Cortana can now search your content in Office 365

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Updated onMay 30, 2018

updated onMay 30, 2018

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In every new Windows 10 Preview build we see Cortana’s integration with a newfeatureor device. In the most recent Windows 10 Preview build 14332, Microsoft integrated Cortana withOffice 365, as you can now search for yourOffice 365files, documents,emails, and more with Windows 10’s virtual assistant.

We remind you that Cortana was already available to search for your OneDrive files, butOffice 365integrations brings more options, includingemailsand files that are not locally stored on your computer.

How to search for Office 365 files with Cortana

First thing you need to do to be able to search for yourOffice 365files with Cortana is to connect two features. If you’re not sure how to do that, just follow these steps:

Cortana will automatically sync with yourOffice 365account, and you’ll be able to search for all yourOffice 365content from the taskbar.

Now that you’ve set up Cortana andOffice 365integration, let’s see how this option works. When you search for a specific file, you can choose the filter at the top of Cortana screen, which is a new Cortnafeaturein build 14332. When you choose a filter, Cortana results will be much more specific. For example, if you choose the ‘emailfilter’ Cortana will search only foremailscontaining the given keyword.

This is a newfeaturein Windows 10 Preview, so occasional bugs are possible, but Microsoft should improve it in the coming builds. Microsoft also had some problems with servers upon releasing this build, so some users weren’t able to search forOffice 365files with Cortana, but all technical problems have been solved lately.

What do you think about thisfeature, have you tried it already? Tell us in the comments.

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