Microsoft Outlook: Enhanced search experience with Copilot across Web, Mac, and Mobile

Microsoft Outlook introduces Immersive Search with a Copilot side pane across platforms, providing AI-generated summaries from emails, Teams, and documents after searches. Available to Copilot-licensed tenants, it rolls out worldwide by late September 2025, requires no admin setup, and enhances productivity without changing data policies. We’re introducing Immersive Search, a new experience across Outlook for Web, Mac, iOS, Android, and the new Outlook for Windows. After performing a search, users will see an entry point to the Microsoft Copilot side pane, which presents a highly relevant, AI-generated summary based on their query. This summary includes content from emails, Teams messages, and documents—helping users quickly understand and act on their information. This feature uses Microsoft 365 Copilot with an Outlook-specific experience and is available only to tenants with Copilot licenses. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 498319. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early September and expect to complete by late September 2025. How this will affect your organization Once rolled out, users will see a new entry point to the Copilot side pane after executing a search in Outlook. This pane surfaces AI-generated summaries, improving productivity and reducing time spent navigating search results. Copilot side pane in Outlook search results:  View image in new tab Key details: The Copilot side pane appears only after a user performs a search and selects the entry point on the search results page (SERP). Summaries include all content supported by Microsoft 365 Copilot, such as indexed emails, Teams messages, attachments, and shared files from OneDrive or SharePoint. This feature is on by default and does not require admin configuration. There are no changes to existing DLP, eDiscovery, or retention policies. Admins cannot control access to this feature via policy settings or Entra ID group membership. There is currently no setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center or Outlook user settings to manage or disable this experience. There is no way to monitor or audit usage of this feature through Microsoft Purview or Microsoft 365 audit logs. What you can do to prepare No action […]

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