Azure AI Search

aid: microsoft-azure-search
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/
name: Azure AI Search
description: Azure AI Search (formerly Azure Cognitive Search) is a cloud search service with built-in AI capabilities for
  enriching content and enabling vector and semantic search over heterogeneous data. It indexes content from Azure data sources
  and supports full-text, faceted, geospatial, vector, and hybrid retrieval.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-search.png
tags:
- AI Search
- Cognitive Search
- Hybrid Search
- Search
- Semantic Search
- Vector Search
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-search:management-api
  name: Azure AI Search Management REST API
  description: The management REST API provides operations for creating and managing Azure AI Search service instances, scaling
    replicas and partitions, and managing keys and shared private link resources.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchmanagement/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Management
  - Provisioning
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchmanagement/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
- aid: microsoft-azure-search:microsoft-azure-search-documents-api
  name: Azure AI Search Documents API
  description: The Documents API from Azure AI Search — 2 operation(s) for documents.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/
  baseURL: https://{search-service}.search.windows.net/
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-search-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-api-keys
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/search-service-api-versions
- aid: microsoft-azure-search:microsoft-azure-search-indexes-api
  name: Azure AI Search Indexes API
  description: The Indexes API from Azure AI Search — 2 operation(s) for indexes.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/
  baseURL: https://{search-service}.search.windows.net/
  tags:
  - Index
  tags_raw:
  - Indexes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-search-indexes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-api-keys
  - type: Versioning
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/search-service-api-versions
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-azure-search-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-azure-search-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-azure-search-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-search-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-search-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-search-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/search/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-get-started-portal
- type: SDKs
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-howto-dotnet-sdk
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/product/azure-cognitive-search/
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure-cognitive-search
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: microsoft-azure
x-relationship: product