I need to increase quota for my search service

Hi @Rangarajan Subramani

As discussed offline, the issue has been fixed by creating a quota request. Thanks for the confirmation. Navigate to this link to start the process:

https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Support

To move from Basic to a Standard tier and resolve the “quota exceeded” error, two things are needed:

1. Ensure the target tier (Standard) is allowed and has capacity in the subscription/region.
2. Request a quota increase for Azure AI Search in that subscription/region if needed.

Follow these steps in the Azure portal for West US:

1. Check current Azure AI Search quotas
   1. In the Azure portal, go to Quotas from the global search.
   2. On the Overview tab, select the Search tile.
   3. Filter by Subscription and Region = West US, and (optionally) by Usage to see what is close to the limit.
   4. Locate the quota entries for Azure AI Search in West US (for example, number of services per tier/region).
2. Request a quota increase for Azure AI Search
   1. In the same Quotas blade, next to the relevant tier/region entry (Standard in West US), select Request adjustment (pencil icon).
   2. In New Quota Request, set a New limit that is higher than the current limit (for example, increase the count of Standard-tier search services allowed in West US).
   3. Submit the request.
   4. Monitor Azure portal notifications; most requests are processed within 24 hours. If capacity is constrained in West US, the automatic request may fail and a support incident will be opened for manual review.
3. Retry upgrading the search service
   1. After the quota increase is approved, go to the existing search service in West US.
   2. Select Settings > Scale.
   3. Choose Change Pricing Tier and select the desired Standard tier (S1, S2, or S3), ensuring the configuration stays within the service limits.
   4. Save the change and wait for the operation to complete.

If the quota request is rejected due to regional capacity constraints, consider:

• Keeping the service on Basic and scaling via more partitions/replicas (if within limits), or
• Creating a new Standard-tier search service in a different region that has available capacity and migrating indexes and data.

References:

• Create an Azure AI Search service in the Azure portal
• Estimate and manage capacity of a search service
• Azure subscription and service limits, quotas, and constraints
• Service limits in Azure AI Search
• Azure AI Search Frequently Asked Questions