Azure updates

Bing Search APIs will transition from Azure Cognitive Services to Azure Marketplace on 31 October 2023

Target retirement date: October 31, 2023

Continue to create new instances of Bing Search APIs under the Azure Marketplace.

• Bing Search
• Retirements

Cognitive Services—Azure Active Directory authentication and custom subdomains are now in preview

Target availability: Q4 2019

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication allows you to authenticate to Cognitive Services using Azure AD or user principals. This capability provides greater flexibility for managing access to Cognitive Services and makes it easier to use existing policies for credential rotation and to enforce custom password standards.

• Azure AI services
• Services
• Security
• Features

Microsoft Cognitive Services | Bing Custom Search API

Bing Custom Search API is an easy-to-use, ad-free search solution that lets you build a search experience and query content on your website or across a selected set of websites or domains.

• Azure AI services
• Features

Microsoft Cognitive Services—Bing Custom Search

Bing Custom Search, soon to be in preview, will let you create a highly-customised web search experience which will deliver better and more relevant results through a commercial grade service. Featuring a straightforward user interface, Bing Custom Search will enable you to create your own web search engine without a line of code.

• Azure AI services
• Features