diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-deploy-infra.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-deploy-infra.yml
index 8c243fd29..63a549182 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copilot-deploy-infra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-deploy-infra.yml
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ jobs:
           inlineScript: |
             AI_SERVICE_KEY=$(az cognitiveservices account keys list --name ${{vars.AZUREOPENAI__NAME}} --resource-group ${{vars.AZUREOPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_GROUP_NAME}} | jq -r '.key1')
             echo "::add-mask::$AI_SERVICE_KEY"
-            scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.sh --subscription ${{secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID}} --resource-group ${{vars.CC_DEPLOYMENT_GROUP_NAME}} --deployment-name ${{steps.deployment-id.outputs.deployment_name}} --region ${{vars.CC_DEPLOYMENT_REGION}} --client-id ${{vars.BACKEND_CLIENT_ID}} --frontend-client-id ${{vars.APPLICATION_CLIENT_ID}} --tenant-id ${{secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID}} --instance ${{vars.AZURE_INSTANCE}} --ai-service AzureOpenAI --ai-endpoint ${{secrets.AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT}} --ai-service-key $AI_SERVICE_KEY --app-service-sku ${{vars.WEBAPP_API_SKU}} --no-deploy-package --debug-deployment
+            scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.sh --subscription ${{secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID}} --resource-group ${{vars.CC_DEPLOYMENT_GROUP_NAME}} --deployment-name ${{steps.deployment-id.outputs.deployment_name}} --region ${{vars.CC_DEPLOYMENT_REGION}} --client-id ${{vars.BACKEND_CLIENT_ID}} --frontend-client-id ${{vars.APPLICATION_CLIENT_ID}} --tenant-id ${{secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID}} --instance ${{vars.AZURE_INSTANCE}} --ai-service AzureOpenAI --ai-endpoint ${{secrets.AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT}} --ai-service-key $AI_SERVICE_KEY --app-service-sku ${{vars.WEBAPP_API_SKU}} --no-deploy-package --debug-deployment --deploy-web-searcher-plugin
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/README.md b/scripts/deploy/README.md
index 400716a4a..5b93a17e6 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/README.md
+++ b/scripts/deploy/README.md
@@ -152,10 +152,13 @@ chmod +x ./deploy-webapi.sh
 
 # Deploy Hosted Plugins
 
-> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the previous Azure Resources creation step succeeded without errors. The `deployWebSearcherPackage = true` setting in main.bicep ensures that the WebSearcher is deployed.
+> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the required resources for the web searcher plugin are not deployed. The required resources include a Bing resource and an Azure Function. The required resources are NOT deployed by default. To deploy the required resources, use the `-DeployWebSearcherPlugin` or `--deploy-web-searcher-plugin` flag when running the **deploy-azure.ps1/deploy-azure.sh** script.
+
+> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the previous Azure Resources creation step, including the resources required by the Web Search plugin, succeeded without errors. The `deployPackages = true` setting in main.bicep ensures that the WebSearcher is deployed.
+
 > **_NOTE:_** More hosted plugins will be available.
 
-To deploy the plugins, build the packages first and deploy then to the Azure resources created above.
+To deploy the plugins, build the packages first and deploy them to the Azure resources created above.
 
 ## PowerShell
 
@@ -177,9 +180,9 @@ chmod +x ./deploy-plugins.sh
 
 # (Optional) Deploy Memory Pipeline
 
-> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the WebApi is not configured to run asynchronously for document processing. By default, the WebApi is configured to run asynchronously for document processing in deployment.
+> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the WebApi is NOT configured to run asynchronously for document processing. By default, the WebApi is configured to run asynchronously for document processing in deployment.
 
-> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the previous Azure Resources creation step succeeded without errors. The deployMemoryPipelinePackage = true setting in main.bicep ensures that the latest Chat Copilot memory pipeline is deployed.
+> **_NOTE:_** This step can be skipped if the previous Azure Resources creation step succeeded without errors. The deployPackages = true setting in main.bicep ensures that the latest Chat Copilot memory pipeline is deployed.
 
 To deploy the memorypipeline, build the deployment package first and deploy it to the Azure resources created above.
 
