Merge pull request #4370 from haileytap/hailey-upgrade

[Azure Search] Update search-how-to-upgrade.md

Author: JamesJBarnett

articles/search/media/search-how-to-upgrade/service-created-upgraded-metadata.png

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: 'Create a search service in the Azure portal'
+title: 'Create a Search Service in the Azure Portal'
 titleSuffix: Azure AI Search
 description: Learn how to set up an Azure AI Search resource in the Azure portal. Choose resource groups, regions, and a pricing tier.
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ms.custom:
   - references_regions
   - build-2024
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 03/21/2025
+ms.date: 04/28/2025
 ---
 
 # Create an Azure AI Search service in the Azure portal
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ In most cases, choose a region near you, unless any of the following apply:
 
    + Start with [Azure OpenAI regions](/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models#model-summary-table-and-region-availability) because they have the most variability. Azure OpenAI provides embedding models and chat models for RAG and integrated vectorization.
 
-   + Check [Azure AI Search regions](search-region-support.md#azure-public-regions) for a match to your Azure OpenAI region. If you're using OCR, entity recognition, or other skills backed by Azure AI, the **AI service integration** column indicates whether Azure AI services multi-service and Azure AI Search are in the same region.
+   + Check [Azure AI Search regions](search-region-support.md#azure-public-regions) for a match to your Azure OpenAI region. If you're using OCR, entity recognition, or other skills backed by Azure AI, the **AI enrichment** column indicates whether Azure AI services multi-service and Azure AI Search are in the same region.
 
    + Check [multimodal embedding regions](/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/overview-image-analysis#region-availability) for multimodal APIs and image search. This API is accessed through an Azure AI services multi-service account, but in general, it's available in fewer regions than Azure AI services multi-service.
 

articles/search/media/search-how-to-upgrade/service-creation-upgrade-metadata.png

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ms.author: haileytapia
 ms.service: azure-ai-search
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: references_regions
-ms.date: 04/10/2025
+ms.date: 04/29/2025
 ---
 
 # Upgrade your Azure AI Search service in the Azure portal
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This article describes how to upgrade your service in the [Azure portal](https:/
 
 ## About service upgrades
 
-In April 2024, Azure AI Search increased the [storage capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) of newly created search services. Services created before April 2024 saw no capacity changes, so if you wanted larger and faster partitions, you had to create a new service. However, some older services can now be upgraded to benefit from the higher capacity partitions.
+In April 2024, Azure AI Search increased the [storage capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) of newly created search services. Services created before April 2024 saw no capacity changes, so if you wanted larger and faster partitions, you had to create a new service. However, some older services can now be upgraded to benefit from the higher-capacity partitions.
 
 In this preview, an upgrade only increases the [storage limit](#higher-storage-limits) and [vector index size](#higher-vector-limits) of [eligible services](#upgrade-eligibility).
 
@@ -35,15 +35,12 @@ In this preview, an upgrade only increases the [storage limit](#higher-storage-l
 To qualify for an upgrade, your service:
 
 > [!div class="checklist"]
-> + Must have been created before April 2024. Services created after April 2024 should already have higher capacity. To see when you created your service, [check your service creation date](#check-your-service-creation-or-upgrade-date).
-> + Must be in a region where higher capacity is enabled.
-> + Must be in one of the following regions:
->   + East US
->   + North Central US
->   + West Central US
->   + UK South
+> + Must have been [created before April 3, 2024](#check-your-service-creation-or-upgrade-date). Services created after this date should already have higher capacity.
+> + Must be in a [region where higher capacity is enabled](search-region-support.md). Most regions provide higher-capacity partitions. Exceptions are noted in the footnotes of each table.
 
-<!-- Check the footnotes in the [list of supported regions](search-region-support.md). -->
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> + Some search services created before January 1, 2019 don't support upgrades. In this situation, you must create a new service in a high-capacity region to get increased storage and vector limits.
+> + Upgrades are subject to [capacity constraints](search-region-support.md). If regional capacity is constrained for your pricing tier, your service can't be upgraded.
 
