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A company uses Microsoft 365. Employees report that their searches are failing in Microsoft Outlook. You need to determine the reason the searches are failing. What are two possible ways to achieve…

The correct answer is B. View the Exchange Online advisories in the Service health dashboard. D. Submit a service request in Support Assistant. To diagnose failing Outlook searches in Microsoft 365, administrators should first check the Service health dashboard for known service issues and, if no resolution is found, submit a service request for further investigation by Microsoft support.

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Question

A company uses Microsoft 365. Employees report that their searches are failing in Microsoft Outlook. You need to determine the reason the searches are failing. What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? Each correct answer presents a complete solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options

  • AView the mailboxes list in the Exchange admin center.
  • BView the Exchange Online advisories in the Service health dashboard.
  • CView the email activity in the usage reports.
  • DSubmit a service request in Support Assistant.

How the community answered

(62 responses)
  • A
    11% (7)
  • B
    84% (52)
  • C
    5% (3)

Why each option

To diagnose failing Outlook searches in Microsoft 365, administrators should first check the Service health dashboard for known service issues and, if no resolution is found, submit a service request for further investigation by Microsoft support.

AView the mailboxes list in the Exchange admin center.

Viewing the mailboxes list in the Exchange admin center only shows existing mailboxes and their basic properties, offering no diagnostic information about why Outlook searches are failing.

BView the Exchange Online advisories in the Service health dashboard.Correct

The Service health dashboard in the Microsoft 365 admin center provides real-time status and advisories for all Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online. If Outlook searches are broadly failing, it is critical to check here for any ongoing incidents or maintenance that might be affecting search functionality or indexing within Exchange Online.

CView the email activity in the usage reports.

Usage reports provide high-level statistics on service consumption and activity, such as email traffic, but do not offer specific diagnostic details about functional failures like broken search capabilities.

DSubmit a service request in Support Assistant.Correct

If the Service health dashboard does not indicate a service-wide issue or if the problem persists, submitting a service request through the Microsoft 365 admin center (via the Support Assistant or 'Help & support') allows Microsoft support engineers to investigate the specific tenant and user issues, providing advanced diagnostics and solutions for complex problems like search failures.

Concept tested: Troubleshooting Microsoft 365 service health and user issues

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/misc/service-health-dashboard?view=o365-worldwide

Topics

#Service health dashboard#Microsoft 365 support#Troubleshooting#Exchange Online

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