Leon Welicki: Hello there and thank you very much for joining
us today in this new Azure Portal How To video.
Today, we learn how to use the Azure Portal global search
to find any service, instance, documents, or anything that
we care about in Azure. And for that, we have Paymon
Parsadmehr, who’s going to show us all about that. So,
thank you very much for joining us, Paymon.
Paymon Parsadmehr: Thank you, Leon. Happy to be here.
Alright. So, Azure has a lot of offerings, a lot of services;
sometimes it could be pretty tricky trying to navigate
around the portal. So, what we tried to do with the global
search feature here is basically have one central location
where you’re able to go through and navigate. To get things
started, we click into here, into the global search bar. And
as you can see, we have a search history and we have
recents. Recents will be the identical that you see on the Azure
home. Search history will be some of the previous searches
that you’ve done.
Leon: So, basically, I get anything that I type it’s going to
offer me at the top. And anything that I used is going to be
offered at the bottom.
Paymon: Correct, correct. So, let’s get started. Let’s say I’m
new to Azure and I’m interested in how to create a VM. So,
I basically say how to create VM, and as you can see in
our documentation section here, there’s a quick start guide
on how to do that. Let’s say I go through those steps and
it’s asking me to go and look up the virtual machine service.
I come here. I type in virtual machine. And there you are.
I go here. There’s the service I was looking for. And this
will give me a list of all the virtual machines that I have.
Leon: So, basically, when you search for a service and you
select that service, you get to the initial page for that service.
Paymon: Correct.
Leon: Right? I mean in the VMs, in this case, you’re getting
to the list of all the VM instances, but if you would be in
Security Center, you can jump directly to Security Center.
Paymon: Correct, correct.
And here as well, let’s say I forgot how to spell virtual machine
or I fat fingered it. Here, it’s actually smart enough to detect
that as well. So, let’s say machine, I add an extra L in there.
I still get that. Let’s say also virtual machine generally in
the industry, they call them VMs. So, we go VM, there it is.
VMs, there it is. And you can tell that as I type, results are
being updated all the time. And there’s no lag or wait time.
This is a new improvement with the global search feature.
Leon: That’s great. And also, of course, this is not only
limited to VMs. You can search any service that is available
in Azure, right?
Paymon: Correct.
Leon: Perfect.
Paymon: So, let’s say I’ve done that. I got what I needed
out of there, and now I remember about a year ago in a
hackathon, I had a service that had to do with—I don’t
remember the exact instance name—but I remember that
I had the word ear in it. So, let me go in here and I think
it’s my ear, I believe, and I search for that and, look, there
it is. So, under resources, you can see the instance name
itself there.
Leon: And basically, if I click on that instance, you will go
right away. You’ll jump into that instance, right?
Paymon: Correct, correct.
Leon: So, basically, we first are looking for services, which
is great. And now, we are looking for instances.
Paymon: As well, yes, correct.
And we also have a reflow, so I come in here and do
virtual machine, and as you can see over here, there are
more results to display in the marketplace as well as for
documentation. This is an overflow link to be able to open
the experience with the same filter criteria that you had before
on a new page.
Leon: So, basically, what would happen when you have one of
those overflows is you would get to a list, you would pass the
same filter, and you would get a longer list honoring the filter
that you entered in the global search, right?
Paymon: Correct, correct, correct.
Leon: Fantastic.
Paymon: And one more thing is global search is always there
for you. So, at any point regardless of what you’re doing in
the portal, you can always access it by entering the search
bar above or there’s a keyboard shortcut, which is G plus
slash. And that will also put you into the search menu.
Leon: And, of course, G plus slash engages the global search
where you get right away the search history and the recents,
but, of course, you can start typing and you can fully
navigate using the keyboard without the need of using the
mouse, right?
Paymon: Correct, correct.
Leon: That’s great.
Paymon: So, just to give a recap of everything that we
just went over, we come back to the home page. So
within the global search bar, you have the search history,
you have the recents. You start to type. Everything is
updated as you type. You look for your service or you
look for the resource name itself. Or if you need to know
how to get started with something, there is the documentation
there as well. And always, G plus slash will get you back to
the search bar.
Leon: Thank you very much, Paymon. And thanks, every one
of you for watching. Please let us know what you think by
leaving a comment in the comments section on what would
you like to see in the global search. Follow us on Twitter. Look
forward to seeing you in the next video. And thank you very
much for watching.