To create the Azure Search service, you need to enter into the Azure portal and go to New | Data + Storage | Azure Search. Similar to other Azure services, you need to select:
A lowercase name for the public and global endpoint (
.search.windows.net
)The resource group
The location where the service is deployed
The pricing tier
You pay for what you use. Azure Search can be classified as a NoSQL key/value store database, as it stores JSON objects in indexes for subsequent search and access. The features include:
The pricing is the expression of resources
Partitions, as the data is distributed to perform searches in parallel
Search units, as a virtual unit of computing
25 GB and 15 million documents per partition