Using Content Search to find content containing certain keywords

It can be difficult to track where people copy and save content, or where they're discussing critically sensitive things, such as confidential projects. In this recipe, we'll perform a content search to look through our entire tenant for content containing DocID-7846. This would be helpful in ensuring the compliance and confidentiality of specific content.

Getting ready

You should be a global administrator to complete this recipe.

How to do it…

1. Go to the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center at https://protection.office.com.
2. Click Search | Content search from the left navigation menu:

   Figure 11.5 – Content search link on the left-hand navigation menu of the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center

3. Click New search.
4. Enter the keyword(s) to search for. In our example, we're entering DocID-7846:

   Figure 11.6 – Keyword search terms entry

5. Select All...