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.ps1 b/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.ps1
index 6fe55ceb9..c82787f6a 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.ps1
+++ b/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.ps1
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ param(
     # Don't deploy Speech Services to enable speech as chat input
     $NoSpeechServices,
 
+    [switch]
+    # Deploy the web searcher plugin
+    $DeployWebSearcherPlugin,
+
     [switch]
     # Switches on verbose template deployment output
     $DebugDeployment,
@@ -118,7 +122,8 @@ $jsonConfig = "
     `\`"deployNewAzureOpenAI`\`": { `\`"value`\`": $(If ($DeployAzureOpenAI) {"true"} Else {"false"}) },
     `\`"memoryStore`\`": { `\`"value`\`": `\`"$MemoryStore`\`" },
     `\`"deployCosmosDB`\`": { `\`"value`\`": $(If (!($NoCosmosDb)) {"true"} Else {"false"}) },
-    `\`"deploySpeechServices`\`": { `\`"value`\`": $(If (!($NoSpeechServices)) {"true"} Else {"false"}) }
+    `\`"deploySpeechServices`\`": { `\`"value`\`": $(If (!($NoSpeechServices)) {"true"} Else {"false"}) },
+    `\`"deployWebSearcherPlugin`\`": { `\`"value`\`": $(If ($DeployWebSearcherPlugin) {"true"} Else {"false"}) }
 }
 "
 
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.sh b/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.sh
index dac1f827e..81f89d522 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/deploy-azure.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "                                             \"AzureCognitiveSearch\" (default) and \"Qdrant\""
     echo "  -nc, --no-cosmos-db                        Don't deploy Cosmos DB for chat storage - Use volatile memory instead"
     echo "  -ns, --no-speech-services                  Don't deploy Speech Services to enable speech as chat input"
+    echo "  -ws, --deploy-web-searcher-plugin          Deploy the web searcher plugin"
     echo "  -dd, --debug-deployment                    Switches on verbose template deployment output"
     echo "  -ndp, --no-deploy-package                  Skips deploying binary packages to cloud when set."
 }
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
         NO_SPEECH_SERVICES=true
         shift
         ;;
+    -ws | --deploy-web-searcher-plugin)
+        DEPLOY_WEB_SEARCHER_PLUGIN=true
+        shift
+        ;;
     -dd | --debug-deployment)
         DEBUG_DEPLOYMENT=true
         shift
@@ -182,6 +187,7 @@ az account set -s "$SUBSCRIPTION"
 : "${MEMORY_STORE:="AzureCognitiveSearch"}"
 : "${NO_COSMOS_DB:=false}"
 : "${NO_SPEECH_SERVICES:=false}"
+: "${DEPLOY_WEB_SEARCHER_PLUGIN:=false}"
 
 # Create JSON config
 JSON_CONFIG=$(
@@ -199,7 +205,8 @@ JSON_CONFIG=$(
     "deployNewAzureOpenAI": { "value": $([ "$NO_NEW_AZURE_OPENAI" = true ] && echo "false" || echo "true") },
     "memoryStore": { "value": "$MEMORY_STORE" },
     "deployCosmosDB": { "value": $([ "$NO_COSMOS_DB" = true ] && echo "false" || echo "true") },
-    "deploySpeechServices": { "value": $([ "$NO_SPEECH_SERVICES" = true ] && echo "false" || echo "true") }
+    "deploySpeechServices": { "value": $([ "$NO_SPEECH_SERVICES" = true ] && echo "false" || echo "true") },
+    "deployWebSearcherPlugin": { "value": $([ "$DEPLOY_WEB_SEARCHER_PLUGIN" = true ] && echo "true" || echo "false") }
 }
 EOF
 )
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/main.bicep b/scripts/deploy/main.bicep
index 13f6c34c6..a3d2d66b1 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/main.bicep
+++ b/scripts/deploy/main.bicep
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ param memoryStore string = 'AzureCognitiveSearch'
 @description('Whether to deploy Azure Speech Services to enable input by voice')
 param deploySpeechServices bool = true
 
+@description('Whether to deploy the web searcher plugin, which requires a Bing resource')
+param deployWebSearcherPlugin bool = false
+
 @description('Whether to deploy binary packages to the cloud')
 param deployPackages bool = true
 
