diff --git a/examples/001-dotnet-WebClient/Program.cs b/examples/001-dotnet-WebClient/Program.cs
index 04991961f..f54f218b8 100644
--- a/examples/001-dotnet-WebClient/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/001-dotnet-WebClient/Program.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ private static async Task StoreText()
                                                    "in a system's rest frame, where the two quantities differ only by a multiplicative " +
                                                    "constant and the units of measurement. The principle is described by the physicist " +
                                                    "Albert Einstein's formula: E = m*c^2");
+        Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         s_toDelete.Add(docId);
     }
 
@@ -93,8 +94,9 @@ private static async Task StoreText()
     private static async Task StoreFile()
     {
         Console.WriteLine("Uploading article file about Carbon");
-        await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync("file1-Wikipedia-Carbon.txt", documentId: "doc001");
-        s_toDelete.Add("doc001");
+        var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync("file1-Wikipedia-Carbon.txt", documentId: "doc001");
+        s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+        Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
     }
 
     // Extract memory from images (OCR required)
@@ -103,8 +105,9 @@ private static async Task StoreImage()
         if (!ImageSupportDemoEnabled) { return; }
 
         Console.WriteLine("Uploading Image file with a news about a conference sponsored by Microsoft");
-        await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("img001").AddFiles(new[] { "file6-ANWC-image.jpg" }));
-        s_toDelete.Add("img001");
+        var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("img001").AddFiles(new[] { "file6-ANWC-image.jpg" }));
+        s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+        Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
     }
 
     // Uploading multiple files and adding a user tag, checking if the document already exists
@@ -113,9 +116,11 @@ private static async Task StoreMultipleFiles()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "doc002"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading a text file, a Word doc, and a PDF about Kernel Memory");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc002")
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc002")
                 .AddFiles(new[] { "file2-Wikipedia-Moon.txt", "file3-lorem-ipsum.docx", "file4-KM-Readme.pdf" })
                 .AddTag("user", "Blake"));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -131,13 +136,15 @@ private static async Task StoreFileWithMultipleTags()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "doc003"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading a PDF with a news about NASA and Orion");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc003")
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc003")
                 .AddFile("file5-NASA-news.pdf")
                 .AddTag("user", "Taylor")
                 .AddTag("collection", "meetings")
                 .AddTag("collection", "NASA")
                 .AddTag("collection", "space")
                 .AddTag("type", "news"));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -153,7 +160,9 @@ private static async Task StoreWebPage()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync("webPage1"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/README.md");
-            await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/README.md", documentId: "webPage1");
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/README.md", documentId: "webPage1");
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -169,7 +178,9 @@ private static async Task StoreHTMLFile()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "htmlDoc001"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading a HTML file about Apache Submarine project");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("htmlDoc001").AddFile("file7-submarine.html").AddTag("user", "Ela"));
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("htmlDoc001").AddFile("file7-submarine.html").AddTag("user", "Ela"));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -185,9 +196,11 @@ private static async Task StoreWithCustomPipeline()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync("webPage2"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/docs/security/security-filters.md");
-            await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/docs/security/security-filters.md",
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/docs/security/security-filters.md",
                 documentId: "webPage2",
                 steps: Constants.PipelineWithoutSummary);
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -203,7 +216,9 @@ private static async Task StoreExcel()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "xls01"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading Excel file with some empty cells");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("xls01").AddFiles(new[] { "file8-data.xlsx" }));
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("xls01").AddFiles(new[] { "file8-data.xlsx" }));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -219,7 +234,9 @@ private static async Task StoreJson()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "json01"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading JSON file");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("json01").AddFiles(new[] { "file9-settings.json" }));
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("json01").AddFiles(new[] { "file9-settings.json" }));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/Program.cs b/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/Program.cs
index 9f45a4cd4..af0e8b01d 100644
--- a/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/Program.cs
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ public static class Program
     private static readonly List<string> s_toDelete = new();
 
     // Change this to True and configure Azure Document Intelligence to test OCR and support for images
-    private const bool imageSupportDemoEnabled = false;
+    private const bool ImageSupportDemoEnabled = true;
 
     public static async Task Main()
     {
+        var memoryConfiguration = new KernelMemoryConfig();
         var openAIConfig = new OpenAIConfig();
         var azureOpenAITextConfig = new AzureOpenAIConfig();
         var azureOpenAIEmbeddingConfig = new AzureOpenAIConfig();
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public static async Task Main()
             .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
             .AddJsonFile("appsettings.Development.json", optional: true)
             .Build()
+            .BindSection("KernelMemory", memoryConfiguration)
             .BindSection("KernelMemory:Services:OpenAI", openAIConfig)
             .BindSection("KernelMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIText", azureOpenAITextConfig)
             .BindSection("KernelMemory:Services:AzureOpenAIEmbedding", azureOpenAIEmbeddingConfig)
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ public static async Task Main()
             .BindSection("KernelMemory:Retrieval:SearchClient", searchClientConfig);
 
         s_memory = new KernelMemoryBuilder()
+            .AddSingleton(memoryConfiguration)
             // .WithOpenAIDefaults(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OPENAI_API_KEY"))
             // .WithOpenAI(openAIConfig)
             .WithAzureOpenAITextGeneration(azureOpenAITextConfig, new DefaultGPTTokenizer())
@@ -97,6 +100,8 @@ public static async Task Main()
         // =======================
 
         await DeleteMemories();
+
+        Console.WriteLine("\n# DONE");
     }
 
     // =======================
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ private static async Task StoreText()
                                                    "in a system's rest frame, where the two quantities differ only by a multiplicative " +
                                                    "constant and the units of measurement. The principle is described by the physicist " +
                                                    "Albert Einstein's formula: E = m*c^2");
+        Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         s_toDelete.Add(docId);
     }
 