 ### Higher storage limits
 
@@ -71,11 +68,11 @@ For [eligible services](#upgrade-eligibility), the following table compares the
 
 ## Check your service creation or upgrade date
 
-On the **Overview** page, you can view various metadata about your search service, including the **Create date (UTC)** and **Upgrade date (UTC)**.
+On the **Overview** page, you can view various metadata about your search service, including **Date created** and **Date upgraded**.
 
-:::image type="content" source="media/search-how-to-upgrade/service-creation-upgrade-metadata.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the service creation and service upgrade dates in the Azure portal." border="true" lightbox="media/search-how-to-upgrade/service-creation-upgrade-metadata.png":::
+:::image type="content" source="media/search-how-to-upgrade/service-created-upgraded-metadata.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the service creation and service upgrade dates in the Azure portal." border="true" lightbox="media/search-how-to-upgrade/service-created-upgraded-metadata.png":::
 
-The date you created your service partially determines its [upgrade eligibility](#upgrade-eligibility). If your service has never been upgraded, the **Upgrade date (UTC)** doesn't appear.
+The date you created your service partially determines its [upgrade eligibility](#upgrade-eligibility). If your service has never been upgraded, **Date upgraded** doesn't appear.
 
 ## Upgrade your service
 
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ To upgrade your service:
 
    :::image type="content" source="media/search-how-to-upgrade/upgrade-button.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Upgrade button on the command bar in the Azure portal." border="true" lightbox="media/search-how-to-upgrade/upgrade-button.png":::
 
-   If this button appears dimmed, an upgrade isn’t available for your service. Your service either has the [latest upgrade](#check-your-service-creation-or-upgrade-date) or is in an [unsupported region](#upgrade-eligibility).
+   If this button appears dimmed, an upgrade isn’t available for your service. Your service either [has the latest upgrade](#check-your-service-creation-or-upgrade-date) or [doesn't qualify for an upgrade](#upgrade-eligibility).
 
 1. Review the upgrade details for your service, and then select **Upgrade**.
 

articles/search/search-create-service-portal.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ms.service: azure-ai-search
 ms.custom:
   - ignite-2024
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 04/22/2025
+ms.date: 04/28/2025
 ---
 
 # Update or rebuild an index in Azure AI Search
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Some modifications require an index drop and rebuild, replacing a current index
 | Assign an analyzer to a field | [Analyzers](search-analyzers.md) are defined in an index, assigned to fields, and then invoked during indexing to inform how tokens are created. You can add a new analyzer definition to an index at any time, but you can only *assign* an analyzer when the field is created. This is true for both the **analyzer** and **indexAnalyzer** properties. The **searchAnalyzer** property is an exception (you can assign this property to an existing field). |
 | Update or delete an analyzer definition in an index | You can't delete or change an existing analyzer configuration (analyzer, tokenizer, token filter, or char filter) in the index unless you rebuild the entire index. |
 | Add a field to a suggester | If a field already exists and you want to add it to a [Suggesters](index-add-suggesters.md) construct, rebuild the index. |
-| Upgrade your service or tier | If you need more capacity, check if you can [upgrade your service](search-how-to-upgrade.md) or [switch to a higher service tier](search-capacity-planning.md#change-your-pricing-tier). If not, you must create a new service and rebuild your indexes from scratch. To help automate this process, you can use a code sample that backs up your index to a series of JSON files. You can then recreate the index in a search service you specify. |
+| Upgrade your service or tier | If you need more capacity, check if you can [upgrade your service](search-how-to-upgrade.md) or [switch to a higher pricing tier](search-capacity-planning.md#change-your-pricing-tier). If not, you must create a new service and rebuild your indexes from scratch. To help automate this process, you can use a code sample that backs up your index to a series of JSON files. You can then recreate the index in a search service you specify. |
 
 The order of operations is: