Merge pull request #5503 from haileytap/regions

[Azure Search] Update search-region-support.md and search-sku-tier.md

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/search/search-region-support.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Shows supported regions and feature availability across regions for
 author: haileytap
 ms.author: haileytapia
 manager: nitinme
-ms.date: 05/29/2025
+ms.date: 06/12/2025
 ms.service: azure-ai-search
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom:
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ When you create an Azure AI Search service, your region selection might depend o
 | [Semantic ranker](semantic-search-overview.md) | Takes a dependency on Microsoft-hosted models in specific regions. | Regional support is noted in this article. |
 | [Query rewrite](semantic-how-to-query-rewrite.md) | Takes a dependency on Microsoft-hosted models in specific regions. | Regional support is noted in this article. |
 | [Extra capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) | Higher-capacity partitions became available in select regions starting in April 2024, with a second wave following in May 2024. Currently, there are just a few regions that *don't* offer higher-capacity partitions.<p>If you have an older search service in a supported region, check if you can [upgrade your service](search-how-to-upgrade.md). Otherwise, create a new search service to benefit from more capacity at the same billing rate. | Regional support is noted in the footnotes of this article. |
+| Capacity constraints | In some regions, insufficient capacity prevents you from creating search services on certain tiers. The Azure portal automatically hides regions and tiers that aren't available for new deployments. | Regional support is noted in the footnotes of this article. |
 | [Azure AI Vision 4.0 multimodal APIs](search-get-started-portal-image-search.md) | Refers to the Azure AI Vision multimodal embeddings skill and vectorizer that call the multimodal embedding API. | Check the [Azure AI Vision region list](/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/overview-image-analysis#region-availability) first, and then verify Azure AI Search is available in the same region.|
 
 ## Azure Public regions

articles/search/search-sku-tier.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ author: haileytap
 ms.author: haileytapia
 ms.service: azure-ai-search
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/21/2025
+ms.date: 06/12/2025
 
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@@ -54,13 +54,9 @@ You can find out more about the various tiers on the [pricing page](https://azur
 
 ## Region availability by tier
 
-The supported [regions list](search-region-support.md) provides the locations where Azure AI Search is offered.
+The [regions list](search-region-support.md) provides the locations where Azure AI Search is offered. Some regions might have capacity constraints for certain tiers, which prevents the creation of new search services on those tiers. The list uses footnotes to indicate constrained regions and tiers.
 
-Currently, several regions are capacity-constrained for specific tiers and can't be used for new search services. If you use the Azure portal to create a search service, the Azure portal excludes any region-tier combinations that aren't available.
-
-| Region | Disabled tier (SKU) due to over-capacity | Suggested alternative |
-|--------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
-| West US 2 | Basic, S1, S2, S3, L1, L2 | West US, West US 3|
+When you create a search service in the Azure portal, unavailable region–tier combinations are automatically excluded.
 
 ## Feature availability by tier