MC554158 – Updated September 15, 2023: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122550
When this will happen:
- Standard: Microsoft will begin rolling this out in early October 2023 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously late September)
- GCC: Microsoft will begin rolling this out in mid-October 2023 (previously late September) and complete rollout by late October 2023 (previously late August).
- GCC-H: Microsoft will begin rolling this out in late October 2023 (previously late August) and complete rollout by early November 2023 (previously early September).
- DoD: Microsoft will begin rolling this out in mid-November 2023 (previously mid-September) and complete rollout by early December 2023 (previously early October).
How this will affect your organization:
A few key enhancements include:
- The new in-chat and in-channel Search experience will now be available in the right handrail, making it possible to see your chat/channel list and your new search results in one single view. The initiation can be done using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F(win) or Cmd +F (Mac):Chat:

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Channel:Note: Search capability on the new Channels experience is currently available on the main view, and Microsoft will extend it to the conversation view very soon.
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- In addition to the keyboard shortcut, a dedicated button ‘Find in Channel’, placed on the channel info pane can be used to initiate contextual search:

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Note: Microsoft is working on bring the search entry point to the chat surface soon.
- Microsoft now has introduced enhanced captioning and keyword highlighting to aid the discernment of results in chat and channel:

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What you need to do to prepare:
No preparation needed. The new search experience is set up by default, but you may want to draw attention to these new capabilities in Teams.