Little by little Microsoft Search is arriving to Office 365 to take its place as the search engine in all the platform. The first sign of this arrival is the search box available in the Office 365 top bar that provides a unified user experience when using search. Search in Office 365 is contextual:
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When the user clicks on the search box and depending on the search scope, the search engine presents last applications, files, contacts and news the user has been interacting with.
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As soon as the user types a search criteria, Microsoft Search inmediately suggests search results that meet that criteria.
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If the search results returned are not the ones expected by the user, he/she can always expand the results and be redirected to the search results page.
This search experience we can find in the Office 365 Home page is the same accross all the places where the user can make searches:
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The SharePoint Home page where search results are restricted to the SharePoint sites where the user has access.
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OneDrive For Business:
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A specific SPO Site.
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A specific SPO Document Library. In this search scope is where we will find some limitations in regards of Microsoft Search availability: when we decide to expand the search results for a specific search term, we will be redirected to the classic SPO Search Center.
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From OWA where we will be presented with a very interesting search experience.