Accessing remote data sources to index for cognitive search

Question

With Azure Cognitive Search - is it possible to create and index a data source (in this case blob storage) that is on another user's subscription? or can the search only index sources that are within the same subscription? I have a connection string but the form for creating a new data source won't let me enter it (no UI feedback given).
Any thoughts most welcome, thanks
Ivan

Answer 1

Thanks for asking question! Yes, the data source can be created out of a storage account on any subscription (even in a subscription in a different tenant).

We recommend to check for firewall configurations on both the search service and storage account.

Check: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-blob-firewall-fix
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/service-configure-firewall

Also, Check the SKU limits: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-limits-quotas-capacity#indexer-limits

Depending on the SKU, there are limits for the amount of data sources that can be created.

Let us know incase further query or issue remains.