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azure-cognitive-search

Q: How do I install this agent skill?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/microsoftdocs/agent-skills --skill azure-cognitive-search.

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Expert knowledge for Azure AI Search development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when building indexes, skillsets, indexers, vector/semantic search, or RAG knowledge bases with Azure AI Search, and other Azure AI Search related development tasks. Not for Azure Data Explorer (use azure-data-explorer), Azure Synapse Analytics (use azure-synapse-analytics), Azure Cosmos DB (use azure-cosmos-db).

How do I install this agent skill?

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoftdocs/agent-skills --skill azure-cognitive-search

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This skill acts as a documentation index for Azure AI Search, providing links to official Microsoft documentation. It fetches technical content from learn.microsoft.com to assist with development and troubleshooting tasks. No security issues were detected.
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What does this agent skill do?

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](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-L48	Diagnosing and fixing Azure AI Search indexer/skillset errors, filter and metric issues, permission-filtered results, and private link or storage discrepancies.
Best Practices	L49-L66	Best practices for designing, scaling, and troubleshooting enrichment/indexing pipelines, optimizing vector search, performance, and costs, and safely updating Azure AI Search resources.
Decision Making	L67-L83	Guidance on choosing regions, tiers, pricing, capacity, and connectors, plus migration/upgrade paths for APIs and SDKs to plan, scale, and modernize Azure AI Search solutions.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L84-L89	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	L90-L99	Limits, quotas, and capacity planning for Azure AI Search: billing/free enrichment, indexer schedules/concurrency/runtime, service capacity limits, and vector index size/throughput constraints.
Security	L100-L142	Securing Azure AI Search: RBAC/Entra ID, keys, encryption, network isolation, indexer auth to data sources (SQL, Storage, SharePoint, Cosmos, Functions), and document-level/label-based access control.
Configuration	L143-L235	Configuring Azure AI Search: data sources, indexers, skillsets, analyzers, vectorization, semantic ranking, monitoring, and agentic retrieval/knowledge bases for RAG and answer synthesis.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L236-L311	Patterns and code for integrating Azure AI Search: indexers, skills, vectorization, query syntax (Lucene/OData), semantic ranking, filters, pagination, and app/Power BI integrations.
Deployment	L312-L319	Deploying and moving Azure AI Search: ARM/Bicep/Terraform provisioning, cross-region migration, and deploying C# search apps to Azure Container 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
Troubleshoot Azure AI Search indexer issues without errors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-troubleshooting
Diagnose and fix Azure AI Search collection filter errors	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 SharePoint permission-filtered search results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/troubleshoot-sharepoint-query-permission-filtering
Diagnose Azure AI Search storage and metric discrepancies	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	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/serverless-cost-optimization
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 Azure AI Search agentic retrieval to latest API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-migrate
Migrate from deprecated Azure AI Search skills	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-deprecated
Decide and migrate between Azure AI Search REST 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
Create Azure AI Search services with appropriate region and tier	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-create-service-portal
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 apps to SDK v11	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-dotnet-sdk-migration-version-11
Upgrade Azure AI Search to higher capacity	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-upgrade
Choose Azure AI Search regions under high demand	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-region-capacity
Choose Azure AI Search regions and feature availability	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-region-support
Plan and manage Azure AI Search costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-sku-manage-costs
Choose Azure AI Search pricing model and tier	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-sku-tier

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
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 indexer execution, duration, and concurrency	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 runtime quotas on Serverless and S3 HD	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-high-density-serverless-overview
Plan Azure AI Search capacity using service limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-limits-quotas-capacity
Understand Azure AI Search vector index limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-index-size

Security

Topic	URL
Manage access to Web Knowledge Source using Azure CLI	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 scopes from Azure Blob sources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-indexer-role-based-access
Implement document-level access control in 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 SharePoint Online indexer permissions in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sharepoint-online
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 auth to Azure 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 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	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-access-control-lists-and-role-based-access
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
Set IP 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 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
Configure indexer access to protected resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-securing-resources
Ingest Purview sensitivity labels with indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-sensitivity-labels
Ingest SharePoint ACL metadata with indexers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-indexer-sharepoint-access-control-lists
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	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
Configure cross-tenant CMK encryption for 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 trimming 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 private endpoints for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/service-create-private-endpoint
Index ADLS Gen2 permissions for secure queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-adls-gen2-indexer-acls

