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ms.date: 05/28/2025
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# Make outbound connections through a shared private link
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Azure AI Search makes outbound calls to other Azure resources in the following scenarios:
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+ Knowledge agent connections to Azure OpenAI for agentic retrieval workflows
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+ Indexer or query connections to Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Vision, or the Azure AI Foundry model catalog for vectorization
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+ Indexer connections to supported data sources
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+ Indexer (skillset) connections to Azure Storage for caching enrichments, debug session sate, or writing to a knowledge store
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+ Indexer (skillset) connections to Azure AI services for billing purposes
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+ Encryption key requests to Azure Key Vault
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+ Custom skill requests to Azure Functions or similar resource
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Shared private links only work for Azure-to-Azure connections. If you're connecting to OpenAI or another external model, the connection must be over the public internet.
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Shared private links only work for Azure-to-Azure connections. If you're connecting to OpenAI or another external model provider, the connection must be over the public internet.
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Shared private links are for operations and data accessed through a [private endpoint](/azure/private-link/private-endpoint-overview) for Azure resources or clients that run in an Azure virtual network.
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There are two scenarios for using [Azure Private Link](/azure/private-link/private-link-overview) and Azure AI Search together.
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+ Scenario one: create a shared private link when an *outbound* (indexer) connection to Azure requires a private connection.
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+ Scenario one: create a shared private link when an *outbound* (indexer or knowledge agent) connection to Azure requires a private connection.
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+ Scenario two: [configure search for a private *inbound* connection](service-create-private-endpoint.md) from clients that run in a virtual network.
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| Indexers without skillsets | Basic and higher | None | None |
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| Skillsets with embedding skills ([integrated vectorization](vector-search-integrated-vectorization.md)) | Basic and higher |[High capacity regions](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#partition-storage-gb)|[After April 3, 2024](search-how-to-upgrade.md#check-your-service-creation-or-upgrade-date)|
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| Skillsets using other [built-in](cognitive-search-predefined-skills.md) or custom skills | Standard 1 (S1) and higher | None |[After April 3, 2024](search-how-to-upgrade.md#check-your-service-creation-or-upgrade-date)|
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| Knowledge agents calling Azure OpenAI for query planning or passing search results | Basic and higher | None | None |
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+ Permissions on both Azure AI Search and the Azure resource:
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