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Azure Search Overview Liam Cavanagh Principal Program Manager

2/25/2019 6:06 AM What is Azure Search? A search-as-a-service solution allowing developers to incorporate great search experiences into applications without managing infrastructure or needing to become search experts. © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

2/25/2019 6:06 AM Why? Developers look for PaaS services in Azure to achieve better results faster in their apps Search is key to many categories of applications Web search engines have set the bar high for search Instant results, auto-complete, hit highlighting, great ranking, linguistics Search is hard and rarely a core expertise area Infrastructure standpoint: availability, durability, scale, operations Functionality standpoint: ranking, language support, geo-spatial © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Spelling Mistakes Geospatial Suggestions Ranking Paging 2/25/2019 6:06 AM Spelling Mistakes Geospatial Suggestions Ranking Paging Hit Highlighting Facets © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Demo Creating a Real Estate Listing Search Index Microsoft Connect 2016 2/25/2019 6:06 AM Demo Creating a Real Estate Listing Search Index © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Resources Documentation, Videos and Samples Official GitHub Samples azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/search Official GitHub Samples github.com/azure-samples?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=search Blog azure.microsoft.com/blog/tag/azure-search Support Forum social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/azure/home?forum=azuresearch