MC875179: Microsoft OneDrive: Find files faster with the improved search experience in OneDrive for the web

Announcement IDMC875179Published Date08-28-2024
ServiceOneDriveForBusinessLast Updated08-28-2024
CategoryStay informedExpiration Date01-31-2025
Roadmap ID395379Action Required by Date
TagsFeature update, User impact


Summary
                An improved search experience is coming to OneDrive for the web, enabling users to find files more efficiently with new filters and a clickable location column. Rollout starts late September 2024, completing by late October 2024, and requires no admin action.


More Information

Coming soon for Microsoft OneDrive for the web: Improved search experience for finding files stored in your OneDrive, shared folders, and document libraries.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by late October 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout: Users are not able to easily filter by date or file types and cannot easily identify location of files with similar names.

After this rollout: Users can filter search results by file types, date modified and easily switch between My files, All files, Current folder and Current document library. This feature is on by default.

New search results page with file type filters, date filters, and a clickable Location column that searches all locations (personal OneDrive, shared folders, and document libraries):

clickable Location column

Use the Date filter to filter search results based on when files were modified. In this example, the results are filtered to Today:

Date filter

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation.

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