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Azure SearchSearch as a Service

Alexandre Marreiros

@alexmarreiros amarreiros@gmail.com www.digitalmindignition.com

Alexandre Marreiros• CTO @ Innovagency

• Software Dev/Arch as Independent

• Technical Trainer and Speaker as

Independent

• Teacher @ EDIT

• Technical Writer

• Windows Platform Development Microsoft

MVP

• Microsoft Windows DevCamp Trainer

• Windows Insider

@alexmarreiros

amarreiros@gmail.com

www.digitalmindignition.com

Agenda

Search relevance ; Azure Search ; Next Steps ; Questions and answers ; References

Search Relevance

Serch Relevance

Is simple

Natural

Don’t require train to use

Expected

Helps users to drill the right set’s of data

Power Expectation

The Verge

Why People Build Their Own Search

Engine

2 Real Answer what’s the most relevant result’s;

To define what’s the right data scope for the searchable data;

To answer Search serves not only the user itself but aso the business;

2 Real Answer what’s the most relevant result’s;

To define what’s the right data scope for the searchable data;

To answer Search serves not only the user itself but aso the business;

Why not use product search engines

Expensive;

Poor UI;

Poor configurability or extensibility;

The levels of configuration does not serve the Business needs;

Our “HandCraft” Search end’s up many times being expensive or not what

us and our client need / want

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Azure Search• Full costumizable engine running on the cloud;

• Provides Search as a Service;

• Client UI and Technical Agnostic;

• Scallable;

• Able to be integrated by API or by a Rest interface;

• Cost controlled;

• Able to Integrate with on premesis and out premesis

systems;

• Entirely focus on developer’s;

Azure Search Arch

David Chappell

Azure Search Process

David Chappell

Azure Search Process

David Chappell

DEMO

Create the Search Service

Search Service Information

Search Service Index Creation

Search Service Index Creation

DEMO

Azure Search Process

David Chappell

Update the Search Index

Post to your server when theres a change on the data domain

https://demosearchgwab.search.windows.net/indexes/hotelindex/docs/index?api-version=2014-

07-31-Preview

Update the Search Index

The Most recomended in the case it is supported. You can connect to a DataBase also using a

Restfull Approach. CodeSnipet for the creation of the Index based on a DataBase

Using Search From .NET SDK

Azure Search Service Features

Scalability;

Restfull API

SDK

Automatic Index and Programatic Index

Access Control

Multiple Index (can be used to define

search scopes)

Language Support

Full Text Search

Scoring ( allow to build ranking models)

Facets navigation

Highlighted hits

Reporting Analysis

Search Sugestion

Examples of how to build Search

sugestions

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/01/20/azure-

search-how-to-add-suggestions-auto-complete-to-

your-search-applications/

Sweet Chat

Let’s build Search

driven apps

Building ASP.NET MVC Search driven app Showcase

Let’s build Search

driven NodeJS web

app

Building ASP.NET MVC Search driven app Showcase

Let’s build Search

driven ASP.NET MVC

WebAPP

Building ASP.NET MVC Search driven app Showcase

Questions & Answers

@alexmarreiros

amarreiros@gmail.com

www.digitalmindignition.com

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Feel free to contact me for questions after the event:

References• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/azure/dn798933.aspx

• Essential Azure ebook

• http://azure.microsoft.com/en-

us/documentation/articles/search-manage/

• http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Data-

Exposed/Azure-Search-General-Availability-

and-Whats-New

• http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/

Using-Azure-Search-in-your-ASPNET-MVC-

website

• https://azuresearchadventureworksdemo.codeplex.com/

• https://azuresearchadventureworksdemo.co

deplex.com/

@alexmarreiros amarreiros@gmail.com www.digitalmindignition.com

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