{"id":644373,"date":"2020-03-19T12:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research?p=644373&#038;post_type=msr-group"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:44:34","slug":"msai","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/msai\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Search, Assistant and Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background-catalina-blue card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 \">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"microsoft-search-assistant-and-intelligence\">Microsoft Search, Assistant and Intelligence<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Search, Assistant and Intelligence (MSAI) unites multiple research disciplines with engineering to innovate within the products that millions of people use every day including Copilot. Wherever users are in Microsoft applications, we anticipate their needs and assist them in being more productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We work in areas including machine learning, information retrieval, data mining, natural language processing, and human computer interaction. Products of our team include&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftsearch\/overview-microsoft-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/outlook-blog\/focused-inbox-no-more-clutter\/ba-p\/389791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Focused Inbox<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/how-azure-machine-learning-service-powers-suggested-replies-in-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suggested Replies<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/cortana-reborn-microsofts-digital-assistant-becomes-less-alexa-more-productivity-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cortana<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/meeting-insights-contextual-assistance-for-everyone\/#:~:text=%20Meeting%20Insights%3A%20Contextual%20assistance%20for%20everyone%20,In%20order%20to%20make%20Meeting%20Insights...%20More%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meeting Insights<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/viva\/topics\/topic-experiences-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viva Topics<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/outlook-blog\/play-my-emails-in-outlook-extends-beyond-the-us-and-is-more\/ba-p\/1636526\">Play my Email<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudblogs.microsoft.com\/dynamics365\/bdm\/2022\/04\/04\/how-context-iq-improves-collaboration-in-dynamics-365\/\">Context IQ<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and many others. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in joining our team, view our career opportunities at the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/msaihire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Careers site<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading Microsoft&#8217;s effort to build deep intelligence into the products that millions of people use everyday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_group_start":"","footnotes":""},"research-area":[13556,13555],"msr-group-type":[243694],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-644373","msr-group","type-msr-group","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-research-area-search-information-retrieval","msr-group-type-group","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_group_start":"","msr_detailed_description":"","msr_further_details":"","msr_hero_images":[],"msr_research_lab":[],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Abhishek Arun","user_id":39012,"people_section":"Team Members","alias":"abarun"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Chad Atalla","user_id":40249,"people_section":"Team Members","alias":"chatalla"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Andreas Bode","user_id":30799,"people_section":"Team Members","alias":"abode"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"A.J. 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