Audience
Companies that want a powerful enterprise search tool that integrates with Microsoft 365
About Microsoft Search
Get an enterprise search experience that increases productivity and saves time by delivering more relevant search results for your organization. Microsoft Search helps you find what you need to complete what you’re working on. Whether you're searching for people, files, org charts, sites, or answers to common questions, you can use Microsoft Search throughout your workday to get answers. Microsoft Search helps users find the right answers, people, and content to complete their tasks in the app they’re already working in. Users get results that are relevant in the context of the app they search from. For example, when they search in Microsoft Outlook, they find emails, and not SharePoint sites. When they search in SharePoint, they find sites, pages, and files. Whichever app users are working in; Microsoft Search is personal. Microsoft Search uses insights from the Microsoft Graph to show results that are relevant to each user.
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Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Cloud
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
Microsoft Search Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft Search Product Features
Enterprise Search
AI / Machine Learning
Supported
Faceted Search / Filtering
Supported
Full Text Search
Supported
Fuzzy Search
Supported
Indexing
Supported
Text Analytics
Supported
eDiscovery
Supported