@@ -118,18 +124,20 @@ private static async Task StoreText()
     private static async Task StoreFile()
     {
         Console.WriteLine("Uploading article file about Carbon");
-        await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync("file1-Wikipedia-Carbon.txt", documentId: "doc001");
-        s_toDelete.Add("doc001");
+        var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync("file1-Wikipedia-Carbon.txt", documentId: "doc001");
+        s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+        Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
     }
 
     // Extract memory from images (OCR required)
     private static async Task StoreImage()
     {
-        if (!imageSupportDemoEnabled) { return; }
+        if (!ImageSupportDemoEnabled) { return; }
 
         Console.WriteLine("Uploading Image file with a news about a conference sponsored by Microsoft");
-        await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("img001").AddFiles(new[] { "file6-ANWC-image.jpg" }));
-        s_toDelete.Add("img001");
+        var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("img001").AddFiles(new[] { "file6-ANWC-image.jpg" }));
+        s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+        Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
     }
 
     // Uploading multiple files and adding a user tag, checking if the document already exists
@@ -138,9 +146,11 @@ private static async Task StoreMultipleFiles()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "doc002"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading a text file, a Word doc, and a PDF about Kernel Memory");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc002")
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc002")
                 .AddFiles(new[] { "file2-Wikipedia-Moon.txt", "file3-lorem-ipsum.docx", "file4-KM-Readme.pdf" })
                 .AddTag("user", "Blake"));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -156,13 +166,15 @@ private static async Task StoreFileWithMultipleTags()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "doc003"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading a PDF with a news about NASA and Orion");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc003")
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("doc003")
                 .AddFile("file5-NASA-news.pdf")
                 .AddTag("user", "Taylor")
                 .AddTag("collection", "meetings")
                 .AddTag("collection", "NASA")
                 .AddTag("collection", "space")
                 .AddTag("type", "news"));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -178,7 +190,9 @@ private static async Task StoreWebPage()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync("webPage1"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/README.md");
-            await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/README.md", documentId: "webPage1");
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/README.md", documentId: "webPage1");
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -194,7 +208,9 @@ private static async Task StoreHTMLFile()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "htmlDoc001"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading a HTML file about Apache Submarine project");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("htmlDoc001").AddFile("file7-submarine.html").AddTag("user", "Ela"));
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("htmlDoc001").AddFile("file7-submarine.html").AddTag("user", "Ela"));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -210,9 +226,11 @@ private static async Task StoreWithCustomPipeline()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync("webPage2"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/docs/security/security-filters.md");
-            await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/docs/security/security-filters.md",
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportWebPageAsync("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/main/docs/security/security-filters.md",
                 documentId: "webPage2",
                 steps: Constants.PipelineWithoutSummary);
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -228,7 +246,9 @@ private static async Task StoreExcel()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "xls01"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading Excel file with some empty cells");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("xls01").AddFiles(new[] { "file8-data.xlsx" }));
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("xls01").AddFiles(new[] { "file8-data.xlsx" }));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -244,7 +264,9 @@ private static async Task StoreJson()
         if (!await s_memory.IsDocumentReadyAsync(documentId: "json01"))
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Uploading JSON file");
-            await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("json01").AddFiles(new[] { "file9-settings.json" }));
+            var docId = await s_memory.ImportDocumentAsync(new Document("json01").AddFiles(new[] { "file9-settings.json" }));
+            s_toDelete.Add(docId);
+            Console.WriteLine($"- Document Id: {docId}");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -339,7 +361,7 @@ private static async Task AskQuestionAboutImageContent()
 
         var answer = await s_memory.AskAsync(question, minRelevance: 0.76);
 
-        Console.WriteLine(imageSupportDemoEnabled
+        Console.WriteLine(ImageSupportDemoEnabled
             ? $"\nAnswer: {answer.Result}\n\n  Sources:\n"
             : $"\nAnswer (none expected): {answer.Result}\n\n  Sources:\n");
 
diff --git a/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/appsettings.json b/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/appsettings.json
index be3382377..72a4eeec2 100644
--- a/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/appsettings.json
+++ b/examples/002-dotnet-Serverless/appsettings.json
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@
         //   using the env vars AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET.
         "Auth": "AzureIdentity",
         "Endpoint": "https://<...>",
-        "APIKey": ""
+        "APIKey": "",
+        // Hybrid search is not enabled by default. Note that when using hybrid search
+        // relevance scores are different, usually lower, than when using just vector search
+        "UseHybridSearch": false
       },
       "OpenAI": {
         // Name of the model used to generate text (text completion or chat completion)
@@ -91,6 +94,11 @@
         // "Seed": 1337,
       }
     },
+    "DataIngestion": {
+      // How many memory DB records to insert at once when extracting memories from
+      // uploaded documents (used only if the Memory Db supports batching).
+      "MemoryDbUpsertBatchSize": 100
+    },
     "Retrieval": {
       "SearchClient": {
         // Maximum number of tokens accepted by the LLM used to generate answers.