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Meet the Microsoft search team at Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft Ignite is just 26 days away and we have a full slate of sessions, activities, events, and opportunities for you to learn more about Microsoft search, meet the team behind it, and get answers to your toughest questions. We're very excited about our presence at Ignite this year as we have A LOT to announce! As such, we anticipate you might want to meet with us to go deeper than what we might cover in our sessions. With that said, we're pleased to offer side meeting opportunities to our customers and partners. If you would like to have a side meeting with our team, please fill out the request form at https://aka.ms/meetsearch so your nomination can be considered. Do this soon as schedules will fill fast!Classic vs Modern and More Microsoft Search Questions Answered
Over the past several weeks we've had a number of community questions on classic vs modern search in relationship to SharePoint and Microsoft Search across social channels, e.g. Twitter, Facebook, etc. and here in the Microsoft Search community. We've selected the most common questions and have created the Q&A below to help answer those. As Microsoft continues to invest in modern experiences, including search, will existing SharePoint search administration options, such as Query Rules, Schema, Dictionaries, Type-Ahead Suggestions, etc. be deprecated over time or made available in Microsoft Search administration? As we continue the journey of modernizing classic search experiences across SharePoint and other Microsoft Search endpoints, we’ll transition their configuration options (where supported with Microsoft Search) to the unified Microsoft Search admin center in addition to their programmatic model where applicable. Microsoft Search is a cohesive search experience across Microsoft 365 and Bing so does not have affinity to a specific endpoint, such as SharePoint, but shares it’s underlying capabilities across Microsoft 365 apps and services. As a singular search experience across Microsoft 365, configuration options for search will move to the unified search admin console as well as “cleaning up” the search settings when in SharePoint context. Will there be changes to the web parts available to the “classic search” experience as search is modernized and transitioned to Microsoft Search? As Microsoft Search continues to roll out across Microsoft 365 we’ll modernize web parts in conjunction. For example, the Hightlighted Content web part will get an advanced capability to allow the use of KQL and CAML directly. This will help solve a lot of user configured roll-up scenarios. Secondly we are investing in making the modern search result page customizable in terms of custom verticals and the ability to add more refiners. We are also investing in an alternative to display templates, using adaptive cards, which will first arrive for the new custom connectors. If you however need full flexibility on how to display results you may as an example use the PnP Modern Search web parts configuring the search box on a site to land on that page, as announced at SPC. Are there plans to introduce classic search replacements for Refiners, Search Bar, and Display Templates? We are working on providing the capability for custom verticals, custom refiners and the use of adaptive cards for the modern search result page. Is it possible to ingest on-premises content into Microsoft Search, such as the ServiceNow examples shown at Microsoft Build in May 2019? ServiceNow is an example of external data being indexed into Microsoft Search using the new connector framework announced at Build and SPC. Any on-premises content or line of business content can be indexed the same way, much in the way hybrid search works today. Expect a number of connectors coming from Microsoft to support file servers, sql databases and SharePoint, as well as partner offerings. Near term, if using SharePoint on-premises, the cloud search service application (hybrid search) can be used to index across on-premises content and brought into Office 365. As Microsoft Search is a cohesive search experience across Microsoft 365, providing data can be brought into one or more endpoints, as described above, it will be available to Microsoft Search. For additional information on these approaches see also https://resources.techcommunity.microsoft.com/connecting-your-data-into-search-and-services/. I read there is a 20M document limit for documents index using the cloud search service application (hybrid search) with SharePoint on-premises. The limit is not 20 million, but there is a limit depending on the licensing and volume you have available in the tenant. Via a service request this number can be increased today. Is Microsoft Search what had been called Bing for Business? Microsoft Search in Bing (formerly known as Bing for Business) is one of Microsoft Search’ endpoints along with SharePoint, Office.com, Outlook, OneDrive, etc. For ingestion the new connector framework is the way forward, and a new query api is being built via the Microsoft Graph. Is there a relationship between the Microsoft Search pipeline and Microsoft Graph? Yes. Indexing and query will be provided via Microsoft Graph APIs. Will it be possible to ingest content from non-Microsoft sources and enrich that content? Any enriching can be done on the custom connector side before the data is ingested into the Microsoft Search search index. How does Microsoft Search fit within the context of Enterprise Search? Microsoft Search is an Enterprise Search solution. With the new investments to easier ingest your own content, and taking advantage of machine learning across all workloads in the Microsoft Graph to provide best of breed ranking of results for the individual, we believe that if you are using Office 365 as one of your primary data sources, then using Microsoft Search will make it easier for your end-users to get a unified search experience on all their data, across all devices. We are investing in providing the same search results in all user experiences, that be bing.com, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint, from your Windows 10 desktop search, or from any mobile device. Bill Baer Senior Product Manager Search & AI Mikael SvensonWe're updating how queries are handled with Microsoft search in Bing
Microsoft search is a new enterprise search experience that increases productivity and saves time by delivering more relevant search results. As part of our GA rollout, we've updated our Microsoft search in Bing terms and have made a change to how we handle certain types of queries. This change helps Microsoft search in Bing ensure that Bing continues to be a great experience and is able to provide users with relevant search results. With this change, Bing systems are able to analyze public search data that is necessary to maintain high quality results while still protecting enterprise queries on Microsoft search in Bing. NOTE This does not affect the way we handle searches submitted for enterprise results through Microsoft search in Bing. We are gradually rolling this out to Standard Release customers in late July and the rollout will be completed worldwide by the end of August. To learn more about Microsoft search in Bing visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftsearch/overview-microsoft-search#microsoft-search-in-bing.Join us at SPC – Announcing the SharePoint Conference 2019 Attendee Celebration!
