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General availability: New API version and .NET SDK for Azure Search
Azure Search has released new features in API version 2016-09-01 and a new .NET SDK.
August 2016
Azure Search: .NET SDK preview and portal support for Blob/Table indexers
Azure Search has released a new preview version of the .NET SDK and supports Blob and Table storage indexers in the Azure portal.
June 2016
Azure Search: Update to the Search Traffic Analytics dashboard in Power BI
The updated Power BI content pack for Azure Search contains insightful data about your Azure Search service and useful visualizations.
Azure Search S3 and S3 High Density tiers in public preview, and Basic tier generally available
Azure Search helps developers build rich, first-class search experiences into their applications.
May 2016
Public preview: Azure Search Blob indexer parses structured JSON content
The Azure Search Blob indexer can now parse JSON documents while preserving document structure.
April 2016
Public preview: Azure Search indexer for Azure tables
Azure Search supports Azure tables as a data source.
March 2016
Public preview: Azure Search Basic tier
The Basic tier of Azure Search offers a low-cost and production-ready search service for your web and mobile applications.
February 2016
General availability: Lucene query syntax in Azure Search
Lucene query syntax is now available as part of the Azure Search REST API.
General availability: Azure Search .NET SDK
The Azure Search .NET SDK is now generally available.
January 2016
Azure Search: .NET SDK version 1.0.1-preview
Version 1.0.1-preview of the Azure Search .NET SDK is now available.
Preview: Customize lexical analyzers in Azure Search
Take control over the process of breaking your documents into searchable terms.
Azure Search: Search Traffic Analytics available
Enable traffic analytics in Azure Search to gain visibility into your search service and learn about your users.
Azure Search: Lucene query syntax fully supported
Write more powerful queries in Azure Search with the full Lucene query language.
Azure Search: Search Explorer available
Query your Azure Search indexes and see search results directly from the Azure portal.
August 2015
Azure Search updates: API prototype, language support, new regions
Azure Search updates include an API prototype, language support, and new regions.
July 2015
General availability: New regions for Azure Search
We’ve announced the general availability of 3 new regions for Azure Search—Brazil South, Australia East, and Japan West—bringing the global availability of Azure Search to a total of 11 regions.
March 2015
General availability: Azure Search
Azure Search is a search-as-a-service solution that helps developers build sophisticated search experiences into web and mobile applications.
August 2014
Preview: Azure Search
Incorporate search capabilities into applications without having to worry about the complexities of full-text search
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