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Author: HeidiSteen

articles/search/cognitive-search-attach-cognitive-services.md

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 # Attach an Azure AI multi-service resource to a skillset in Azure AI Search
 
-Built-in skills are backed by Azure AI multi-service resources hosted internally by Azure AI Search in most supported regions. When configuring a skillset for optional [AI enrichment](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md) in Azure AI Search, you can enrich a small number of documents free of charge, limited to 20 transactions daily per index. For larger and more frequent workloads, you should attach a billable [Azure AI multi-service account](/azure/ai-services/multi-service-resource?pivots=azportal). 
+If you're using built-in skills for optional [AI enrichment](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md) in Azure AI Search, you can enrich a small number of documents free of charge, limited to 20 transactions daily per index. For larger and more frequent workloads, you should attach a billable [Azure AI multi-service account](/azure/ai-services/multi-service-resource?pivots=azportal). 
 
-Azure AI Search doesn't use the account for skillset execution, but it does use the account to access the billing meters on the resource. As such, your Azure AI services account is used for billing, not skills processing. Azure AI Search uses separate dedicated, internal resources for skills processing.
+Azure AI Search uses dedicated, internally hosted multi-service resources for built-in skills processing, but needs your multi-service account for billing purposes. 
 
 A multi-service account provides a collection of Azure AI services, rather than individual services. Providing an account in an Azure AI Search [skillset](/rest/api/searchservice/skillsets/create) allows Microsoft to charge you for using these services:
 
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ A multi-service account provides a collection of Azure AI services, rather than
 + [Azure AI Speech](/azure/ai-services/speech-service/overview) for speech to text and text to speech
 + [Azure AI Translator](/azure/ai-services/translator/translator-overview) for machine text translation
 
-Exceptions to billing through the multi-service account include [AzureOpenAIEmbedding](cognitive-search-skill-azure-openai-embedding.md) or the [AML skill](cognitive-search-aml-skill.md) billing. Azure AI Search doesn't provide internal hosting of models on Azure OpenAI or Azure AI Foundry model catalog. Usage for AML and Azure OpenAI skills and vectorizers are through [Azure OpenAI pay-as-you-go pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/#pricing) and [Azure Machine Learning pay-as-you-go pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/machine-learning/), respectively. A few other skills, such as Text Split and Text Merge, aren't billable.
+Exceptions to billing through the multi-service account include [AzureOpenAIEmbedding](cognitive-search-skill-azure-openai-embedding.md) or the [AML skill](cognitive-search-aml-skill.md) billing. Azure AI Search doesn't internally host models from Azure OpenAI or teh Azure AI Foundry model catalog. Usage for AML and Azure OpenAI skills and vectorizers are through [Azure OpenAI pay-as-you-go pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/#pricing) and [Azure Machine Learning pay-as-you-go pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/machine-learning/), respectively. A few other skills, such as Text Split and Text Merge, aren't billable.
 
-To attach an Azure AI multi-resource, you must provide connection information in the skillset. 
-
-You can use a key on the connection, or implement a keyless approach that's currently in preview.
+To attach an Azure AI multi-resource, you must provide connection information in the skillset. You can use a key on the connection, or implement a keyless approach that's currently in preview.
 
 > [!TIP]
 > Azure provides infrastructure for you to monitor billing and budgets. For more information about monitoring Azure AI services, see [Plan and manage costs for Azure AI services](/azure/ai-services/plan-manage-costs).