@@ -177,232 +180,235 @@ resource appServiceWebConfig 'Microsoft.Web/sites/config@2022-09-01' = {
     use32BitWorkerProcess: false
     vnetRouteAllEnabled: true
     webSocketsEnabled: true
-    appSettings: [
-      {
-        name: 'Authentication:Type'
-        value: 'AzureAd'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:Instance'
-        value: azureAdInstance
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:TenantId'
-        value: azureAdTenantId
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:ClientId'
-        value: webApiClientId
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:Scopes'
-        value: 'access_as_user'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Planner:Model'
-        value: plannerModel
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Type'
-        value: deployCosmosDB ? 'cosmos' : 'volatile'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:Database'
-        value: 'CopilotChat'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatSessionsContainer'
-        value: 'chatsessions'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMessagesContainer'
-        value: 'chatmessages'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMemorySourcesContainer'
-        value: 'chatmemorysources'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatParticipantsContainer'
-        value: 'chatparticipants'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ConnectionString'
-        value: deployCosmosDB ? cosmosAccount.listConnectionStrings().connectionStrings[0].connectionString : ''
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'AzureSpeech:Region'
-        value: location
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'AzureSpeech:Key'
-        value: deploySpeechServices ? speechAccount.listKeys().key1 : ''
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'AllowedOrigins'
-        value: '[*]' // Defer list of allowed origins to the Azure service app's CORS configuration
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Kestrel:Endpoints:Https:Url'
-        value: 'https://localhost:443'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Frontend:AadClientId'
-        value: frontendClientId
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Default'
-        value: 'Warning'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Logging:LogLevel:CopilotChat.WebApi'
-        value: 'Warning'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.SemanticKernel'
-        value: 'Warning'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting'
-        value: 'Warning'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetimel'
-        value: 'Warning'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Logging:ApplicationInsights:LogLevel:Default'
-        value: 'Warning'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING'
-        value: appInsights.properties.ConnectionString
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION'
-        value: '~2'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:ContentStorageType'
-        value: 'AzureBlobs'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:TextGeneratorType'
-        value: aiService
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:OrchestrationType'
-        value: 'Distributed'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:DistributedOrchestration:QueueType'
-        value: 'AzureQueue'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:EmbeddingGeneratorTypes:0'
-        value: aiService
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:VectorDbTypes:0'
-        value: memoryStore
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Retrieval:VectorDbType'
-        value: memoryStore
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Retrieval:EmbeddingGeneratorType'
-        value: aiService
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Auth'
-        value: 'ConnectionString'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:ConnectionString'
-        value: 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=${storage.name};AccountKey=${storage.listKeys().keys[1].value}'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Container'
-        value: 'chatmemory'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:Auth'
-        value: 'ConnectionString'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:ConnectionString'
-        value: 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=${storage.name};AccountKey=${storage.listKeys().keys[1].value}'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Auth'
-        value: 'ApiKey'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Endpoint'
-        value: memoryStore == 'AzureCognitiveSearch' ? 'https://${azureCognitiveSearch.name}.search.windows.net' : ''
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:APIKey'
-        value: memoryStore == 'AzureCognitiveSearch' ? azureCognitiveSearch.listAdminKeys().primaryKey : ''
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:Qdrant:Endpoint'
-        value: memoryStore == 'Qdrant' ? 'https://${appServiceQdrant.properties.defaultHostName}' : ''
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Auth'
-        value: 'ApiKey'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Endpoint'
-        value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.properties.endpoint : aiEndpoint
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:APIKey'
-        value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.listKeys().key1 : aiApiKey
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Deployment'
-        value: completionModel
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Auth'
-        value: 'ApiKey'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Endpoint'
-        value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.properties.endpoint : aiEndpoint
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:APIKey'
-        value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.listKeys().key1 : aiApiKey
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Deployment'
-        value: embeddingModel
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Plugins:0:Name'
-        value: 'Klarna Shopping'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Plugins:0:ManifestDomain'
-        value: 'https://www.klarna.com'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Plugins:1:Name'
-        value: 'WebSearcher'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Plugins:1:ManifestDomain'
-        value: 'https://${functionAppWebSearcherPlugin.properties.defaultHostName}'
-      }
-      {
-        name: 'Plugins:1:Key'
-        value: listkeys('${functionAppWebSearcherPlugin.id}/host/default/', '2022-09-01').functionKeys.default
-      }
-    ]
