[What and why]
We are retiring selected Search Analytics capabilities for the following search experiences:
- Microsoft/Bing Search, including Work Search
- Teams Search
- Outlook/WXP Search, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Windows Search Work results
- Microsoft365.com
This retirement applies to Summary, User/Query, and Answer Analytics associated with these search experiences within Search & intelligence > Insights in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This change is limited to the analytics capabilities listed above. It does not:
- Retire the Search & intelligence > Insights experience as a whole
- Affect SharePoint Search Analytics
- Affect Connector Analytics
- Change users' ability to search in any of the affected applications
[Rollout schedule]
- Worldwide, GCC: Rollout will begin in late November 2026 and is expected to complete by mid-December 2026.
[Impact on your organization]
Who is affected
- Administrators who use Summary, User/Query, or Answer Analytics for the affected search experiences.
Platforms and services
- Microsoft 365 admin center, Search & intelligence > Insights
- Microsoft/Bing Search, including Work Search
- Teams Search
- Outlook/WXP Search, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Windows Search Work results
- Microsoft365.com
What will happen
- After the retirement reaches your tenant, administrators will no longer be able to access Summary, User/Query, or Answer Analytics for the affected search experiences.
- Other Search Analytics capabilities not listed in this notice remain outside the scope of this retirement.
- SharePoint Search Analytics and Connector Analytics are not affected.
- Users' ability to search in the affected applications will not change.
[Action required and recommendations]
No action is required if your organization does not use these analytics capabilities. Otherwise, we recommend that you:
- Review whether your organization relies on the affected Summary, User/Query, or Answer Analytics reports.
- Identify administrators or reporting stakeholders who use these reports, filters, exports, or related reporting integrations.
- Export or retain any required analytics data before retirement, subject to the confirmed historical-data availability.
- Update any reporting processes or integrations that depend on the affected analytics capabilities.