neilb27

Use the power of the Microsoft Cloud to reduce load on your server and have a faster and more intelligent search.
This WordPress plugin is easy to install and configure to quickly give you improved search on your site.
Microsoft® Azure™ Search is a scalable search service that leverages Microsoft’s deep knowledge of natural language processing.
This plugin adds all your posts and pages into the index and uses the search index to provide search suggestions and search results for your site.
Follow the four step Installation instructions to get up and running on your site.

Search with Azure

Use the power of the Microsoft Cloud to reduce load on your server and have a faster and more intelligent search.

Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)

NOTE: The wp-admin interface for this plugin still needs some sprucing up. 
I (blobaugh) no longer have access to Windows Azure to continue improvement. If you need this plugin consider contributing to it, or getting me another Windows Azure subscription to continue development.
The Windows Azure cloud platform provides some very powerful scaling ability, 
however natively Windows Azure does not know how to scale applications. 
This plugin teaches WordPress how to scale your website on the Windows Azure 
platform and take advantage of the full power of the cloud.

Windows Azure Auto-Scaling Plugin

This plugin teaches Windows Azure how to properly scale your WordPress site

Search with Azure vs Windows Azure Auto-Scaling Plugin