+    appSettings: concat([
+        {
+          name: 'Authentication:Type'
+          value: 'AzureAd'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:Instance'
+          value: azureAdInstance
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:TenantId'
+          value: azureAdTenantId
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:ClientId'
+          value: webApiClientId
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Authentication:AzureAd:Scopes'
+          value: 'access_as_user'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Planner:Model'
+          value: plannerModel
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Type'
+          value: deployCosmosDB ? 'cosmos' : 'volatile'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:Database'
+          value: 'CopilotChat'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatSessionsContainer'
+          value: 'chatsessions'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMessagesContainer'
+          value: 'chatmessages'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMemorySourcesContainer'
+          value: 'chatmemorysources'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatParticipantsContainer'
+          value: 'chatparticipants'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ConnectionString'
+          value: deployCosmosDB ? cosmosAccount.listConnectionStrings().connectionStrings[0].connectionString : ''
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'AzureSpeech:Region'
+          value: location
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'AzureSpeech:Key'
+          value: deploySpeechServices ? speechAccount.listKeys().key1 : ''
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'AllowedOrigins'
+          value: '[*]' // Defer list of allowed origins to the Azure service app's CORS configuration
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Kestrel:Endpoints:Https:Url'
+          value: 'https://localhost:443'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Frontend:AadClientId'
+          value: frontendClientId
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Default'
+          value: 'Warning'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Logging:LogLevel:CopilotChat.WebApi'
+          value: 'Warning'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.SemanticKernel'
+          value: 'Warning'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting'
+          value: 'Warning'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetimel'
+          value: 'Warning'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Logging:ApplicationInsights:LogLevel:Default'
+          value: 'Warning'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING'
+          value: appInsights.properties.ConnectionString
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION'
+          value: '~2'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:ContentStorageType'
+          value: 'AzureBlobs'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:TextGeneratorType'
+          value: aiService
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:OrchestrationType'
+          value: 'Distributed'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:DistributedOrchestration:QueueType'
+          value: 'AzureQueue'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:EmbeddingGeneratorTypes:0'
+          value: aiService
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:VectorDbTypes:0'
+          value: memoryStore
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Retrieval:VectorDbType'
+          value: memoryStore
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Retrieval:EmbeddingGeneratorType'
+          value: aiService
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Auth'
+          value: 'ConnectionString'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:ConnectionString'
+          value: 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=${storage.name};AccountKey=${storage.listKeys().keys[1].value}'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Container'
+          value: 'chatmemory'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:Auth'
+          value: 'ConnectionString'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:ConnectionString'
+          value: 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=${storage.name};AccountKey=${storage.listKeys().keys[1].value}'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Auth'
+          value: 'ApiKey'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Endpoint'
+          value: memoryStore == 'AzureCognitiveSearch' ? 'https://${azureCognitiveSearch.name}.search.windows.net' : ''
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:APIKey'
+          value: memoryStore == 'AzureCognitiveSearch' ? azureCognitiveSearch.listAdminKeys().primaryKey : ''
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:Qdrant:Endpoint'
+          value: memoryStore == 'Qdrant' ? 'https://${appServiceQdrant.properties.defaultHostName}' : ''
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Auth'
+          value: 'ApiKey'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Endpoint'
+          value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.properties.endpoint : aiEndpoint
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:APIKey'
+          value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.listKeys().key1 : aiApiKey
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Deployment'
+          value: completionModel
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Auth'
+          value: 'ApiKey'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Endpoint'
+          value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.properties.endpoint : aiEndpoint
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:APIKey'
+          value: deployNewAzureOpenAI ? openAI.listKeys().key1 : aiApiKey
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Deployment'
+          value: embeddingModel
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Plugins:0:Name'
+          value: 'Klarna Shopping'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Plugins:0:ManifestDomain'
+          value: 'https://www.klarna.com'
+        }
+      ],
+      (deployWebSearcherPlugin) ? [
+        {
+          name: 'Plugins:1:Name'
+          value: 'WebSearcher'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Plugins:1:ManifestDomain'
+          value: 'https://${functionAppWebSearcherPlugin.properties.defaultHostName}'
+        }
+        {
+          name: 'Plugins:1:Key'
+          value: listkeys('${functionAppWebSearcherPlugin.id}/host/default/', '2022-09-01').functionKeys.default
+        }
+      ] : []
+    )
   }
 }
 
