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MC391951: Bing Image Search for Microsoft Whiteboard

Updated July 1, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

The ability to search online images through Bing is coming soon to Whiteboard web, Teams and Windows App. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93341.

The ability to search online images through Bing is coming soon to Whiteboard web, Teams and Windows App. This service can be controlled by optional connected experiences policy, which controls whether users have access to the functionality.

MC391951: Bing Image Search for Microsoft Whiteboard

When this will happen

This functionality will be rolled out to Whiteboard web, Teams and Windows App experiences starting in early July (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by mid-July.

How this will affect your organization

This service can be controlled by optional connected experiences policy, which controls whether users have access to the functionality. Today this policy only applies to the ability to see a link in Whiteboard where users can provide feedback using Microsoft’s Feedback portal.

What you need to do to prepare

No change is necessary, unless you wish to disable the Bing Image Search functionality (and other optional connected experiences) in Whiteboard. To do this, you can use the Office cloud policy service in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center.

  1. Sign in to https://config.office.com/ with your Microsoft 365 admin credentials
  2. Select Customization from the left pane.
  3. Select Policy Management
  4. Create a new policy configuration or edit an existing one.
  5. In Choose the scope, choose the security group for which you want to apply the policy.
  6. In Configure Settings, choose Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office.
  7. In configuration setting, choose either – enabled, disabled, or not configured. The implication of each of these options is mentioned below:
    • Enabled: Optional connected experiences are available to users
    • Disabled: Optional connected experiences aren’t available to users
    • Not configured: Optional connected experiences are available to users
  8. Save the policy configuration.
  9. Reassign priority for any security group if required. (If two or more policy configurations are applicable to the same set of users, the one with the higher priority is applied)
  10. In case you create a new policy configuration or change the configuration for an existing policy, there will be a delay in the change being reflected as mentioned below:
    • If there were existing policy configurations prior to the change, then it will take 90 mins for the change to be reflected
    • If there were no policy configurations prior to the change, then it will take 24 hours for the change to be reflected

Learn more

Message ID: MC391951
Published: 13 June 2022
Updated: 01 July 2022

Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook

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