Applies to all plans (some AI features depend on your licences)

Search in SharePoint and OneDrive on the web is moving to the same Copilot Search experience used across Microsoft 365.

What’s changing

You’ll be able to search in plain language (“the budget spreadsheet Sarah shared last month”) and see summaries alongside the results, with links to where they came from. Everyone gets the new look, but some of the AI features depend on your licences, for example whether you have Microsoft 365 Copilot.

When

It rolls out between mid-January and mid-April 2027.

What to do

Nothing for now. If your team relies on a particular search trick in SharePoint, let us know and we’ll check it still works once the new version arrives.

Source: Microsoft 365 Message Center (MC1540513) via mc.merill.net. Message Center posts vary by organisation; check your own admin centre for details specific to you.