@@ -594,7 +600,7 @@ resource appServiceMemoryPipelineDeploy 'Microsoft.Web/sites/extensions@2022-09-
   ]
 }
 
-resource functionAppWebSearcherPlugin 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2022-09-01' = {
+resource functionAppWebSearcherPlugin 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2022-09-01' = if (deployWebSearcherPlugin) {
   name: 'function-${uniqueName}-websearcher-plugin'
   location: location
   kind: 'functionapp'
@@ -610,7 +616,7 @@ resource functionAppWebSearcherPlugin 'Microsoft.Web/sites@2022-09-01' = {
   }
 }
 
-resource functionAppWebSearcherPluginConfig 'Microsoft.Web/sites/config@2022-09-01' = {
+resource functionAppWebSearcherPluginConfig 'Microsoft.Web/sites/config@2022-09-01' = if (deployWebSearcherPlugin) {
   parent: functionAppWebSearcherPlugin
   name: 'web'
   properties: {
@@ -634,13 +640,13 @@ resource functionAppWebSearcherPluginConfig 'Microsoft.Web/sites/config@2022-09-
       }
       {
         name: 'PluginConfig:BingApiKey'
-        value: bingSearchService.listKeys().key1
+        value: (deployWebSearcherPlugin) ? bingSearchService.listKeys().key1 : ''
       }
     ]
   }
 }
 
-resource functionAppWebSearcherDeploy 'Microsoft.Web/sites/extensions@2022-09-01' = if (deployPackages) {
+resource functionAppWebSearcherDeploy 'Microsoft.Web/sites/extensions@2022-09-01' = if (deployPackages && deployWebSearcherPlugin) {
   name: 'MSDeploy'
   kind: 'string'
   parent: functionAppWebSearcherPlugin
@@ -677,7 +683,7 @@ resource appInsightExtensionMemory 'Microsoft.Web/sites/siteextensions@2022-09-0
   dependsOn: [ appServiceMemoryPipelineDeploy ]
 }
 
-resource appInsightExtensionWebSearchPlugin 'Microsoft.Web/sites/siteextensions@2022-09-01' = {
+resource appInsightExtensionWebSearchPlugin 'Microsoft.Web/sites/siteextensions@2022-09-01' = if (deployWebSearcherPlugin) {
   parent: functionAppWebSearcherPlugin
   name: 'Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AzureWebSites'
   dependsOn: [ functionAppWebSearcherDeploy ]
@@ -1101,7 +1107,7 @@ resource ocrAccount 'Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts@2022-12-01' = {
   }
 }
 
