Share your Custom Search instance
Warning
On October 30, 2020, the Bing Search APIs moved from Azure AI services to Bing Search Services. This documentation is provided for reference only. For updated documentation, see the Bing search API documentation. For instructions on creating new Azure resources for Bing search, see Create a Bing Search resource through the Azure Marketplace.
You can easily allow collaborative editing and testing of your instance by sharing it with members of your team. You can share your instance with anyone using just their email address. To share an instance:
- Sign in to Custom Search
- Select a Custom Search instance
- Click the settings icon (appears as a gear).
- Under Share Your Instance, enter the email address of the person to share your instance with and click Share.
After adding the email address, it's added to the Instance shared with list. Repeat the process for each person you want to share your instance with.
To add someone's email to the list, it isn't necessary for them to have a Custom Search account. They will need to sign up for Custom Search before they make configuration changes though. After you share an instance with someone, they'll see it in their list of Custom Search instances. Only one person can modify an instance at a time. If you try to modify an instance that someone else is editing, a warning is shown. An instance can be shared with a maximum of 10 users.
Stop sharing
To stop sharing an instance with someone, use the remove icon to remove their email address from the list. This also removes the instance from their list of instances.