diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py
index 5d7a6fc8edc8a..6fd12db4322a6 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ def add_texts(
             logger.debug("Nothing to insert, skipping.")
             return []
 
+        # when `keys` are not passed in and there is `ids` in kwargs, use those instead
+        # base class expects `ids` passed in rather than `keys`
+        # https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/4cdaca67dc51dba887289f56c6fead3c1a52f97d/libs/core/langchain_core/vectorstores/base.py#L65
+        if (not keys) and ("ids" in kwargs) and (len(kwargs["ids"]) == len(embeddings)):
+            keys = kwargs["ids"]
+
         return self.add_embeddings(zip(texts, embeddings), metadatas, keys=keys)
 
     async def aadd_texts(
@@ -452,6 +458,12 @@ async def aadd_texts(
             logger.debug("Nothing to insert, skipping.")
             return []
 
+        # when `keys` are not passed in and there is `ids` in kwargs, use those instead
+        # base class expects `ids` passed in rather than `keys`
+        # https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/4cdaca67dc51dba887289f56c6fead3c1a52f97d/libs/core/langchain_core/vectorstores/base.py#L65
+        if (not keys) and ("ids" in kwargs) and (len(kwargs["ids"]) == len(embeddings)):
+            keys = kwargs["ids"]
+
         return await self.aadd_embeddings(zip(texts, embeddings), metadatas, keys=keys)
 
     def add_embeddings(
@@ -468,9 +480,13 @@ def add_embeddings(
         data = []
         for i, (text, embedding) in enumerate(text_embeddings):
             # Use provided key otherwise use default key
-            key = keys[i] if keys else str(uuid.uuid4())
-            # Encoding key for Azure Search valid characters
-            key = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(bytes(key, "utf-8")).decode("ascii")
+            if keys:
+                key = keys[i]
+            else:
+                key = str(uuid.uuid4())
+                # Encoding key for Azure Search valid characters
+                key = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(bytes(key, "utf-8")).decode("ascii")
+
             metadata = metadatas[i] if metadatas else {}
             # Add data to index
             # Additional metadata to fields mapping
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py
index a06fbfd151b0b..255105f32894b 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py
@@ -188,3 +188,40 @@ def mock_create_index() -> None:
         )
         assert vector_store.client is not None
         assert vector_store.client._api_version == "test"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.requires("azure.search.documents")
+def test_ids_used_correctly() -> None:
+    """Check whether vector store uses the document ids when provided with them."""
+    from azure.search.documents import SearchClient
+    from azure.search.documents.indexes import SearchIndexClient
+    from langchain_core.documents import Document
+
+    class Response:
+        def __init__(self) -> None:
+            self.succeeded: bool = True
+
+    def mock_upload_documents(self, documents: List[object]) -> List[Response]:  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
+        # assume all documents uploaded successfuly
+        response = [Response() for _ in documents]
+        return response
+
+    documents = [
+        Document(
+            page_content="page zero Lorem Ipsum",
+            metadata={"source": "document.pdf", "page": 0, "id": "ID-document-1"},
+        ),
+        Document(
+            page_content="page one Lorem Ipsum",
+            metadata={"source": "document.pdf", "page": 1, "id": "ID-document-2"},
+        ),
+    ]
+    ids_provided = [i.metadata.get("id") for i in documents]
+
+    with patch.object(
+        SearchClient, "upload_documents", mock_upload_documents
+    ), patch.object(SearchIndexClient, "get_index", mock_default_index):
+        vector_store = create_vector_store()
+        ids_used_at_upload = vector_store.add_documents(documents, ids=ids_provided)
+        assert len(ids_provided) == len(ids_used_at_upload)
+        assert ids_provided == ids_used_at_upload