Web search query logging in Microsoft 365 Copilot: what does this AI read, and can you turn it off?
Checked on October 22, 2026 by verification chain vchain-1
Whether it is on by default is not yet verified; whether it can be turned off is not yet verified.
The facts, edition by edition
| All editions | |
|---|---|
| What the AI does | Two vendor statements
|
| Model | Not yet verified |
| What it reads | Other data “Web search query logging is available so that admins can perform search, audit, and eDiscovery on the exact web search queries Copilot derived from the user's prompt.” “Administrators can also view the actual web search terms Copilot used, right alongside the original prompt, the response, and any supporting resources by using activity explorer in Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI.” [2] dated copy |
| Where the data goes | Not yet verified |
| Trains on your data | No “Copilot Chat does not use your data to train foundation models.” [1] dated copy |
| On by default | Not yet verified |
| Can be turned off | Not yet verified |
| Billing | Not yet verified |
| Feature type | Not yet verified |
| Frameworks the catalog links to it | Not yet verified |
All editions
- What the AI does
- Two vendor statements
- Search “Web search query logging is available so that admins can perform search, audit, and eDiscovery on the exact web search queries Copilot derived from the user's prompt.” [2]
- Analyze “Web search query logging is available so that admins can perform search, audit, and eDiscovery on the exact web search queries Copilot derived from the user's prompt.” [2]
- Model
- Not yet verified
- What it reads
- Other data “Web search query logging is available so that admins can perform search, audit, and eDiscovery on the exact web search queries Copilot derived from the user's prompt.” “Administrators can also view the actual web search terms Copilot used, right alongside the original prompt, the response, and any supporting resources by using activity explorer in Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI.” [2] dated copy
- Where the data goes
- Not yet verified
- Trains on your data
- No “Copilot Chat does not use your data to train foundation models.” [1] dated copy
- On by default
- Not yet verified
- Can be turned off
- Not yet verified
- Billing
- Not yet verified
- Feature type
- Not yet verified
- Frameworks the catalog links to it
- Not yet verified
To turn it off
- All editions: Not yet verified
Frameworks the catalog links to it
Linked frameworks will appear once the reference set is published.
- All editions: Not yet verified
Sources
- Privacy and protections, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for web search in Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Chat, Microsoft, October 22, 2026
Change log
No change since first publication.
This fact sheet says nothing about your setup: the free readout, in French for now, reads it in your tools.