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Select a school or work search experience

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If your organization has education and enterprise service plans, you can select a Microsoft Search in Bing experience for your users, either school or work. Because this setting will apply to all users, we suggest you select the option that aligns with most people in your organization.

  1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to Configurations.
  2. Under Microsoft Search in Bing for work or school, select Change.
  3. In the panel, select a search experience, either School search or Work search. It may take up to 72 hours for this change to appear in Bing.

For the most part, the school and work search experiences on Microsoft Search in Bing are similar. Users can find people, files, sites, answers, and more. But there are a few key differences:

The school search experience includes two unique answers, classes and assignments. In the classes answer, students and teachers can see a full list of their classes and use the links to join their class on Microsoft Teams. In the assignments answer, they can see a list of upcoming assignments sorted by due date.

Screenshot of assignments answer with homework listed by due date

School users can get to class and assignment answers by entering these queries in the search box on Bing:

  • My classes
  • Classes
  • My assignments
  • My homework

Also, for school search users, SafeSearch is set to strict by default. For more information about SafeSearch, see Block adult content with SafeSearch.

Manage school type

If you select ‘School search’ in the Microsoft 365 admin center, identify the type of educational institution you're affiliated with. This will help us further tailor the search and chat experience for your users. We suggest you select the option that best aligns with your institution. Options include:

  • Higher education
  • Primary/Secondary/K-12
  • Other (research institution, academic library, etc.)

The work search experience includes organizational charts and Power BI answers. They aren't available in the school search experience.

Screenshot of organizational chart with three different levels

For information about Power BI answers, see Manage Power BI answers.