06. Create AI Search Resource
[!NOTE] Continue here and create resource manually only if your Azure subscription was not pre-provisioned with a lab Resource Group
This step is done on the Azure Portal, not Azure AI Studio.
- [] 01 | Switch browser tab to +++https://portal.azure.com+++
- Click on "Create a resource" on the home page
- Search for +++Azure AI Search+++ in Create hub page.
- Click the Create drop down in the matching result.
- [] 02 | Complete the "Create a search service" flow
- Subscription - leave default
- Resource Group - select the resource group for AI project
- Service Name - use +++contoso-chat-aisearch+++
- Location - use +++East US+++ (Note the changed region!!)
- Pricing tier - check that it is set to Standard
- [] 03 | Review and Create resource
- Click "Review and Create" for a last review
- Click "Create" to confirm creation
- You should see a "Deployment in progress" indicator
- [] 04 | Activate Semantic Search capability
- Wait for the deployment to complete'
- Click Go to resource to visit AI Search resource page
- Click the Semantic Ranker option in the sidebar (left)
- Check Select Plan under Standard, to enable capability.
- Click Yes on the popup regarding service costs.