Azure Search is a search as a service offering that gives developers total control over indexing and searching of their content. It’s the control that sets Azure Search apart from public search offerings such as Google Custom Search. With Azure Search you, the developer, define what, how and how often will be indexed and how search UI, search and suggestion results will look like. It will require more work on your side as a developer but it’s that trade-off you’re likely to make to deliver precisely the search experience for your applications you need. In this post I’m going walk your through adding search capabilities to your applications. I’m going to use my blog as a sample application. But be aware that Azure Search is not limited to web applications. It exposes its functionality through a set of RESTful services so it can be used from just about any application that speaks HTTP.
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