-resource bingSearchService 'Microsoft.Bing/accounts@2020-06-10' = {
+resource bingSearchService 'Microsoft.Bing/accounts@2020-06-10' = if (deployWebSearcherPlugin) {
   name: 'bing-search-${uniqueName}'
   location: 'global'
   sku: {
@@ -1113,6 +1119,7 @@ resource bingSearchService 'Microsoft.Bing/accounts@2020-06-10' = {
 output webapiUrl string = appServiceWeb.properties.defaultHostName
 output webapiName string = appServiceWeb.name
 output memoryPipelineName string = appServiceMemoryPipeline.name
-output pluginNames array = [
-  functionAppWebSearcherPlugin.name
-]
+output pluginNames array = concat(
+  [],
+  (deployWebSearcherPlugin) ? [ functionAppWebSearcherPlugin.name ] : []
+)
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/main.json b/scripts/deploy/main.json
index 475d3a7f9..243b3c1c6 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/main.json
+++ b/scripts/deploy/main.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "_generator": {
       "name": "bicep",
       "version": "0.22.6.54827",
-      "templateHash": "9519863138806302085"
+      "templateHash": "3283711803726471142"
     }
   },
   "parameters": {
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@
         "description": "Whether to deploy Azure Speech Services to enable input by voice"
       }
     },
+    "deployWebSearcher": {
+      "type": "bool",
+      "defaultValue": false,
+      "metadata": {
+        "description": "Whether to the web searcher plugin, which requires a Bing resource"
+      }
+    },
     "deployPackages": {
       "type": "bool",
       "defaultValue": true,
@@ -301,232 +308,7 @@
         "use32BitWorkerProcess": false,
         "vnetRouteAllEnabled": true,
         "webSocketsEnabled": true,
-        "appSettings": [
-          {
-            "name": "Authentication:Type",
-            "value": "AzureAd"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Authentication:AzureAd:Instance",
-            "value": "[parameters('azureAdInstance')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Authentication:AzureAd:TenantId",
-            "value": "[parameters('azureAdTenantId')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Authentication:AzureAd:ClientId",
-            "value": "[parameters('webApiClientId')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Authentication:AzureAd:Scopes",
-            "value": "access_as_user"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Planner:Model",
-            "value": "[parameters('plannerModel')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Type",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deployCosmosDB'), 'cosmos', 'volatile')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Cosmos:Database",
-            "value": "CopilotChat"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatSessionsContainer",
-            "value": "chatsessions"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMessagesContainer",
-            "value": "chatmessages"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMemorySourcesContainer",
-            "value": "chatmemorysources"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatParticipantsContainer",
-            "value": "chatparticipants"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ChatStore:Cosmos:ConnectionString",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deployCosmosDB'), listConnectionStrings(resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', toLower(format('cosmos-{0}', variables('uniqueName')))), '2023-04-15').connectionStrings[0].connectionString, '')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "AzureSpeech:Region",
-            "value": "[parameters('location')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "AzureSpeech:Key",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deploySpeechServices'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('cog-speech-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').key1, '')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "AllowedOrigins",
-            "value": "[[*]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Kestrel:Endpoints:Https:Url",
-            "value": "https://localhost:443"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Frontend:AadClientId",
-            "value": "[parameters('frontendClientId')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Logging:LogLevel:Default",
-            "value": "Warning"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Logging:LogLevel:CopilotChat.WebApi",
-            "value": "Warning"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.SemanticKernel",
-            "value": "Warning"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting",
-            "value": "Warning"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetimel",
-            "value": "Warning"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Logging:ApplicationInsights:LogLevel:Default",
-            "value": "Warning"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING",
-            "value": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Insights/components', format('appins-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2020-02-02').ConnectionString]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION",
-            "value": "~2"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:ContentStorageType",
-            "value": "AzureBlobs"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:TextGeneratorType",
-            "value": "[parameters('aiService')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:OrchestrationType",
-            "value": "Distributed"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:DistributedOrchestration:QueueType",
-            "value": "AzureQueue"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:EmbeddingGeneratorTypes:0",
-            "value": "[parameters('aiService')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:VectorDbTypes:0",
-            "value": "[parameters('memoryStore')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Retrieval:VectorDbType",
-            "value": "[parameters('memoryStore')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Retrieval:EmbeddingGeneratorType",
-            "value": "[parameters('aiService')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Auth",
-            "value": "ConnectionString"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:ConnectionString",
-            "value": "[format('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName={0};AccountKey={1}', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash')), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash'))), '2022-09-01').keys[1].value)]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Container",
-            "value": "chatmemory"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:Auth",
