Region exceptions, per Mike

HeidiSteen · HeidiSteen · commit 152564a5b942 · 2024-07-10T07:27:13.000-07:00
diff --git a/articles/search/search-create-service-portal.md b/articles/search/search-create-service-portal.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ms.date: 07/09/2024
 
 # Create an Azure AI Search service in the portal
 
-[**Azure AI Search**](search-what-is-azure-search.md) is a comprehensive information retrieval platform for the enterprise. It supports traditional search and conversational AI-driven search for "chat with your data" experiences over your proprietary content.
+[**Azure AI Search**](search-what-is-azure-search.md) is an information retrieval platform for the enterprise. It supports traditional search and conversational AI-driven search for "chat with your data" experiences over your proprietary content.
 
 The easiest way to create a service is using the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/), which is covered in this article. 
 
@@ -91,63 +91,14 @@ Service name requirements:
 
 Review the [supported regions list](search-region-support.md) for supported regions at the service and feature level.
 
-<!-- We strongly recommend the following regions because they provide [more storage per partition](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits), three to seven times more depending on the tier, at the same billing rate. Extra capacity applies to search services created after specific dates.
-
-| Country | Regions providing extra capacity per partition |
-|---------|------------------------------------------------|
-| **United States** | East US​, East US 2, East US 2 EUAP/PPE, ​Central US​, North Central US​, South Central US​, West US​, West US 2​, West US 3​, West Central US​ |
-| **United Kingdom** | UK South​, UK West​ ​ |
-| **United Arab Emirates** | UAE North​​ |
-| **Switzerland** | Switzerland West​ |
-| **Sweden** | Sweden Central​​ |
-| **South Africa** | South Africa North​ |
-| **Poland** | Poland Central​​ |
-| **Norway** | Norway East​​ |
-| **Korea** | Korea Central, Korea South​ ​ |
-| **Japan** | Japan East, Japan West​ |
-| **Italy** | Italy North​​ |
-| **India** | Central India, Jio India West​ ​ |
-| **Germany** | Germany North​, Germany West Central​ ​|
-| **France** | France Central​​ |
-| **Europe** | North Europe​​ |
-| **Canada** | Canada Central​, Canada East​​ |
-| **Bazil** | Brazil South​​ |
-| **Asia Pacific** |  East Asia, Southeast Asia​ ​ |
-| **Australia** | Australia East​, Australia Southeast​​ |
-| **Azure Government** | Texas, Arizona, Virginia |
-| **Azure operated by 21Vianet** | China North 3, China East 3 | -->
-
-<!-- ### Roll out on May 2024
-
-| Country | Regions providing extra capacity per partition |
-|---------|------------------------------------------------|
-| **United States** | East US 2 EUAP/PPE |
-| **South Africa** | South Africa North​ |
-| **Germany** | Germany North​, Germany West Central​ ​|
-| **Azure Government** | Texas, Arizona, Virginia |
-
-### Roll out on April 2024
-
-| Country | Regions providing extra capacity per partition |
-|---------|------------------------------------------------|
-| **United States** | East US​, East US 2, ​Central US​, North Central US​, South Central US​, West US​, West US 2​, West US 3​, West Central US​ |
-| **United Kingdom** | UK South​, UK West​ ​ |
-| **United Arab Emirates** | UAE North​​ |
-| **Switzerland** | Switzerland West​ |
-| **Sweden** | Sweden Central​​ |
-| **South Africa** | South Africa North​ |
-| **Poland** | Poland Central​​ |
-| **Norway** | Norway East​​ |
-| **Korea** | Korea Central, Korea South​ ​ |
-| **Japan** | Japan East, Japan West​ |
-| **Italy** | Italy North​​ |
-| **India** | Central India, Jio India West​ ​ |
-| **France** | France Central​​ |
-| **Europe** | North Europe​​ |
-| **Canada** | Canada Central​, Canada East​​ |
-| **Bazil** | Brazil South​​ |
-| **Asia Pacific** |  East Asia, Southeast Asia​ ​ |
-| **Australia** | Australia East​, Australia Southeast​​ | -->
+Some features are subject to [regional availability](search-region-support.md):
+
++ [Availability Zones](search-reliability.md#availability-zones)
++ [Azure roles for data plane operations](search-security-rbac.md) (Azure public cloud only)
++ [Semantic ranker](semantic-search-overview.md)
++ [AI enrichment](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md)
+
+AI enrichment refers to Azure AI services and Azure OpenAI, and integration is through an Azure AI multi-service account. The account must be in the same physical region as Azure AI Search. There are just a few regions that *don't* provide both. 
 
