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title:  "Partner Highlight: AWS releases Kendra Intelligent Ranking for self-managed OpenSearch"
authors:
  - jamesmcintyre
date: 2023-01-12
categories:
  - partners
meta_description: "Learn how OpenSearch utilizes the semantic search capabilities of the AWS Kendra Intelligent Ranking plugin for self-managed OpenSearch"
meta_keywords: "semantically rerank, intelligent ranking, Kendra Intelligent Ranking plugin, search relevance, self-managed opensearch"
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OpenSearch partner and contributor [AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/gsg.html) recently released Kendra Intelligent Ranking, a new plugin for self-managed OpenSearch deployments that lets users tap into Amazon Kendra’s semantic search capabilities to increase the relevance of search results. With the new plugin, users of open-source OpenSearch version 2.4.0 or later can semantically rerank their search results using Amazon Kendra, which uses machine learning to infer the meaning behind a search query, and compare those results to the default OpenSearch ranker to assess improvements. To learn more, check out the [AWS What’s New announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/01/amazon-kendra-intelligent-ranking-self-managed-opensearch/) or find out how to get started in [this post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/get-smarter-search-results-with-the-amazon-kendra-intelligent-ranking-and-opensearch-plugin/) on the AWS Machine Learning blog.