This week we announced the Gin Blossoms will headline the SharePoint Conference attendee celebration! The Gin Blossoms have undoubtedly left their mark on the Rock music map. The Grammy nominated band's fusion of Melodic Rock, Pop, Folk and Country elements has helped pave the way for the modern Rock of today. Don't miss their hit songs, a sampling of new music, and a rockin' the house down show! Learn more about the Gin Blossoms and discover what else is coming to SPC in our latest blog post. There’s still time to register for SPC so don’t miss out on your chance to discover new ways to connect, to collaborate, and create. Get ready to transform your business and discover a new way to work together.Re: Are there more details on Search roadmap after removing Preview Users capability 3/15?
For customers who have configured "Preview Users" via Microsoft Search in Bing preview, we'll begin removing this feature. Unless a conditional access policy is implemented, all organizational users will have access to the Microsoft Search in Bing experience unless it is otherwise disabled via the Microsoft 365 admin center.SharePoint and Exchange Online eDiscovery Transitioning to Office 365 Security & Compliance Center
UPDATE In January we announced changes to be implemented on July 1, 2017 to the SharePoint and Exchange eDiscovery capabilities (see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/SharePoint-and-Exchange-Online-eDiscovery-Transitioning-to/td-p/41492). Due to the delayed release of a feature that will allow you to copy the results of an eDiscovery search in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center to a discovery mailbox, we’re postponing the decommissioning of new In-Place eDiscovery searches and In-Place Holds in Exchange Online. You will continue be able to create new searches and holds in the Exchange admin center until further notice. It still remains that you will not be able to create new cases in the SharePoint Online eDiscovery Center after July 1, 2017. We'll continue to update this articles as we work to deliver the feature mentioned above. Overview On July 1, 2017, Microsoft will disable the ability to create new In-Place eDiscovery searches and In-Place Holds (*-MailboxSearch) in the Exchange Admin Center in Exchange Online. We’ll also disable the creation of new cases in the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online. Instead, we invite you to use the Security & Compliance Center to fulfill your organization’s eDiscovery needs. In both cases, you will still be able to edit and run existing searches in the Exchange Admin Center and work with existing cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery Center. Microsoft is decommissioning these eDiscovery tools because of their limited breadth across Office 365 services. The Security & Compliance Center supports permissions, cases, holds and exports as well as Advanced eDiscovery features such as Themes, Email Threading, Near Duplicate Detections, and Predictive coding. These changes only apply to the Exchange Admin Center in Exchange Online and the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online. On-premises and dedicated deployments of these tools will continue to be supported. FAQ: Where can I learn more about eDiscovery in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center? https://support.office.com/en-us/article/eDiscovery-in-Office-365-143b3ab8-8cb0-4036-a5fc-6536d837bfce?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US Where can I learn more about Advanced eDiscovery in Office 365? https://support.office.com/en-us/article/eDiscovery-in-Office-365-143b3ab8-8cb0-4036-a5fc-6536d837bfce?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#advancedediscovery Does this change my Office 365 pricing or plan? Although Advanced eDiscovery requires E5 Licensing, the base eDiscovery offering is available for all enterprise plans. When will this happen? New cases in the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online and new In-Place eDiscovery searches and holds in the Exchange Admin Center will be disabled on July 1, 2017. This might vary slightly based on the actual deployment schedule. Will I still have access to my existing cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery Center? Yes, you can continue to interact will all existing cases, you can add searches, holds and export from these cases. We are only removing the ability to add new cases. All new cases should be created in the Security & Compliance Center. For more information, see Manage eDiscovery cases in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center. Will I still have access to my existing searches and holds in the Exchange Admin Center? Yes, you can continue to interact with all existing searches and holds in the Exchange Admin Center. We are only removing the capability to create new searches. All new searches should be created in the Security & Compliance Center. For more information, see Run a Content Search in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center. I use the Exchange Admin Center or SharePoint eDiscovery Center for Retention and Preservation, how do I do this now? The Security & Compliance Center has a full set of features for preserving content. For more information, see Overview of preservation policies. Can I migrate searches in the Exchange Admin Center or cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery Center to the Security & Compliance Center? No. eDiscovery cases in the Security & Compliance Center and cases in the eDiscovery Center in SharePoint Online are completely different objects, and their underlying architecture is also different. The same is true for In-Place eDiscovery searches in the Exchange Admin Center and Content Searches the Security & Compliance Center. Thus, existing cases and searches can't be migrated to the Security & Compliance Center. If you have existing cases in the eDiscovery Center, we recommend that you continue to manage them in the eDiscovery Center until they are completed and you close them. If you need to support a new legal investigation in your organization, we recommend that you use eDiscovery cases in the Security & Compliance Center. If you have existing searches in the Exchange Admin Center, you can create a corresponding Content Search in the Security & Compliance Center. What about my existing holds, will they continue to preserve data? Yes, all existing holds from the Exchange Admin Center and eDiscovery Center will continue to hold content. Only the creation of new In-Place Holds in the Exchange Admin Center and new cases in the SharePoint eDiscovery center are being disabled. How do I get access to the Security & Compliance Center? By default, global administrators have access to the Security & Compliance Center. Administrators can assign permissions to other users so they can the eDiscovery tools in the Security & Compliance Center. How do I access the Security & Compliance Center? You can navigate directly from https://protection.office.com/ or from the app launcher, choose the Security & Compliance tile.Re: SharePoint and Exchange Online eDiscovery Transitioning to Office 365 Security & Compliance Center
We’re working on our plan for Teams, it’s in our vision to have all services available to eDiscovery, until then, you can use 3rd party vendors, more information here: https://blogs.office.com/2015/06/30/announcing-archiving-for-non-microsoft-data-in-office-365/ and here: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/mt621583.aspx.