 If you use multiple Azure services, putting all of them in the same region minimizes or voids bandwidth charges. There are no charges for data exchanges among same-region services.
 
@@ -157,15 +108,6 @@ Two notable exceptions might warrant provisioning Azure services in separate reg
 
 + Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) requirements dictate creating multiple search services in [regional pairs](../availability-zones/cross-region-replication-azure.md#azure-paired-regions). For example, if you're operating in North America, you might choose East US and West US, or North Central US and South Central US, for each search service.
 
-Some features are subject to [regional availability](search-region-support.md):
-
-+ [Availability Zones](search-reliability.md#availability-zones)
-+ [Azure roles for data plane operations](search-security-rbac.md) (Azure public cloud only)
-+ [Semantic ranker](semantic-search-overview.md)
-+ [Azure AI integration](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md)
-
-Azure AI integration refers to Azure AI services and Azure OpenAI, and integration is through an Azure AI multi-service account. The account must be in the same physical region as Azure AI Search. There are just a few regions that *don't* provide both. 
-
 ## Choose a tier
 
 Azure AI Search is offered in [multiple pricing tiers](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/search/): Free, Basic, Standard, or Storage Optimized. Each tier has its own [capacity and limits](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md). There are also several features that are tier-dependent.
diff --git a/articles/search/search-region-support.md b/articles/search/search-region-support.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ms.date: 07/09/2024
 This article identifies the cloud regions in which Azure AI Search is available. It also lists which premium features are available in each region:
 
 - [Semantic ranking](semantic-search-overview.md) depends on models hosted by Microsoft. These models are available in specific regions.
-- [Azure AI integration](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md) (skills and vectorizers) requires that Azure AI Search coexist with an [Azure AI multi-service account](/azure/ai-services/multi-service-resource) in the same region. The following tables indicate whether Azure AI is generally available in the same region as Azure AI Search.
+- [AI enrichment](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md) refer to skills and vectorizers that make internal calls to Azure AI and Azure OpenAI. AI enrichment requires that Azure AI Search coexist with an [Azure AI multi-service account](/azure/ai-services/multi-service-resource) in the same physical region. The following tables indicate whether Azure AI is offered in the same region as Azure AI Search.
 
 We recommend that you [check Azure AI Studio region availability](/azure/ai-studio/reference/region-support) for an updated list of regions for that feature. 
 
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ Also, if you're using Azure AI Vision 4.0 multimodal APIs for image vectorizatio
 
 ## Azure Public regions
 
-You can create an Azure AI Search resource in any of the following Azure public regions. All of these regions support [higher capacity tiers](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits).
+You can create an Azure AI Search resource in any of the following Azure public regions. Almost all of these regions support [higher capacity tiers](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits). Exceptions are noted where they apply.
 
 ### United States
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | East US​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | East US 2 ​ | ✅ | ✅ |
@@ -47,125 +47,145 @@ You can create an Azure AI Search resource in any of the following Azure public
 
 ### United Kingdom
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | UK South​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | UK West​ ​|  | ✅ |
 
 ### United Arab Emirates
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | UAE North​​ | ✅ |  |
 
 ### Switzerland
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Switzerland West​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Sweden
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Sweden Central​​ | ✅ |  |
 | Sweden North​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### South Africa
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | South Africa North​ | ✅ |  |
 
