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Understanding web search controls in Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025, 10:30 AM PDT
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As organizations embrace the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot and M365 Copilot Chat, they see significant value in the way Copilot's web search enhances response quality with the latest data from the web. At the same time, many organizations want to understand how to govern and monitor the use of web search. In this 30-minute session, we’ll explore how Microsoft empowers customers to tailor web search behavior in Copilot to meet their unique business needs.

You’ll learn about the four layers of protection Microsoft provides to help you confidently manage web search in Copilot:

  1. Admin controls
  2. User protections
  3. Search query protections
  4. Contractual commitments

Whether you're in IT, security, or compliance, this session will equip you with the baseline knowledge of Copilot web search controls so you can make the right decisions for your organization

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No registration is required. Select "Add to calendar" to save the date, select "Attend" to receive event reminders, then join us live on June 17th ready to learn and ask questions! Feel free to post questions and comments below. You can post during the live session and/or in advance if the timing doesn't work for you. 

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Sarah_Gilbert
Updated Jun 19, 2025
digital deep dive: copilot control system (ccs)

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  • aliljenberg's avatar
    aliljenberg
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 17, 2025

    does the end user see the web search query based on their prompt before it gets sent?

    • Hiran_Salvi's avatar
      Hiran_Salvi
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      Jun 17, 2025

      User can see exact query terms in Citations area tool tip as documented https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/microsoft-365/manage-public-web-access#web-search-query-citations

      • aliljenberg's avatar
        aliljenberg
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 17, 2025

        do they see what is generated before they decide to send the search? or only after it is already done?

  • Sarah_Gilbert's avatar
    Sarah_Gilbert
    Silver Contributor
    Jun 17, 2025

    Thank you for joining today’s AMA on web search controls in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

    This session has concluded but comments will remain open for the next couple of days so you can still add follow-up questions or join ongoing threads. If something comes to mind after the session, you’ve still got time to jump in.

    You can continue to view all questions and answers right here on this page—feel free to bookmark it for future reference.

     

    Looking for the session deck?

    All decks from this series will be posted publicly on a new Copilot Control System page on adoption.microsoft.com. The page is currently in development and is expected to go live Thursday morning. If you’re looking for a copy of today’s deck, please return to this event page on Thursday for a direct link.

     

    Have more questions? Head over to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Discussion Space to continue the conversation.

    For regular product updates, don’t forget to subscribe to the What’s New in Copilot blog—published at the end of each month.

     

    Up next in the series:

    Build enterprise-scale agents securely

    We hope to see you there.

  • MichaelYukna's avatar
    MichaelYukna
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    Jun 17, 2025

    My recommendation is to open a support ticket.  The Copilot UI in the browser is designed to respect the same controls enabled by the IT admin in M365 Copilot Chat.

  • Hughes818's avatar
    Hughes818
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 17, 2025

    Microsoft Search has been accessible through various platforms like Bing, browser address bars, apps such as SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Windows Search, and microsoft365.com. Will Copilot eventually become the unified search source, replacing all these other locations?

    • MichaelYukna's avatar
      MichaelYukna
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      Jun 17, 2025

      These locations will remain accessible for users to reach Copilot in the flow of their work.

  • Sarah_Gilbert's avatar
    Sarah_Gilbert
    Silver Contributor
    Jun 17, 2025

    Welcome to today’s Microsoft 365 Copilot AMA on web search controls.

    We’re here to answer your questions about how Microsoft 365 Copilot handles web search—and how you can govern it through admin settings, user protections, query safeguards, and contractual commitments.

    To participate: Please post each question in a new comment thread below. Our product team is here live and ready to answer throughout the session.

    Let’s get started—ask us anything.

  • Clausjuhl's avatar
    Clausjuhl
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 17, 2025

    The new Copilot UI in the Browser is not respecting the Allow web search in Copilot policy for controlling web search in the Work tab in Copilot.

     

    Our organization has the Allow web search in Copilot policy set to Disabled in Microsoft 365 Copilot Work mode; Enabled in Microsoft 365 Copilot Web mode and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.

    We are seeing that the web toggle is on by default in the new Copilot UI in the Browser, While The Copilot app in Teams is still respecting the policy and has the web toggle disabled with no option to turn it on. I assume this is a bug in the Copilot UI.

Date and Time
Jun 17, 202510:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT