define Azure AI Search index for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-create-index |

| Configure agentic retrieval billing consent in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-enable-disable |

| Configure image serving for agentic retrieval answer synthesis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-image-serving |

| Set retrieval reasoning effort for agentic Azure AI Search | 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 |

| Define and configure skillsets in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-defining-skillset |

| Configure output field mappings for Azure AI Search skillsets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-output-field-mapping |

| Configure and use predefined skills in Azure AI Search | 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 Content Understanding skill in AI Search | 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 |

| Configure Document Layout skill in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-document-intelligence-layout |

| Configure Entity Recognition skill v2 in skillsets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-entity-recognition |

| Configure Image Analysis skill in Azure AI Search enrichment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-image-analysis |

| Configure PII Detection skill in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-pii-detection |

| Use Shaper skill to restructure enrichment output | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-shaper |

| Configure Text Split skill for chunking content | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-textsplit |

| Design and configure skillsets for AI enrichment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-working-with-skillsets |

| Configure enrichment caching in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/enrichment-cache-how-to-configure |

| Manage enrichment cache storage for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/enrichment-cache-how-to-manage |

| 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 |

| Configure scoring profiles for Azure AI Search indexes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-add-scoring-profiles |

| Configure BM25 relevance scoring in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/index-ranking-similarity |

| Create Azure AI Search knowledge store via REST | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-create-rest |

| Define and configure knowledge store projection shapes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-projection-shape |

| Reference for Azure AI Search monitoring metrics and logs | 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 |

| Use Azure AI Search preview APIs and features | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-api-preview |

| Map content metadata properties to Azure AI Search fields | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-metadata-properties |

| Configure API Management gateway for Azure OpenAI skills in Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-configure-azure-openai-api-management |

| 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 vectorized AI Search 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 |

| Configure delimitedText parsing for CSV blobs in Azure AI Search | 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 |

| Index Markdown blobs with Azure AI Search blob indexer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-markdown |

| Configure one-to-many blob parsing for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-one-to-many |

| Set parsing modes for plain text blob indexing in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-plaintext |

| Configure Azure AI Search indexer for OneLake files | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-onelake-files |

| Enable SQL Managed Instance connections for Azure AI Search indexers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-managed-instance |

| Load and refresh data into Azure AI Search indexes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-load-search-index |

| Configure complex data types in Azure AI Search indexes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-complex-data-types |

| Configure field mappings for Azure AI Search indexers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-field-mappings |

| Manage Azure AI Search services 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 |

| Manage Azure AI Search via Management REST API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-manage-rest |

| Configure Azure AI Search diagnostic logging | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-enable-logging |

| Configure and monitor Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-queries |

| Use moreLikeThis query parameter 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 Azure AI Search result shaping and pagination | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-pagination-page-layout |

| Use OData collection operators in Azure AI Search filters | 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 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 |

| Configure OData $orderby in Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-orderby |

| Use OData search.in function in Azure AI Search filters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-search-in-function |

| Configure OData $select fields in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-select |

| OData expression syntax for Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-syntax-reference |

| Configure Azure AI Search indexer for JSON blob data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-semi-structured-data |

| Migrate Azure AI Search semantic ranking code | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-code-migration |

| Configure semantic ranker settings for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-configure |

| Configure semantic ranker billing plans in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-enable-disable |

| Configure spell check in Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/speller-how-to-add |

| Create and configure custom analyzers in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-create-custom-analyzer |

| 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 |

| Configure binary vector fields for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-index-binary-data |

| Configure vector quantization in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-quantization |

| Configure vector storage options in Azure AI Search | 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 |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Create Azure SQL knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-azure-sql |

| Create blob knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-blob |

| Create Fabric Data Agent knowledge sources for live grounding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-fabric-data-agent |

| Create Fabric Ontology knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-fabric-ontology |

| Create MCP server knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-mcp-server |

| Create OneLake knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-onelake |

| Create indexed SharePoint knowledge sources in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-sharepoint-indexed |

| Create remote SharePoint knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-sharepoint-remote |

| Create web knowledge sources for agentic retrieval | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-web |

| Create Work IQ knowledge sources for organizational grounding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-work-iq |

| Create knowledge bases for agentic retrieval in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-create-knowledge-base |

| Migrate Azure AI Search agentic retrieval code | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-migrate |

| Integrate knowledge base retrieval via API or MCP | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-retrieve |

| Integrate custom AML models as AI Search skills | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-aml-skill |

| Create Bing Entity Search custom skill in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-create-custom-skill-example |

| Implement custom skill web interfaces for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-custom-skill-interface |

| Implement Custom Web API skills in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-custom-skill-web-api |

| Configure Azure OpenAI Embedding skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-azure-openai-embedding |

| Configure Conditional skill in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-conditional |

| Configure Document Extraction skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-document-extraction |

| Configure Entity Linking skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-entity-linking-v3 |

| Configure Entity Recognition v3 skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-entity-recognition-v3 |

| Use GenAI Prompt skill with Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-genai-prompt |

| Configure Key Phrase Extraction skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-keyphrases |

| Configure Language Detection skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-language-detection |

| Configure Named Entity Recognition v2 skill | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-named-entity-recognition |

| Configure OCR skill for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-ocr |

| Configure Sentiment v2 skill in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-sentiment |

| Configure Sentiment v3 skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-sentiment-v3 |

| Configure Text Translation skill in AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-text-translation |

| Configure Text Merge skill in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-textmerger |

| Configure Azure Vision multimodal embeddings skill | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-vision-vectorize |

| Connect Azure AI Search knowledge store to Power BI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-connect-power-bi |

| 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 in 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 |

| Implement autocomplete and suggestions in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-add-autocomplete-suggestions |

| Ingest Azure Blob RBAC scopes with search indexers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-indexer-role-based-access |

| Index 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 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-file-storage-integration |

| Author filter expressions for Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-filters |

| Create and configure Azure AI Search skillsets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-skillset |

| 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 client for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-dotnet-sdk |

| Index client-side encrypted blobs with Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-encrypted |

| Configure Azure Blob indexer for automated search indexing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-storage |

| Configure Azure Table indexers for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-tables |

| Index Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin graphs with Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-gremlin |

| Index Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB with Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-mongodb |

| Index Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL with Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-sql |

| Configure Logic Apps workflows for Azure AI Search indexing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-logic-apps |

| Index Azure Database for MySQL with AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-mysql |

| Index SharePoint Online libraries with Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sharepoint-online |

| Configure Azure SQL indexers for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-database |

| Configure REST-based integrated vectorization in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-integrated-vectorization |

| Page Azure AI Search list API results | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-page-list-results |

| Use Document Layout skill for semantic chunking and vectorization | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-semantic-chunking |

| Use Content Understanding skill for semantic chunking | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-semantic-chunking-content-understanding |

| 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 |

| Ingest SharePoint ACL metadata using Azure AI Search indexers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-sharepoint-access-control-lists |

| Implement C# indexer integration with Azure SQL and Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-tutorial |

| Visualize Azure AI Search logs and metrics in Power BI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-monitor-logs-powerbi |

| Implement fuzzy search and typo tolerance in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-fuzzy |

| Use Lucene query syntax in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-lucene-examples |

| 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 search.score in Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-odata-search-score-function |

| Query partial terms and patterns in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-partial-matching |

| Use simple query syntax in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-query-simple-examples |

| Combine scoring profiles with semantic ranking in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-enable-scoring-profiles |

| Invoke semantic ranking in Azure AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-query-request |

| Implement semantic query rewriting with Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-query-rewrite |

| Integrate Azure AI Search queries in .NET 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 |

| Apply filters and modes to Azure AI vector queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-filters |

| Generate and integrate embeddings for Azure AI Search indexes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-generate-embeddings |

| Create and send vector queries in Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-how-to-query |

| Integrate Microsoft Foundry embedding models with Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-integrated-vectorization-ai-studio |

| Configure Azure Vision vectorizer for AI 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 |

| Configure Azure OpenAI vectorizer for AI Search queries | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-azure-open-ai |

| Build Custom Web API vectorizer for Azure AI Search | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-custom-web-api |

Deployment

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| Deploy Azure AI Search with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-arm |

| Deploy Azure AI Search 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 |

| Move Azure AI Search services across regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-move-across-regions |

| Deploy Azure AI Search app to Static Web Apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-csharp-deploy-static-web-app |