Outlook search is not working

“Something went wrong and your search couldn’t be completed. It looks like there’s a problem with your network connection.”

Resources to help fix the Outlook 365 search is not working after the latest update.

• Office Update history and version numbers
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-microsoft365-apps-by-date
• Revert Office to an earlier version
  • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2770432/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2013-or-office-2016-clic
• Further information to help fix the problem.
  • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/outlook-global-customer-service/how-outlook-2016-utilizes-exchange-server-2016-fast-search/bc-p/1380141/highlight/true#M27
• Quickfix
  • Navigate to this registry key
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\search
  • Add DWORD 32 DisableServerAssistedSearch and set to 1

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