diff --git a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/AzureCognitiveSearchOptions.cs b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/AzureCognitiveSearchOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07cb960ddff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/AzureCognitiveSearchOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+
+namespace SemanticKernel.Service.Config;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Configuration settings for connecting to Azure Cognitive Search.
+/// </summary>
+public class AzureCognitiveSearchOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the endpoint protocol and host (e.g. https://contoso.search.windows.net).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Required, Url]
+    public string Endpoint { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Key to access Azure Cognitive Search.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Required, NotEmptyOrWhitespace]
+    public string Key { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}
diff --git a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/MemoriesStoreOptions.cs b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/MemoriesStoreOptions.cs
index c60f070ef16f..633799146a95 100644
--- a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/MemoriesStoreOptions.cs
+++ b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/Config/MemoriesStoreOptions.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ public enum MemoriesStoreType
         /// <summary>
         /// Qdrant based persistent memories store.
         /// </summary>
-        Qdrant
+        Qdrant,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Azure Cognitive Search persistent memories store.
+        /// </summary>
+        AzureCognitiveSearch
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -35,4 +40,10 @@ public enum MemoriesStoreType
     /// </summary>
     [RequiredOnPropertyValue(nameof(Type), MemoriesStoreType.Qdrant)]
     public QdrantOptions? Qdrant { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the configuration for the Azure Cognitive Search memories store.
+    /// </summary>
+    [RequiredOnPropertyValue(nameof(Type), MemoriesStoreType.AzureCognitiveSearch)]
+    public AzureCognitiveSearchOptions? AzureCognitiveSearch { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/CopilotChatApi.csproj b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/CopilotChatApi.csproj
index 3f2f94e366fd..eabb1cf0c9bc 100644
--- a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/CopilotChatApi.csproj
+++ b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/CopilotChatApi.csproj
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\dotnet\src\Connectors\Connectors.AI.OpenAI\Connectors.AI.OpenAI.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\dotnet\src\Connectors\Connectors.Memory.AzureCognitiveSearch\Connectors.Memory.AzureCognitiveSearch.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\dotnet\src\Skills\Skills.MsGraph\Skills.MsGraph.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\dotnet\src\Skills\Skills.OpenAPI\Skills.OpenAPI.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\dotnet\src\Connectors\Connectors.Memory.Qdrant\Connectors.Memory.Qdrant.csproj" />
diff --git a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/SemanticKernelExtensions.cs b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/SemanticKernelExtensions.cs
index e24833208dc0..95c7c53356c9 100644
--- a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/SemanticKernelExtensions.cs
+++ b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/SemanticKernelExtensions.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.AI.Embeddings;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.OpenAI.TextEmbedding;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Memory.AzureCognitiveSearch;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Memory.Qdrant;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Memory;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.SkillDefinition;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ internal static class SemanticKernelExtensions
     /// </summary>
     internal static IServiceCollection AddSemanticKernelServices(this IServiceCollection services)
     {
-        // The chat skill's prompts are stored in a separate file.
+        // Load the chat skill's prompts from the prompt configuration file.
         services.AddSingleton<PromptsConfig>(sp =>
         {
             string promptsConfigPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)!, "prompts.json");
@@ -34,38 +35,7 @@ internal static IServiceCollection AddSemanticKernelServices(this IServiceCollec
         services.AddSingleton<PromptSettings>();
 
         // Add the semantic memory with backing memory store.
-        services.AddSingleton<IMemoryStore>(serviceProvider =>
-        {
-            MemoriesStoreOptions config = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<MemoriesStoreOptions>>().Value;
-
-            switch (config.Type)
-            {
-                case MemoriesStoreOptions.MemoriesStoreType.Volatile:
-                    return new VolatileMemoryStore();
-
-                case MemoriesStoreOptions.MemoriesStoreType.Qdrant:
-                    if (config.Qdrant is null)
-                    {
-                        throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                            $"MemoriesStore:Qdrant is required when MemoriesStore:Type is '{MemoriesStoreOptions.MemoriesStoreType.Qdrant}'");
-                    }
-
-                    return new QdrantMemoryStore(
-                        host: config.Qdrant.Host,
-                        port: config.Qdrant.Port,
-                        vectorSize: config.Qdrant.VectorSize,
-                        logger: serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<QdrantMemoryStore>>());
-
-                default:
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid 'MemoriesStore' type '{config.Type}'.");
-            }
-        });
-
-        services.AddScoped<ISemanticTextMemory>(serviceProvider
-            => new SemanticTextMemory(
-                serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IMemoryStore>(),
-                serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptionsSnapshot<AIServiceOptions>>().Get(AIServiceOptions.EmbeddingPropertyName)
-                    .ToTextEmbeddingsService(logger: serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<AIServiceOptions>>())));
+        services.AddScoped<ISemanticTextMemory>(CreateSemanticTextMemory);
 
