AI-200 Data Management Services And Vector Search Practice Question
You are provisioning an Azure AI Search service to support hybrid search, combining full-text lexical search and vector search. Which tier is the minimum required to support vector search capabilities at enterprise scale?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Basic tier
Azure AI Search supports vector search starting from the Basic tier, though Standard tiers (S1, S2, etc.) and Storage Optimized tiers are recommended for production enterprise scale.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Basic tier
Why this is correct
The Basic tier introduces support for vector indexes and hybrid search, making it the minimum viable tier.
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Free tier
Why it's wrong here
The Free tier has severe storage and feature limitations and does not support vector search indexes.
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Storage Optimized L1
Why it's wrong here
Storage Optimized tiers are for extremely large corpuses, but vector search is supported starting at Basic and Standard tiers.
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Standard 3 High Density (S3 HD)
Why it's wrong here
S3 HD is intended for a high density of small indexes, not specifically required for basic vector workloads.
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