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Make Windows search work like macOS

Bikhod 61 Reputation points
2022-07-17T06:28:52.307+00:00

Hello,

Because I need the full Office 365 features, I have come back to Windows 10 & 11, after a decade of using a Mac.

I am struggling a little with Windows Search and wondered if someone can please help me with its setup. On macOS, I would kick off a search and macOS would show me all locations, including Mail items that include the search terms. How can I get Windows search to include all

  • Windows files, folders - including their contents
  • Outlook items (email, calendar, tasks, journal, notes, contacts)
  • Office 365 items (OneNote)?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. David Broggy 6,291 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-07-17T09:13:36.197+00:00

    Hi Bikhod,

    One best practice for many enterprises is to store all data on OneDrive.

    If you do this, then you can simply open OneDrive on the web and search all the date you listed from the top search box.

    This is very powerful because you can not only search all your own OneDrive data but also all of the data from the entire enterprise for which you have access.

    For your email you’ll still have to open Outlook to search that data separately.

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  2. Kapil Arya 8,456 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-07-18T06:50:17.847+00:00

    You can enable cloud content search for your Microsoft account and work account from Settings > Privacy & security > Search permissions:

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