MWPRO IMPACT SCORE
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
52
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25
50
75
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HIGH IMPACT • REVIEW RECOMMENDED
Recommended Action:
Review the update and plan any required actions before rollout.
Review the update and plan any required actions before rollout.
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Primary Audience
Tenant AdminsMicrosoft 365 AdminsIT ManagersService OwnersCompliance Teams
Why this score?
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HIGH
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Assessment Reasoning
This is an active retirement notice for selected Search Analytics in the Microsoft 365 admin center, with rollout starting in late November 2026. The change removes access to Summary, User/Query, and Answer Analytics reports, requiring admins to export data and adjust reporting dependencies. User search functionality is not affected, but reporting processes and integrations may require moderate planning and update before the deadline.
60
Admin Impact
15
User Impact
65
Urgency
55
Effort
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
AT A GLANCE
Selected Search Analytics reports in the Microsoft 365 admin centre will be retired for multiple services. Check which reports your team uses before the data becomes unavailable.
END USERS
No major end-user change expected.
IT ADMINS
Review use of affected analytics, export needed data, and update reporting before retirement completes.
ROLLOUT TIMELINE
Upcoming:
Late November 2026
Late November 2026
📢 Official Microsoft Message Center Announcement
Microsoft 365 admin center: Retirement of selected Search Analytics capabilities
Message ID: MC1528009
[What and why]
We are retiring selected Search Analytics capabilities for the following search experiences:
- Microsoft/Bing Search, including Work Search
- Teams Search
- Outlook/WXP Search, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Windows Search Work results
- Microsoft365.com
This retirement applies to Summary, User/Query, and Answer Analytics associated with these search experiences within Search & intelligence > Insights in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This change is limited to the analytics capabilities listed above. It does not:
- Retire the Search & intelligence > Insights experience as a whole
- Affect SharePoint Search Analytics
- Affect Connector Analytics
- Change users’ ability to search in any of the affected applications
[Rollout schedule]
- Worldwide, GCC: Rollout will begin in late November 2026 and is expected to complete by mid-December 2026.
[Impact on your organization]
Who is affected
- Administrators who use Summary, User/Query, or Answer Analytics for the affected search experiences.
Platforms and services
- Microsoft 365 admin center, Search & intelligence > Insights
- Microsoft/Bing Search, including Work Search
- Teams Search
- Outlook/WXP Search, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Windows Search Work results
- Microsoft365.com
What will happen
- After the retirement reaches your tenant, administrators will no longer be able to access Summary, User/Query, or Answer Analytics for the affected search experiences.
- Other Search Analytics capabilities not listed in this notice remain outside the scope of this retirement.
- SharePoint Search Analytics and Connector Analytics are not affected.
- Users’ ability to search in the affected applications will not change.
[Action required and recommendations]
No action is required if your organization does not use these analytics capabilities. Otherwise, we recommend that you:
- Review whether your organization relies on the affected Summary, User/Query, or Answer Analytics reports.
- Identify administrators or reporting stakeholders who use these reports, filters, exports, or related reporting integrations.
- Export or retain any required analytics data before retirement, subject to the confirmed historical-data availability.
- Update any reporting processes or integrations that depend on the affected analytics capabilities.
Source: Microsoft Message Center • Analysed by MWPro
