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MICROSOFT AZURE AI SEARCH JUST GOT A MASSIVE STORAGE INCREASE - HERE’S WHAT YOU
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Microsoft is ramping up Azure AI Search capabilities in a bid to drive
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Microsoft has revealed a huge increase in storage capacity and vector index size
for its Azure AI Search platform that comes with no additional price tag for
customers using the AI-augmented search platform. 



Users will benefit from an 11x vector index increase, as well as a six-times
increase in total storage and double improvement in both indexing and query
throughput, the tech giant confirmed. 



Microsoft said the move is aimed at providing developers with expanded
capabilities to scale generative AI applications by leveraging a “multi-billion
vector search”.

The update also allows enterprises to run retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
at scale without needing to compromise on the price tag, utilizing “more data
per dollar.”

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Azure AI search now supports RAG capabilities for ChatGPT, GPTs, and the
Assistant API, acting as the retrieval system that ensures the continued
functionality of the GPT store.  



Microsoft said the size of ChatGPT’s user base signals the possibilities of
Azure AI Search when it comes to RAG at scale, with other large-scale companies
such as Otto Group and KPMG also reported to be using the platform.


RAG SYSTEMS ARE A NECESSITY IN GENERATIVE AI APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 

These more advanced instances of RAG systems can be applied in numerous places
across the global economy, Microsoft said, with teams in professional services,
healthcare, and telecommunications citing the importance of vector search in
generative AI. 


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These groups have discovered that, to build a generative AI application that
performs as its designed, “using only one search practice like vector search,
simply doesn’t work.” 

Higher-quality retrieval systems cover a greater variety of scenarios for
application functionalities, the firm noted. 

These approaches include hybrid retrieval and semantic reranking, functions that
aid developers in achieving their objectives both more effectively and more
efficiently. 

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Microsoft made note of two companies that are currently showcasing the
possibilities created by Azure AI search, Telus Health which is using advanced
RAG to deliver a customer care application, and NIQ Brandbank which is
optimizing its online presence through multi-vector retrieval. 

The team at Telus Health was able to leverage AI search to enhance the platform,
expanding its retrieval strategy and implementing hybrid search and semantic
reranking to enhance question handling. 

NIQ Brandbank takes a different approach to RAG as an enterprise solution, using
multi-vector search to comb through research on the backend for use in its
Content Health+ platform. 

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George Fitzmaurice is a staff writer at ITPro, ChannelPro, and CloudPro, with a
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After graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in English Language
and Literature, he undertook an internship at the New Statesman before starting
at ITPro. Outside of the office, George is both an aspiring musician and an avid
reader.

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