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We're setting up data classification in Purview and we've installed the MIP scanner on a server to scan our on-premises fileservers. It's successfully scanning and classifying the data. Is there a way to search the files for specific content such as search strings through Purview? This would be very useful to us.
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@Richard Long - Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.
Use the Content search tool in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to quickly find email in Exchange mailboxes, documents in SharePoint sites and OneDrive locations, and instant messaging conversations in Skype for Business. You can use the content search tool to search for email, documents, and instant messaging conversations in collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups.
For more details, refer to Overview of Content search.
Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.
@PRADEEPCHEEKATLA-MSFT Thanks for your response.
I've checked out the Content Search tool, however, it doesn't give on-prem servers as an option to search against. Is there no way to search the content of files stored on a fileserver even if they're being scanned for data classification?
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@Richard Long - Thanks for the confirmation. We are reaching out to the internal team to get more information related to your query and will get back to you as soon as we have an update.
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@Richard Long - Yes, you are correct.
Unfortunately, doesn't give on-prem servers as an option to search the files for specific content such as search strings through Purview.
Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.