MARCH 2020 PCWorld 33surfaced recently, in part due to a report by
Thurrott.com (go.pcworld.com/thur).
Specifically, the change will be made to
Office 365 ProPlus, a version of Office specific
to enterprises. The change will be deployed
as early as February for “targeted” users who
receive monthly channel updates, and at a
later date for others. Users in the United
States and the United Kingdom will be
affected, as well as those in some other
regions, Microsoft said.
Microsoft refers to the changes made to
Chrome as an extension: specifically, adding
the Microsoft Search in Bing extension to
Office 365 Pro Plus. Here’s how Microsoft
explains what it is and what it does:
“Microsoft Search in Bing provides a familiar
web interface to help your users find
workplace information more easily, including
files and documents, internal sites and
business tools, people and org charts,
building information, and other relevant
information from within your organization,” it
says. “Microsoft Search accesses files,
SharePoint sites, OneDrive content, Teams
and Yammer conversations, and other shared
data sources in your organization, as well as
the internet.”
What’s not exactly clear is how Microsoft
can sink its hooks into Chrome to do this. The
Twitter security handle SwiftonSecurity noted
(go.pcworld.com/swsc) that it actually
violates Windows Defender’s prohibition
against installing software without yourAn example of what users would see searching with Microsoft Search using Google Chrome.