-            "value": "ConnectionString"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:ConnectionString",
-            "value": "[format('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName={0};AccountKey={1}', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash')), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash'))), '2022-09-01').keys[1].value)]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Auth",
-            "value": "ApiKey"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Endpoint",
-            "value": "[if(equals(parameters('memoryStore'), 'AzureCognitiveSearch'), format('https://{0}.search.windows.net', format('acs-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:APIKey",
-            "value": "[if(equals(parameters('memoryStore'), 'AzureCognitiveSearch'), listAdminKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Search/searchServices', format('acs-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-09-01').primaryKey, '')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:Qdrant:Endpoint",
-            "value": "[if(equals(parameters('memoryStore'), 'Qdrant'), format('https://{0}', reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', format('app-{0}-qdrant', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-09-01').defaultHostName), '')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Auth",
-            "value": "ApiKey"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Endpoint",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), reference(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').endpoint, parameters('aiEndpoint'))]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:APIKey",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').key1, parameters('aiApiKey'))]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Deployment",
-            "value": "[parameters('completionModel')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Auth",
-            "value": "ApiKey"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Endpoint",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), reference(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').endpoint, parameters('aiEndpoint'))]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:APIKey",
-            "value": "[if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').key1, parameters('aiApiKey'))]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Deployment",
-            "value": "[parameters('embeddingModel')]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Plugins:0:Name",
-            "value": "Klarna Shopping"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Plugins:0:ManifestDomain",
-            "value": "https://www.klarna.com"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Plugins:1:Name",
-            "value": "WebSearcher"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Plugins:1:ManifestDomain",
-            "value": "[format('https://{0}', reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-09-01').defaultHostName)]"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Plugins:1:Key",
-            "value": "[listkeys(format('{0}/host/default/', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName')))), '2022-09-01').functionKeys.default]"
-          }
-        ]
+        "appSettings": "[concat(createArray(createObject('name', 'Authentication:Type', 'value', 'AzureAd'), createObject('name', 'Authentication:AzureAd:Instance', 'value', parameters('azureAdInstance')), createObject('name', 'Authentication:AzureAd:TenantId', 'value', parameters('azureAdTenantId')), createObject('name', 'Authentication:AzureAd:ClientId', 'value', parameters('webApiClientId')), createObject('name', 'Authentication:AzureAd:Scopes', 'value', 'access_as_user'), createObject('name', 'Planner:Model', 'value', parameters('plannerModel')), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Type', 'value', if(parameters('deployCosmosDB'), 'cosmos', 'volatile')), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Cosmos:Database', 'value', 'CopilotChat'), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatSessionsContainer', 'value', 'chatsessions'), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMessagesContainer', 'value', 'chatmessages'), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatMemorySourcesContainer', 'value', 'chatmemorysources'), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ChatParticipantsContainer', 'value', 'chatparticipants'), createObject('name', 'ChatStore:Cosmos:ConnectionString', 'value', if(parameters('deployCosmosDB'), listConnectionStrings(resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', toLower(format('cosmos-{0}', variables('uniqueName')))), '2023-04-15').connectionStrings[0].connectionString, '')), createObject('name', 'AzureSpeech:Region', 'value', parameters('location')), createObject('name', 'AzureSpeech:Key', 'value', if(parameters('deploySpeechServices'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('cog-speech-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').key1, '')), createObject('name', 'AllowedOrigins', 'value', '[*]'), createObject('name', 'Kestrel:Endpoints:Https:Url', 'value', 'https://localhost:443'), createObject('name', 'Frontend:AadClientId', 'value', parameters('frontendClientId')), createObject('name', 'Logging:LogLevel:Default', 'value', 'Warning'), createObject('name', 'Logging:LogLevel:CopilotChat.WebApi', 'value', 'Warning'), createObject('name', 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.SemanticKernel', 'value', 'Warning'), createObject('name', 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting', 'value', 'Warning'), createObject('name', 'Logging:LogLevel:Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetimel', 'value', 'Warning'), createObject('name', 'Logging:ApplicationInsights:LogLevel:Default', 'value', 'Warning'), createObject('name', 'APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING', 'value', reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Insights/components', format('appins-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2020-02-02').ConnectionString), createObject('name', 'ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION', 'value', '~2'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:ContentStorageType', 'value', 'AzureBlobs'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:TextGeneratorType', 'value', parameters('aiService')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:OrchestrationType', 'value', 'Distributed'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:DistributedOrchestration:QueueType', 'value', 'AzureQueue'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:EmbeddingGeneratorTypes:0', 'value', parameters('aiService')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:DataIngestion:VectorDbTypes:0', 'value', parameters('memoryStore')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Retrieval:VectorDbType', 