azuredeploy.json

{
  "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 60,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Service name must only contain lowercase letters, digits or dashes, cannot use dash as the first two or last one characters, cannot contain consecutive dashes, and is limited between 2 and 60 characters in length."
      }
    },
    "sku": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "standard",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The SKU of the search service you want to create. E.g. free or standard"
      }
    },
    "replicaCount": {
      "type": "int",
      "minValue": 1,
      "maxValue": 12,
      "defaultValue": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Replicas distribute search workloads across the service. You need 2 or more to support high availability (applies to Basic and Standard only)."
      }
    },
    "partitionCount": {
      "type": "int",
      "allowedValues": [
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4,
        6,
        12
      ],
      "defaultValue": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Partitions allow for scaling of document count as well as faster indexing by sharding your index over multiple Azure Search units."
      }
    }
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-02-28",
      "name": "[parameters('name')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Search/searchServices",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "properties": {
        "sku": {
          "name": "[toLower(parameters('sku'))]"
        },
        "replicaCount": "[parameters('replicaCount')]",
        "partitionCount": "[parameters('partitionCount')]"
      }
    }
  ]
}