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Indexing of MSG files with attachments in SharePoint
Hello, I have a question on indexing/searching in M365 SharePoint Online ... if I take an Outlook email message with attachments, and save it as a MSG file (which will have the embedded attachmen...
It is an old post but perhaps useful if others have the same problem.
I have observed the same behaviour: the contents of msg attachments (e.g. pdf, docx, ...) is not always indexed. It looks like it is well below 50%.
There are tools (https://www.slimapplications.com/product/email-manager/) that can make msg attachments searchable. It only makes sense to invest time / resources into this when an incomplete search index is not acceptable for your users or affects your compliancy.