'value', parameters('memoryStore')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Retrieval:EmbeddingGeneratorType', 'value', parameters('aiService')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Auth', 'value', 'ConnectionString'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:ConnectionString', 'value', format('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName={0};AccountKey={1}', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash')), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash'))), '2022-09-01').keys[1].value)), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureBlobs:Container', 'value', 'chatmemory'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:Auth', 'value', 'ConnectionString'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureQueue:ConnectionString', 'value', format('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName={0};AccountKey={1}', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash')), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', format('st{0}', variables('rgIdHash'))), '2022-09-01').keys[1].value)), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Auth', 'value', 'ApiKey'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:Endpoint', 'value', if(equals(parameters('memoryStore'), 'AzureCognitiveSearch'), format('https://{0}.search.windows.net', format('acs-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureCognitiveSearch:APIKey', 'value', if(equals(parameters('memoryStore'), 'AzureCognitiveSearch'), listAdminKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Search/searchServices', format('acs-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-09-01').primaryKey, '')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:Qdrant:Endpoint', 'value', if(equals(parameters('memoryStore'), 'Qdrant'), format('https://{0}', reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', format('app-{0}-qdrant', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-09-01').defaultHostName), '')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Auth', 'value', 'ApiKey'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Endpoint', 'value', if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), reference(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').endpoint, parameters('aiEndpoint'))), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:APIKey', 'value', if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').key1, parameters('aiApiKey'))), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText:Deployment', 'value', parameters('completionModel')), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Auth', 'value', 'ApiKey'), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Endpoint', 'value', if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), reference(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').endpoint, parameters('aiEndpoint'))), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:APIKey', 'value', if(parameters('deployNewAzureOpenAI'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts', format('ai-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-12-01').key1, parameters('aiApiKey'))), createObject('name', 'SemanticMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding:Deployment', 'value', parameters('embeddingModel')), createObject('name', 'Plugins:0:Name', 'value', 'Klarna Shopping'), createObject('name', 'Plugins:0:ManifestDomain', 'value', 'https://www.klarna.com')), if(parameters('deployWebSearcher'), createArray(createObject('name', 'Plugins:1:Name', 'value', 'WebSearcher'), createObject('name', 'Plugins:1:ManifestDomain', 'value', format('https://{0}', reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName'))), '2022-09-01').defaultHostName)), createObject('name', 'Plugins:1:Key', 'value', listkeys(format('{0}/host/default/', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName')))), '2022-09-01').functionKeys.default)), createArray()))]"
       },
       "dependsOn": [
         "[resourceId('Microsoft.Insights/components', format('appins-{0}', variables('uniqueName')))]",
@@ -748,6 +530,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
+      "condition": "[parameters('deployWebSearcher')]",
       "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
       "apiVersion": "2022-09-01",
       "name": "[format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName'))]",
@@ -768,6 +551,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
+      "condition": "[parameters('deployWebSearcher')]",
       "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites/config",
       "apiVersion": "2022-09-01",
       "name": "[format('{0}/{1}', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName')), 'web')]",
@@ -792,7 +576,7 @@
           },
           {
             "name": "PluginConfig:BingApiKey",
-            "value": "[listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Bing/accounts', format('bing-search-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2020-06-10').key1]"
+            "value": "[if(parameters('deployWebSearcher'), listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Bing/accounts', format('bing-search-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))), '2020-06-10').key1, '')]"
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -804,7 +588,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
-      "condition": "[parameters('deployPackages')]",
+      "condition": "[and(parameters('deployPackages'), parameters('deployWebSearcher'))]",
       "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites/extensions",
       "apiVersion": "2022-09-01",
       "name": "[format('{0}/{1}', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName')), 'MSDeploy')]",
@@ -853,6 +637,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
+      "condition": "[parameters('deployWebSearcher')]",
       "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites/siteextensions",
       "apiVersion": "2022-09-01",
       "name": "[format('{0}/{1}', format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName')), 'Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AzureWebSites')]",
@@ -1331,6 +1116,7 @@
       }
     },
     {
+      "condition": "[parameters('deployWebSearcher')]",
       "type": "Microsoft.Bing/accounts",
       "apiVersion": "2020-06-10",
       "name": "[format('bing-search-{0}', variables('uniqueName'))]",
@@ -1356,9 +1142,7 @@
     },
     "pluginNames": {
       "type": "array",
-      "value": [
-        "[format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName'))]"
-      ]
+      "value": "[concat(createArray(), if(parameters('deployWebSearcher'), createArray(format('function-{0}-websearcher-plugin', variables('uniqueName'))), createArray()))]"
     }
   }
 }
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