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NMOPOPT
Copper Contributor
Jul 03, 2025

Content Search export

Hi,

 

I'm doing a content search of a user's mailbox and the statistics are very different that the export obtained.

 

1. I've selected the mailbox and onedrive data source:

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  These are the statistics of the query:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. These are export files sizes

 

 

 

 

I'm trying to understand why the statistics and export sizes are so different. Any ideas ?

 

Thanks in advance.

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  • milgo's avatar
    milgo
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    Jul 09, 2025

    Hello!
    Thank you for reaching out. 
    There is a great article published by Microsoft that explains why you might see different figures when it comes to estimated and the actual eDiscovery results. I am sharing a link here for your perusal. I hope this helps to clarify why it happens 
    Link to Documentation:  Estimated and actual eDiscovery search results | Microsoft Learn

    Please mark the answer as solution if it serves to explain why this issue occurs for the benefit of the rest of the community. Thank you!

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