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I upgraded 2 computers to the Office 365 February update: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-and-improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Ever since then search is broken in Outlook on both computers - any search returns no results. Windows 10 search outside Outlook works fine. I've rebuilt the index, used ScanPST.exe and tried other things at https://lookeen.com/blog/how-to-fix-outlook-2016-search-problems and https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Reset-indexing-by-rebuilding-your-Instant-Search-catalog-213a2728-0ef4-427a-9bb2-aed329a59b17 but the problem remains on both computers.
Did February 2017 Office 365 update break Outlook Search?
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Hello everyone,
There is an updated build that was just released. Please turn auto updates back on, install the latest build & confirm that it fixed the issue.
Gen
hello
just upgraded to build 7967.2030 and the search problem is back again, so the fix does not work in my case.
jfp
I updated 3 machines, works fine now!
I updated Outlook today but the problem still persists. Do I need to rebuild my search index or something?
So frustrating! Brought my productivity for a halt for almost 2 weeks!!!!
Hoping for resolution soon.
In the mean time you will need to use the Advanced Search option :
I hadn't known about the Advanced Find (accessed by Search Ribbon | Search Tools | Advanced Find), which has some useful functionality. But this is not typically the search capability that I want.
Microsoft should learn from Google, which has a very helpful Advanced Search page for web content at https://www.google.com/advanced\_search. Some of these may already work in Microsoft's search box, as they do in Googles, but there is convenience and transparency in making them available and documented. Similar options for word fragments without having to guess a syntax using question marks and asterisks would also be helpful.
Finding an email quickly is one of the types of functionality where Microsoft has fallen a lot behind the competition. Get with it.