Disable Search Highlights.
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In March 2022 Microsoft Released Search Highlights. Search highlights will feature the latest updates from your organization and suggested people, files, and more.
I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but recently I was asked if it was possible to disable this feature.
Read on to know how this can be achieved with Intune.
What is Search Highlights
When a device is joined of registered with? Entra ID, and the user is signed in with their organization account (which is the case in use of Intune), this feature will give some options. With this option users can make use of Microsoft Search to search for organization's files and contacts. Search highlights will feature the latest updates from your organization and suggested people, files, and more. User can also Explore files (to wich the user has access to) or browse through your organization's people chart.
On the search bare your company logo is show (if your tenant has branding in place). When the user clicks on the logo, the following screen is show. This will show suggested people, documents, etc..
How to disable?
First we need to know how we can manual disable this function.
In your Windows 11 device Go to Settings > Privacy & security
Look for more setting, there you will find Show search highlight.
When you disable this setting, the search bar will change and the options are changed.
Configure profile in Intune.
Now that we know wich setting is responsible for this, time to go to the Intune Portal:
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The preferred option is to make a profile based upon a setting catalog.
Create a profile or edit an existing profile
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Search for the word "Search"
There is a category Search, this has the option the configure Search Highlight. But notice that there isn't a information option for this setting.
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When we add the setting, there is also a red asterisk, with no explanation.
When we look into the Microsoft documentation the CSP setting can be found, so we know what kind of value must be set. To disable a value of zero (0) must be set.
Wait for the profile to be set successfully.
The option is disabled and the results aren't shown anymore
Documentation: