Org Explorer

Org Explorer helps you visualize and explore your company's internal structure, its teams, and the people around you. Use the search function to find people and learn more about them. Want to know more about reporting structures within your company? Org Explorer gives you a comprehensive overview of managers, roles, titles, peers, and more.

Note: Some applications are managed by your administrator. If Org Explorer isn't available, it has been turned off. 

Availability

Org Explorer is pre-pinned in the nav bar in Outlook experiences. For Teams and Microsoft 365, users will have to add Org Explorer from the App menu.

To open, select Org Explorer    from the navigation bar in Outlook. This will take you to the Org Explorer app.

Org Explorer appearance

Org Explorer's appearance varies slightly depending on the app you open it in.

Teams:

Org Explorer in Teams

Outlook:

Org Explorer in Outlook

Microsoft 365 Copilot (formerly Office):

Org Explorer in M365 Copilot

#	Element	Function
1	Search/People Picker	In Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot (formerly Office): Type a person’s name or alias inside the People Picker and select from suggestions that appear. Note: In Teams, the search box on the app toolbar isn’t limited to Org Explorer. We recommend using the People Picker within Org Explorer in Teams to ensure you are specifically searching within Org Explorer. In Outlook: Type a person’s name or alias from the search box on the toolbar. Suggestions are based on your most recent or frequent interactions with people, as well as those you work with the most. Recent or historical searches are not considered.
2	Manager chain	The manager chain shows all the managers above the person in focus. The number of reports will show to the right of the person. You can hover over the number to view both direct and indirect reports.
3	Peers	Peers are people that report to the same manager as the person in focus. If the peer has people reporting to them, the number of reports will show. You can hover over the number to view both direct and indirect reports.
4	Person in focus	When you select a person in Org Explorer, the page displays org information about them. For example, contact information, who their manager is, people reporting to them, and who they collaborate with. You can also select View profile to view their profile card.
5	People reporting to	People reporting to the person in focus are listed in the section below the person.
6	Filters	Use the filters to refine the view. You can filter by working location, job title, and skills. Note: Filters will only show if your org is opted into the People Skills.
7	Expand team	Use the toggle to show/hide next-level reports.
8	Works with	The people in the Works with section represent people who are relevant to or working with the person in focus on Org Explorer. The relevancy is based on activities like in-common meetings, emails, and other collaboration patterns.
9	Navigation	Use the navigation buttons to scroll through your org browsing history in Org Explorer within your current session. These buttons will activate once you start navigating, either by using the search/picker or by clicking on the cards. Note: The buttons are only active during your current session. If you refresh the page or start a new session, they will reset.
10	Home	Select the Home button to see your own org chart and the people around you. Note: If you’re viewing Org Explorer within a profile card, selecting the Home button will focus on the person whose profile card you're viewing.

For admins

The Org Explorer app is available to all tenants that have an Enterprise or EDU license. There's no specific set-up process for Org Explorer. Admins don't have to do any installation to make it available to people in their organization. 

The org information you see about others in Org Explorer is from Microsoft Entra ID.

Learn more about working with users in Microsoft Graph.

If your org doesn't include manager relationship data in the Microsoft Entra ID, users won't be able to see the org chart in Org Explorer. You can fill in the data from your HR system via the Microsoft Identity Manager provisioning system (MIM).

To learn more about MIM, see Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 news and updates.

The data in the "Works With" section is based on public relationships, like in-common meetings, email, and other collaboration patterns. The insights are returned by the people API.

To turn off the Works with section, see Customizing people insights privacy in Microsoft Graph.

Admins can remove Org Explorer app for their entire organization by going to Microsoft Admin Center > Settings > Integrated aps > Available apps. On the Available apps tab, search for Org Explorer and select it. In the Org Explorer pane, under Actions, select to Block app.