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Azure SQL knowledge sources for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-azure-sql
Configure blob knowledge sources for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-blob
Configure Fabric Data Agent knowledge sources in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-fabric-data-agent
Configure Fabric Ontology knowledge sources for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-fabric-ontology
Create file-based knowledge sources for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-file
Configure MCP Server knowledge sources in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-mcp-server
Configure OneLake knowledge sources for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-onelake
Configure search index knowledge sources in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-search-index
Configure indexed SharePoint knowledge sources in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-sharepoint-indexed
Configure remote SharePoint knowledge source for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-sharepoint-remote
Configure web knowledge sources for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-web
Configure Work IQ knowledge sources for organizational intelligence	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-how-to-work-iq
Define knowledge source objects for agentic retrieval	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-knowledge-source-overview
Enable and configure answer synthesis in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-answer-synthesis
Configure freshness-aware retrieval for knowledge sources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-configure-freshness
Create agentic retrieval-ready search indexes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-create-index
Create and configure knowledge bases in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-create-knowledge-base
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
Configure custom AML skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-aml-skill
Use annotation syntax to reference enriched nodes in Azure AI Search 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 Extraction skill in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-document-extraction
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 AI enrichment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/cognitive-search-skill-textsplit
Configure Azure Vision multimodal embeddings skill	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 Azure AI Search pipelines	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/enrichment-cache-how-to-configure
Manage enrichment cache data in 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
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 content metadata properties in Azure AI Search indexers	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
Define index projections for Azure AI Search vectorization	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 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
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 az search CLI commands	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
Configure and use moreLikeThis 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
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 in 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 custom analyzers for Azure AI Search indexes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-create-custom-analyzer
Configure vectorizers for Azure AI Search indexes	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
Configure multi-vector fields in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-multi-vector-fields
Configure Azure Vision vectorizer for embeddings	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 Custom Web API vectorizer in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-custom-web-api

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Query Azure AI Search knowledge bases via REST, SDKs, and MCP	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/agentic-retrieval-how-to-retrieve
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 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
Build hybrid keyword-vector queries in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/hybrid-search-how-to-query
Connect Azure AI Search knowledge store to Power BI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-connect-power-bi
Create Azure AI Search knowledge store via REST	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/knowledge-store-create-rest
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
Index Azure Blob Storage content with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-blob-storage-integration
Use faceted navigation syntax in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-faceted-navigation-examples
Configure Azure Files indexer for 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
Enable and query semantic ranking in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-semantic
Create and configure Azure AI Search skillsets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-skillset
Programmatically create and query Azure AI Search indexes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-text
Call Azure AI Search vector APIs via REST and SDKs	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 CSV blobs with delimitedText in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-blob-csv
Index client-side encrypted blobs with Azure AI Search	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 Table indexers for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-azure-tables
Configure Cosmos DB Gremlin indexers for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-gremlin
Index Cosmos DB for MongoDB with Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-cosmosdb-mongodb
Set up Cosmos DB NoSQL indexers in 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
Configure Azure AI Search indexer for Azure MySQL	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-mysql
Set up OneLake indexer for Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-onelake-files
Set up Azure SQL indexers in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-database
Connect Azure AI Search indexer to SQL Managed Instance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-index-sql-managed-instance
Configure REST-based integrated vectorization in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-integrated-vectorization
Implement pagination for Azure AI Search list APIs	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 for semantic chunking in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-how-to-semantic-chunking-content-understanding
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 rewrite in Azure AI Search	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/semantic-how-to-query-rewrite
Add spelling correction to Azure AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/speller-how-to-add
Integrate Azure AI Search queries into C# web apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-csharp-search-query-integration
Index multiple Azure data sources into one Azure AI Search index	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-multiple-data-sources
Optimize push API indexing in Azure AI Search with C#	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-optimize-indexing-push-api
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
Configure integrated vectorization with Microsoft Foundry models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-integrated-vectorization-ai-studio
Configure Azure OpenAI vectorizer for AI Search queries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/vector-search-vectorizer-azure-open-ai

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Azure AI Search via ARM templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-arm
Deploy Azure AI Search using Bicep files	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-bicep
Provision Azure AI Search services 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 C# Azure AI Search apps to Container Apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/tutorial-csharp-deploy-web-search

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