For an overview of search, see Search for messages and more in Teams.

Search suggestions

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People names (1:1 chat) in search suggestions

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Group chats (named and unnamed) in search suggestions

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Team names in search suggestions

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Channel names in search suggestions

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File names in search suggestions

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Apps and commands in search suggestions

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Contextual search

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Search within a chat

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Search within a channel

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Search results

These are the types of items displayed in the search results page in Teams.

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Android and iOS

Linux desktop

Messages

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People

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Files

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Group chats (named)

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Note: Last updated 3/14/2022.

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