{"id":12494,"date":"2025-08-07T09:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/?p=12494"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:03:57","slug":"mc1130387-microsoft-edge-ai-powered-history-search-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/2025-08-07-mc1130387-microsoft-edge-ai-powered-history-search-now-available","title":{"rendered":"MC1130387 | Microsoft Edge: AI-powered History search now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"section\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"95%\">MC1130387 | Microsoft Edge: AI-powered History search now available<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"data\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Classification<\/th>\n<td>stayInformed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Last Updated<\/th>\n<td>08\/06\/2025 23:31:22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Start Time<\/th>\n<td>08\/06\/2025 23:31:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>End Time<\/th>\n<td>10\/07\/2025 07:00:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Message Content<\/th>\n<td>\n<p><b>Introduction<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Edge is introducing AI-powered History search to help users rediscover previously visited sites more easily. This enhanced experience uses an on-device model to understand synonyms, natural language, and minor typos\u2014making it easier to find what   you\u2019re looking for. The model is trained locally using your browsing data, which never leaves the device or is sent to Microsoft.  <\/p>\n<p>This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/roadmap?filters=&amp;searchterms=495834\" target=\"_blank\">495834<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>When this will happen<br \/>  <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>General Availability (Worldwide):<\/b> We will begin rolling out in early August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025.<\/p>\n<p><b>How this will affect your organization<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This feature is controlled by the<b> \u201cEnable History search assisted with AI\u201d<\/b> toggle in Edge settings. Once rollout is complete, the toggle will be  <b>on by default<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After users open their History hub (via Settings and more \u201c&#8230;\u201d, then History, or by visiting <a href=\"edge:\/\/history\">edge:\/\/history<\/a>), all subsequent website visits will be eligible for semantic search.  <\/li>\n<li>Users will be able to search their history using synonyms, natural language phrases, and minor spelling errors.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Admins can manage AI-enhanced search in their browsing history in Microsoft Edge behavior using the  <b>EdgeHistoryAISearchEnabled policy<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If the policy is <b>enabled<\/b> or <b>not configured<\/b>, AI-powered search is available.  <\/li>\n<li>If the policy is <b>disabled<\/b>, users will only be able to perform exact match (verbatim) searches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Known limitations at launch:<br \/>  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>This feature will be available on Windows desktop only. There may be mobile parity gaps and unsupported environments on other platforms.<\/p>\n<p><i>Screenshot of the \u201cEnable history search assisted with AI\u201d toggle in Microsoft Edge. This setting, found under Settings &gt; Privacy, search, and services &gt; Address bar and search &gt; History search, controls whether users can perform AI-powered semantic searches   in their browsing history.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&nbsp;<\/i><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px;\" alt=\"user settings\" src=\"https:\/\/cxcs.microsoft.net\/static\/public\/messagecenter\/neutral\/26fd77ac-18f2-4f92-a21b-b8bb55433b7d\/51dac43c377d62dc5a2af7122a673702383f3916.png\"><\/p>\n<p><i>Screenshot of the new AI-powered History search experience in Microsoft Edge:&nbsp;<\/i><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"user settings\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cxcs.microsoft.net\/static\/public\/messagecenter\/neutral\/2d5a931d-a151-45f6-acb5-fc0a9046df39\/45ddb959a14855fa54b19b439aab6c353ccc27f2.png\"><\/p>\n<p><b>What you need to do to prepare<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No admin action is required before rollout. However, we recommend:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reviewing your current Edge policy configurations.  <\/li>\n<li>Notifying users about the new search experience.  <\/li>\n<li>Updating internal documentation as needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/deployedge\/microsoft-edge-browser-policies\/edgehistoryaisearchenabled\" target=\"_blank\">EdgeHistoryAISearchEnabled | Microsoft Edge | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Compliance considerations<\/b><\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Does the change introduce or significantly modify AI\/ML or agent capabilities that interact with or provide access to customer data?<\/td>\n<td>This change introduces a new on-device AI model that enables semantic search of browsing history. The model processes customer data locally and does not transmit it to Microsoft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Does the change include an admin control and can it be controlled through Entra ID group membership?<\/td>\n<td>Administrators can manage this feature using the EdgeHistoryAISearchEnabled policy. This policy can be scoped using Entra ID group membership.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Does the change allow a user to enable and disable the feature themselves?<\/td>\n<td>Users can enable or disable the feature through the \u201cEnable History search assisted with AI\u201d toggle in Microsoft Edge settings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC1130387 | Microsoft Edge: AI-powered History search now available Classification stayInformed Last Updated 0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}