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Like Bing, you’ll be able
to use semantic search for
natural-language queries.
According to Mehdi, much
of this information should
still be in Delve, as well as
in Microsoft Search; they
serve distinct roles,
according to Microsoft.
An entirely new service,
which Microsoft is calling
“Project Cortex,” goes a bit
farther. Cortex pulls
information from
unstructured content like
legal contracts and employee
agreements, and automatically adds metadata
and classify topics into objects, allowing them
to be more easily shared. All of these new
“Project Cortex” capabilities are available in
private preview for now.
The message here? “We’re able to make
enterprise search as easy as searching the
Web, and like Yusuf said earlier, we’re uniting
work and Web results together in a single
experience,” said Jordi Ribas, the corporate
vice president of Bing and AI products at
Microsoft, in an interview.INPRIVATE KEEPS BING,
SEARCH REALLY PRIVATE
Microsoft has also decided that when a user
wants to browse privately, they should be
able to search privately, too. Windows SearchThis is a nice example of business search in action. The query is
obviously specific to the user’s workplace, and Microsoft Search
returns answers that are most relevant to that individual.With Microsoft Search, you’ll be able to research
coworkers and where they sit—useful if you’re
revamping your corporate campus, as Microsoft
is. Note the contextual query, no last name
required.