Azure Search for Umbraco with ExamineX
Seamless integration of Azure Search with Umbraco
Eliminate Lucene Pain Points with Cloud-Native Search
ExamineX seamlessly integrates Azure AI Search with your Umbraco site, replacing Lucene.Net with enterprise-grade cloud search infrastructure.
Common Lucene Problems ExamineX Solves
- ❌ Lucene file locks blocking deployments
- ❌ Slow startup times when scaling out
- ❌ Index synchronization failures across servers
- ❌ Site downtime during index rebuilds
✓ All resolved with Azure AI Search’s managed infrastructure
Why Choose ExamineX + Azure AI Search?
🚀 Cloud-Optimized Performance
- Native Azure Web Apps integration
- Umbraco Cloud compatible
- True stateless architecture
- Zero-downtime deployments
⚡ Powerful Search Capabilities
- Built-in AI-powered features
- Advanced query capabilities
- Direct Azure AI Search API access
- Enterprise-grade performance
📄 Smart Media Indexing
- Auto-extract PDF content
- Index Word & Excel documents
- No separate index needed
🤖 AI-Enhanced Media Search
- Auto-generated image metadata
- Descriptions, tags, categories
- Location & people detection
💻 Developer Friendly
- Familiar Examine API
- Zero code changes required
- NuGet installation
- Drop-in replacement
How It Works
ExamineX is a complete implementation of the Examine interface that redirects all indexing and search operations to your Azure AI Search service instead of local Lucene indexes.
Your existing code using Examine APIs continues to work exactly as before—the only difference is the powerful, scalable infrastructure running behind the scenes.
Built by the creator of Examine — trusted expertise for your Umbraco search needs.
Watch this presentation from an Umbraco meetup to learn about ExamineX's evolution, common Lucene challenges in modern cloud hosting, and how Azure AI Search provides the solution.