+### Qatar
+
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
+|--|--|--|
+| Qatar Central​ <sup>1</sup> |  |  |
+
+<sup>1</sup> This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower capacity per partition at every tier. You can't create a search service with [higher capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) in this region.
+
 ### Poland
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Poland Central​​ |  |  |
 
 ### Norway
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Norway East​​ | ✅ | |
 
 ### Korea
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Korea Central | ✅ | ✅ |
 | Korea South​ ​ |  | ✅ |
 
 ### Japan
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Japan East| ✅ | ✅ |
 | Japan West​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Italy
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Italy North​​ |  |  |
 
+### Israel
+
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
+|--|--|--|
+| Israel Central​ <sup>1</sup> |  |  |
+
+<sup>1</sup> This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower capacity per partition at every tier. You can't create a search service with [higher capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) in this region.
+
 ### India
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Central India| ✅ | ✅ |
 | Jio India West​ ​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Germany
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Germany North ​|  |  |
 | Germany West Central​ ​| ✅ |  |
 
 ### France
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | France Central​​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Europe
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | North Europe​​ | ✅ | ✅ |
-| West Europe​​ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| West Europe​​ <sup>1</sup>| ✅ | ✅ |
+
+<sup>1</sup> This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower capacity per partition at every tier. You can't create a search service with [higher capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) in this region.
 
 ### Canary (US)
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
-| Central US EUAP​ | | ✅ |
+| Central US EUAP​ <sup>1</sup> | | ✅ |
 | East US 2 EUAP ​ | | ✅ |
 
+<sup>1</sup> This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower capacity per partition at every tier. You can't create a search service with [higher capacity](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits) in this region.
+
 ### Canada
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Canada Central​​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | Canada East​​ ​ |  | ✅ |
 
 ### Bazil
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Brazil South​​ ​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Asia Pacific
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | East Asia​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | Southeast Asia​ ​ ​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Australia
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Australia East​ ​ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | Australia Southeast​​​ |  | ✅ |
@@ -174,17 +194,17 @@ You can create an Azure AI Search resource in any of the following Azure public
 
 All of these regions support [higher capacity tiers](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits).
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | Arizona | ✅ |  |
 | Texas |  |  |
 | Virginia | ✅ |  |
 
 ## Azure operated by 21Vianet
 
-You can install Azure AI Search in any of the following regions. If you need semantic ranking or Azure AI integration, choose a region that provides the feature.
+You can install Azure AI Search in any of the following regions. If you need semantic ranking or AI enrichment, choose a region that provides the feature.
 
-| Region | Azure AI integration  | Semantic ranking |
+| Region | AI enrichment  | Semantic ranking |
 |--|--|--|
 | China East |  |  |
 | China East 2 | ✅  | |

