diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 7e2de2e8e83e..ba518ddf6724 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 using System;
 using Azure;
 using Azure.Core;
+using Azure.Core.Serialization;
+using Azure.Search.Documents;
 using Azure.Search.Documents.Indexes;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAISearch;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Data;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Http;
 
 namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 
@@ -59,9 +62,19 @@ public static IServiceCollection AddAzureAISearchVectorStore(this IServiceCollec
             serviceId,
             (sp, obj) =>
             {
-                var searchIndexClient = new SearchIndexClient(endpoint, tokenCredential);
                 var selectedOptions = options ?? sp.GetService<AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions>();
 
+                // Build options for the Azure AI Search client and construct it.
+                var searchClientOptions = new SearchClientOptions();
+                searchClientOptions.Diagnostics.ApplicationId = HttpHeaderConstant.Values.UserAgent;
+                if (selectedOptions?.JsonSerializerOptions != null)
+                {
+                    searchClientOptions.Serializer = new JsonObjectSerializer(selectedOptions.JsonSerializerOptions);
+                }
+
+                var searchIndexClient = new SearchIndexClient(endpoint, tokenCredential, searchClientOptions);
+
+                // Construct the vector store.
                 return new AzureAISearchVectorStore(
                     searchIndexClient,
                     selectedOptions);
@@ -88,9 +101,19 @@ public static IServiceCollection AddAzureAISearchVectorStore(this IServiceCollec
             serviceId,
             (sp, obj) =>
             {
-                var searchIndexClient = new SearchIndexClient(endpoint, credential);
                 var selectedOptions = options ?? sp.GetService<AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions>();
 
+                // Build options for the Azure AI Search client and construct it.
+                var searchClientOptions = new SearchClientOptions();
+                searchClientOptions.Diagnostics.ApplicationId = HttpHeaderConstant.Values.UserAgent;
+                if (selectedOptions?.JsonSerializerOptions != null)
+                {
+                    searchClientOptions.Serializer = new JsonObjectSerializer(selectedOptions.JsonSerializerOptions);
+                }
+
+                var searchIndexClient = new SearchIndexClient(endpoint, credential, searchClientOptions);
+
+                // Construct the vector store.
                 return new AzureAISearchVectorStore(
                     searchIndexClient,
                     selectedOptions);
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStore.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStore.cs
index 55a71c49dfb8..5a6b7e73b229 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStore.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStore.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ public IVectorStoreRecordCollection<TKey, TRecord> GetCollection<TKey, TRecord>(
             return this._options.VectorStoreCollectionFactory.CreateVectorStoreRecordCollection<TKey, TRecord>(this._searchIndexClient, name, vectorStoreRecordDefinition);
         }
 
-        var recordCollection = new AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollection<TRecord>(this._searchIndexClient, name, new AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions<TRecord>() { VectorStoreRecordDefinition = vectorStoreRecordDefinition }) as IVectorStoreRecordCollection<TKey, TRecord>;
+        var recordCollection = new AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollection<TRecord>(
+            this._searchIndexClient,
+            name,
+            new AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions<TRecord>()
+            {
+                JsonSerializerOptions = this._options.JsonSerializerOptions,
+                VectorStoreRecordDefinition = vectorStoreRecordDefinition
+            }) as IVectorStoreRecordCollection<TKey, TRecord>;
+
         return recordCollection!;
     }
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions.cs
index 3c588a90044e..06e099efc4fa 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Azure.Search.Documents.Indexes;
+
 namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAISearch;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -11,4 +14,11 @@ public sealed class AzureAISearchVectorStoreOptions
     /// An optional factory to use for constructing <see cref="AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollection{TRecord}"/> instances, if a custom record collection is required.
     /// </summary>
     public IAzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionFactory? VectorStoreCollectionFactory { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the JSON serializer options to use when converting between the data model and the Azure AI Search record.
+    /// Note that when using the default mapper and you are constructing your own <see cref="SearchIndexClient"/>, you will need
+    /// to provide the same set of <see cref="System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions"/> both here and when constructing the <see cref="SearchIndexClient"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public JsonSerializerOptions? JsonSerializerOptions { get; init; } = null;
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions.cs
index 462dcd5d6e66..62e524a1c7b1 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.Memory.AzureAISearch/AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public sealed class AzureAISearchVectorStoreRecordCollectionOptions<TRecord>
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the JSON serializer options to use when converting between the data model and the Azure AI Search record.
-    /// Note that when using the default mapper, you will need to provide the same set of <see cref="System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions"/> both here and when constructing the <see cref="SearchIndexClient"/>.
+    /// Note that when using the default mapper and you are constructing your own <see cref="SearchIndexClient"/>, you will need
+    /// to provide the same set of <see cref="System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions"/> both here and when constructing the <see cref="SearchIndexClient"/>.
     /// </summary>
     public JsonSerializerOptions? JsonSerializerOptions { get; init; } = null;
 }