A number of updates to Azure Search service tiers were announced on Wednesday by Joseph Sirosh, Data Group corporate vice president.
Introduced into preview is a high scale/high performance tier called Standard S3, as well as a Software as a Service (SaaS)- and independent software vendor (ISV)- focused tier called Standard S3 High Density. In addition, Azure Search Basic and Standard S2 search tiers are general availability, Sirosh said.