Microsoft Teams to Gain a New ‘Top Hits’ Search Feature by the End of August

Aug. 9, 2021

Afteradding new personal chat and video calling featuresto its workplace-centric communications app Teams, Microsoft is introducing a new and improved universal search functionality. The new search function dubbed as “Top Hits” will automatically generate relevant search results for users to help them easily find contacts, files, and other content stored in Teams.

New Top Hits Search Feature in Teams

The Redmond giant announced the Top Hits feature for Teams recently and stated that the feature will enable users to find content that they previously searched more easily than ever. The new search function is essentially anexpansion of the already existing AI-enabled search featurein Teams.

Now, with the new Top Hits functionality, the company is trying to make the existing search feature in Teams universal in nature. So, by using this feature, users will be able to search for relevant files, documents, contacts, and other types of content stored or shared in the app seamlessly.

As per reports, apart from this additional layer in the search functionality in Teams, Microsoft has also added several new video conferencing features to its communications app. This includesnew modessuch as Reporter Mode, Standout Mode, and Side-by-Side mode. Moreover, to make the platform more secure, the company alsoadded end-to-end (E2EE) encryption.

Furthermore, citing thegrowing userbase of Teams, Microsoft even decided tointegrate Teamsright in theWindows taskbarin its upcomingWindows 11 OS. This way, users will be able to instantly access the communication app onWindows 11, once itreleases later this year.

As for the availability of the Top Hits feature in Teams, as per a new entry in the Microsoft 365 Cloud PC service roadmap, it is currently under development. It is expected to roll out by the end of this month.

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