         // Add the planner.
         services.AddScoped<CopilotChatPlanner>(sp =>
@@ -96,10 +66,38 @@ internal static IServiceCollection AddSemanticKernelServices(this IServiceCollec
         return services;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Create the semantic memory with backing memory store.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static ISemanticTextMemory CreateSemanticTextMemory(this IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+    {
+        MemoriesStoreOptions config = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptions<MemoriesStoreOptions>>().Value;
+        switch (config.Type)
+        {
+            case MemoriesStoreOptions.MemoriesStoreType.Volatile:
+                return new SemanticTextMemory(
+                    new VolatileMemoryStore(),
+                    serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptionsSnapshot<AIServiceOptions>>().Get(AIServiceOptions.EmbeddingPropertyName)
+                        .ToTextEmbeddingsService(logger: serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<AIServiceOptions>>()));
+
+            case MemoriesStoreOptions.MemoriesStoreType.Qdrant:
+                return new SemanticTextMemory(
+                    new QdrantMemoryStore(config.Qdrant!.Host, config.Qdrant.Port, config.Qdrant.VectorSize, serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<QdrantMemoryStore>>()),
+                    serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IOptionsSnapshot<AIServiceOptions>>().Get(AIServiceOptions.EmbeddingPropertyName)
+                        .ToTextEmbeddingsService(logger: serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<AIServiceOptions>>()));
+
+            case MemoriesStoreOptions.MemoriesStoreType.AzureCognitiveSearch:
+                return new AzureCognitiveSearchMemory(config.AzureCognitiveSearch!.Endpoint, config.AzureCognitiveSearch.Key);
+
+            default:
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid 'MemoriesStore' type '{config.Type}'.");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Add the completion backend to the kernel config
     /// </summary>
-    internal static KernelConfig AddCompletionBackend(this KernelConfig kernelConfig, AIServiceOptions aiServiceOptions)
+    private static KernelConfig AddCompletionBackend(this KernelConfig kernelConfig, AIServiceOptions aiServiceOptions)
     {
         switch (aiServiceOptions.AIService)
         {
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ internal static KernelConfig AddCompletionBackend(this KernelConfig kernelConfig
     /// <summary>
     /// Add the embedding backend to the kernel config
     /// </summary>
-    internal static KernelConfig AddEmbeddingBackend(this KernelConfig kernelConfig, AIServiceOptions aiServiceOptions)
+    private static KernelConfig AddEmbeddingBackend(this KernelConfig kernelConfig, AIServiceOptions aiServiceOptions)
     {
         switch (aiServiceOptions.AIService)
         {
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ internal static KernelConfig AddEmbeddingBackend(this KernelConfig kernelConfig,
     /// <param name="serviceConfig">The service configuration</param>
     /// <param name="httpClient">Custom <see cref="HttpClient"/> for HTTP requests.</param>
     /// <param name="logger">Application logger</param>
-    internal static IEmbeddingGeneration<string, float> ToTextEmbeddingsService(this AIServiceOptions serviceConfig,
+    private static IEmbeddingGeneration<string, float> ToTextEmbeddingsService(this AIServiceOptions serviceConfig,
         HttpClient? httpClient = null,
         ILogger? logger = null)
     {
diff --git a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/appsettings.json b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/appsettings.json
index db2c30bc001a..273f92c1c0c2 100644
--- a/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/appsettings.json
+++ b/samples/apps/copilot-chat-app/webapi/appsettings.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
   //
   // Embeddings are used for semantically encoding memories.
+  // This section is ignored when MemoriesStore:Type is set to Azure Cognitive Search.
   // https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings
   // To use Azure OpenAI as the AI embedding service:
   //  - Set "AIService" to "AzureOpenAI"
@@ -109,15 +110,21 @@
 
   //
   // Memories stores are used for storing new memories and retrieving semantically similar memories.
-  // - Supported Types are "volatile" or "qdrant".
-  // - When using Qdrant, see ./README.md for local deployment instructions.
+  // - Supported Types are "volatile", "qdrant", or "azurecognitivesearch".
+  // - When using Qdrant or Azure Cognitive Search, see ./README.md for deployment instructions.
+  // - The "Semantic Search" feature must be enabled on Azure Cognitive Search. 
+  // - The Embedding configuration above will not be used when Azure Cognitive Search is selected.
   //
   "MemoriesStore": {
     "Type": "volatile",
     "Qdrant": {
-      "Host": "http://localhost", // Endpoint of the Qdrant server
-      "Port": "6333", // Port of the Qdrant server
-      "VectorSize": 1536 // Size of the vectors used by the Qdrant server
+      "Host": "http://localhost",
+      "Port": "6333",
+      "VectorSize": 1536
+    },
+    "AzureCognitiveSearch": {
+      "Endpoint": ""
+      // "Key": "" // dotnet user-secrets set "MemoriesStore:AzureCognitiveSearch:Key" "MY_ACS_KEY"
     }
   },