Switch xDB Search indexes from SOLR to Azure Search

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I need some assistance switching the xDB search indexes from SOLR to Azure Search in a Sitecore 9 vanilla install (installed using SIF).

I have completed the following tasks:

Added a Search Service to Azure
Added the Search Service connection string to xConnect (named collection.search)
Disabled all SOLR configs in xConnect and enabled all AzureSearch configs
Restarted the xConnect sites

I was hoping an index would be auto generated as with SOLR but it hasn't and I can't see anything of use in the logs.

grg · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-15 10:54:02Z

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Ensure that IndexWorker service is updated in the same way as xConnect site was:

Stop IndexWorker windows service.
Disable all SOLR configs in IndexWorker and enable all AzureSearch configs under search role\App_data\jobs\continuous\IndexWorker
Add collection.search connection string to search role\App_data\jobs\continuous\IndexWorker\App_config\ConnectionStrings.config
Start IndexWorker windows service.

answered May 15, 2018 at 10:54

grg

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Can SIF be used to set up xConnect using Azure Search instead of SOLR during the initial install?
– Calum
May 15, 2018 at 11:01
Thanks grg, this appears to be my problem... the IndexWorker isn't running and when I try to start it I get an error.
– R. Allinson
May 15, 2018 at 11:16
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To answer the other comments we only want to use Azure Search for the xDB search indexes not for the content search indexes. SIF doesn't provide a way of achieving this.
– R. Allinson
May 15, 2018 at 11:17
@R.Allinson, did you get it working? Or is the indexer still failing to start?
– grg
May 15, 2018 at 11:37
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@Calum, unfortunately it's not possible to setup Azure Search as search provider in OnPrem setup with SIF out of the box. You might consider writing a custom SIF task for that. dev.sitecore.net/Downloads/Sitecore_Installation_Framework/1x/…
– grg
May 15, 2018 at 11:42

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