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 # Create an Azure AI Search service in the portal
 -[**Azure AI Search**](search-what-is-azure-search.md) is a comprehensive information retrieval platform for the enterprise. It supports traditional search and conversational AI-driven search for "chat with your data" experiences over your proprietary content.
 +[**Azure AI Search**](search-what-is-azure-search.md) is an information retrieval platform for the enterprise. It supports traditional search and conversational AI-driven search for "chat with your data" experiences over your proprietary content.
 The easiest way to create a service is using the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/), which is covered in this article.
 Review the [supported regions list](search-region-support.md) for supported regions at the service and feature level.
 -<!-- We strongly recommend the following regions because they provide [more storage per partition](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md#service-limits), three to seven times more depending on the tier, at the same billing rate. Extra capacity applies to search services created after specific dates.
+-
 -| Country | Regions providing extra capacity per partition |
 -|---------|------------------------------------------------|
 -| **United States** | East US, East US 2, East US 2 EUAP/PPE, Central US, North Central US, South Central US, West US, West US 2, West US 3, West Central US |
 -| **United Kingdom** | UK South, UK West  |
 -| **United Arab Emirates** | UAE North |
 -| **Switzerland** | Switzerland West |
 -| **Sweden** | Sweden Central |
 -| **South Africa** | South Africa North |
 -| **Poland** | Poland Central |
 -| **Norway** | Norway East |
 -| **Korea** | Korea Central, Korea South  |
 -| **Japan** | Japan East, Japan West |
 -| **Italy** | Italy North |
 -| **India** | Central India, Jio India West  |
 -| **Germany** | Germany North, Germany West Central |
 -| **France** | France Central |
 -| **Europe** | North Europe |
 -| **Canada** | Canada Central, Canada East |
 -| **Bazil** | Brazil South |
 -| **Asia Pacific** |  East Asia, Southeast Asia  |
 -| **Australia** | Australia East, Australia Southeast |
 -| **Azure Government** | Texas, Arizona, Virginia |
 -| **Azure operated by 21Vianet** | China North 3, China East 3 | -->
+-
 -<!-- ### Roll out on May 2024
+-
 -| Country | Regions providing extra capacity per partition |
 -|---------|------------------------------------------------|
 -| **United States** | East US 2 EUAP/PPE |
 -| **South Africa** | South Africa North |
 -| **Germany** | Germany North, Germany West Central |
 -| **Azure Government** | Texas, Arizona, Virginia |
+-
 -### Roll out on April 2024
+-
 -| Country | Regions providing extra capacity per partition |
 -|---------|------------------------------------------------|
 -| **United States** | East US, East US 2, Central US, North Central US, South Central US, West US, West US 2, West US 3, West Central US |
 -| **United Kingdom** | UK South, UK West  |
 -| **United Arab Emirates** | UAE North |
 -| **Switzerland** | Switzerland West |
 -| **Sweden** | Sweden Central |
 -| **South Africa** | South Africa North |
 -| **Poland** | Poland Central |
 -| **Norway** | Norway East |
 -| **Korea** | Korea Central, Korea South  |
 -| **Japan** | Japan East, Japan West |
 -| **Italy** | Italy North |
 -| **India** | Central India, Jio India West  |
 -| **France** | France Central |
 -| **Europe** | North Europe |
 -| **Canada** | Canada Central, Canada East |
 -| **Bazil** | Brazil South |
 -| **Asia Pacific** |  East Asia, Southeast Asia  |
 -| **Australia** | Australia East, Australia Southeast | -->
 +Some features are subject to [regional availability](search-region-support.md):
++
 ++ [Availability Zones](search-reliability.md#availability-zones)
 ++ [Azure roles for data plane operations](search-security-rbac.md) (Azure public cloud only)
 ++ [Semantic ranker](semantic-search-overview.md)
 ++ [AI enrichment](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md)
++
 +AI enrichment refers to Azure AI services and Azure OpenAI, and integration is through an Azure AI multi-service account. The account must be in the same physical region as Azure AI Search. There are just a few regions that *don't* provide both.
 If you use multiple Azure services, putting all of them in the same region minimizes or voids bandwidth charges. There are no charges for data exchanges among same-region services.
 + Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) requirements dictate creating multiple search services in [regional pairs](../availability-zones/cross-region-replication-azure.md#azure-paired-regions). For example, if you're operating in North America, you might choose East US and West US, or North Central US and South Central US, for each search service.
 -Some features are subject to [regional availability](search-region-support.md):
+-
 -+ [Availability Zones](search-reliability.md#availability-zones)
 -+ [Azure roles for data plane operations](search-security-rbac.md) (Azure public cloud only)
 -+ [Semantic ranker](semantic-search-overview.md)
 -+ [Azure AI integration](cognitive-search-concept-intro.md)
+-
 -Azure AI integration refers to Azure AI services and Azure OpenAI, and integration is through an Azure AI multi-service account. The account must be in the same physical region as Azure AI Search. There are just a few regions that *don't* provide both.
+-
 ## Choose a tier
 Azure AI Search is offered in [multiple pricing tiers](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/search/): Free, Basic, Standard, or Storage Optimized. Each tier has its own [capacity and limits](search-limits-quotas-capacity.md). There are also several features that are tier-dependent.