Microsoft Search API
E700369
Microsoft Search API is a developer interface that enables unified, intelligent search experiences across Microsoft 365 data and services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Search API canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7934162 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Search API Context triple: [Microsoft APIs, includes, Microsoft Search API]
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A.
Windows Search
Windows Search is a desktop search platform in Microsoft Windows that indexes files, emails, and other data to provide fast, integrated search across the operating system.
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B.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
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C.
Search/Retrieve Web Service
Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
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D.
Qwant
Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
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E.
Google Search
Google Search is a widely used web search engine developed by Google that allows users to find information, websites, images, and other content across the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Search API Target entity description: Microsoft Search API is a developer interface that enables unified, intelligent search experiences across Microsoft 365 data and services.
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A.
Windows Search
Windows Search is a desktop search platform in Microsoft Windows that indexes files, emails, and other data to provide fast, integrated search across the operating system.
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B.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
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C.
Search/Retrieve Web Service
Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
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D.
Qwant
Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
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E.
Google Search
Google Search is a widely used web search engine developed by Google that allows users to find information, websites, images, and other content across the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Graph API feature
ⓘ
search API ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
Microsoft Graph SDKs
ⓘ
REST ⓘ
linked to:
REST API
|
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| developerOf | unified search experiences ⓘ |
| documentedAt | https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/resources/search-api-overview ⓘ |
| enables |
search across Microsoft 365 data
ⓘ
search across Microsoft 365 services ⓘ |
| exposesEndpoint |
/search/acronyms
ⓘ
/search/answers ⓘ /search/bookmarks ⓘ /search/qnas ⓘ /search/query ⓘ /search/query/vertical ⓘ |
| hasPreviewFeatures | beta endpoint in Microsoft Graph ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
Microsoft Graph v1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Graph API
|
| partOf |
Microsoft Graph
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Graph API
|
| requires |
Azure AD authentication
ⓘ
Microsoft Entra ID authentication ⓘ |
| returns |
aggregations
ⓘ
entity results ⓘ hitsContainers ⓘ search results ⓘ |
| supports |
Exchange Online
ⓘ
Microsoft 365 ⓘ Microsoft 365 Groups ⓘ Microsoft Teams ⓘ Office 365 ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft 365
OneDrive for Business ⓘ
linked to:
OneDrive
SharePoint Online ⓘ
linked to:
SharePoint
Yammer ⓘ |
| supportsAuthenticationFlow | OAuth 2.0 ⓘ |
| supportsEntityType |
driveItem
ⓘ
event ⓘ externalItem ⓘ listItem ⓘ message ⓘ site ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Q&A answers management
ⓘ
acronym answers management ⓘ bookmarks management ⓘ custom external data sources ⓘ custom search verticals ⓘ federated search ⓘ filters and refiners ⓘ graph connectors ⓘ paging ⓘ relevance ranking ⓘ result aggregation ⓘ search verticals ⓘ semantic search ⓘ sorting ⓘ |
| supportsPermissionModel |
application permissions
ⓘ
delegated permissions ⓘ |
| supportsQueryLanguage |
AQS
ⓘ
KQL ⓘ
linked to:
Kusto Query Language
simple query syntax ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building custom search applications
ⓘ
embedding Microsoft 365 search in line-of-business apps ⓘ enterprise search scenarios ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | HTTPS ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Microsoft Search API Description of subject: Microsoft Search API is a developer interface that enables unified, intelligent search experiences across Microsoft 365 data and services.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.