Screenshot showing API keys enabled

Author: HeidiSteen

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   - ignite-2023
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-ms.date: 1/16/2025
+ms.date: 01/31/2025
 #customer intent: I want to learn how to connect to Azure AI Search using API keys so that I can authenticate inbound requests to my search service.
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 # Connect to Azure AI Search using keys
 
-Azure AI Search supports both keyless and key-based authentication for connections to your search service. An API key is a unique string composed of 52 randomly generated numbers and letters. In your source code, you can specify it as an [environment variable](/azure/ai-services/cognitive-services-environment-variables) or as an app setting in your project, and then reference the variable on the request. A request made to a search service endpoint is accepted if both the request and the API key are valid.
+Azure AI Search supports both keyless and key-based authentication for connections to your search service. An API key is a unique string composed of 52 randomly generated numbers and letters. In your source code, you can specify it as an [environment variable](/azure/ai-services/cognitive-services-environment-variables) or as an app setting in your project, and then reference the variable on the request. 
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+A request made to a search service endpoint is accepted if both the request and the API key are valid, and your search service is configured to allow API keys on a request. In the Azure portal, authentication is specified on the **Keys** page under **Settings**. 
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+:::image type="content" source="media/search-security-overview/api-keys-enabled.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Keys page in the Azure portal.":::
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > When you create a search service, key-based authentication is the default, but it's not the most secure option. We recommend that you replace it with [role-based access](search-security-enable-roles.md).