ExamineX 10.0 for Azure Search and 7.0 for Elasticsearch have been released to support Umbraco 18, targeting .NET 10. Key updates include migration to Umbraco 18 APIs and updated dependencies. Upgrading is straightforward via NuGet, with no breaking changes to the ExamineX API. Author: @sdkits_software.
SDKits announces AI Semantic Ranking support in ExamineX for Azure Search, enhancing search relevance by understanding query meanings. It employs deep learning models to re-rank results after an initial keyword search, providing useful outputs and extracted captions. Semantic ranking is included in ExamineX versions 6.2 and up, with Azure's Free tier offering 1,000 queries/month.
In February 2025, Azure Search's update changed field mapping, requiring explicit definitions in the index schema, which affects ExamineX in Umbraco projects. Developers must update their index schema, ExamineX configuration, and field mappings to prevent indexing failures and ensure search functionality remains intact. Upgrading to the latest ExamineX version is recommended.