It's a Bing thing: Microsoft drops plans to shove unloved search engine down throats of unsuspecting enterprises (good news)

The Register ^ | Feb 11, 2020 | Tim Anderson

[dayglored]

As a sysadmin for a small business who just loaded up on Office365 Pro Plus, this is good news.

[dayglored]

So maybe that wasn't such a great idea ... PING!

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[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow...”integrates web search with results from internal business data stored in Office 365.”

Just what I want...Microsoft deciding how to “integrate” web search results with my own private business data stored in MS products. As if I trust them to do that.

[ealgeone]

bing can’t find its way out of a one door room.

[Sans-Culotte]

I like the Bing daily wallpaper images on their homepage, but their leftist news headlines are off putting. In the address bar, my default search engine is Duck Duck go. I keep the Bing search bar on the homepage in case I am looking for a different result, particularly images.

[dennisw]

I use Bing and feel it is not as politically biased as google search. I use Bing for 90% of searches and resort to google for the really tough ones.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Microsoft has U-turned on plans to automatically switch browser search defaults to Bing when users install Office 365 Pro Plus.

I can't believe anyone at Microsoft ever thought this was a good idea - if there's one thing guaranteed to infuriate enterprise IT departments, it's the promise of thousands of their corporate users filing support tickets over jack-assery like this.

[Erik Latranyi]

It is a good move by Microsoft.

I enjoy and use Bing as my default browser on both PC and mobile, but Office 365 should not automatically switch without asking.

[SueRae]

I actually like Bing...better pictures.

But DuckDuck go is my search engine

[circlecity]

The absolute first thing I do with a new browser or new computer is set the default search engine to Duck Duck Go.

[chrisser]

I can't believe anyone at Microsoft ever thought this was a good idea - if there's one thing guaranteed to infuriate enterprise IT departments, it's the promise of thousands of their corporate users filing support tickets over jack-assery like this.

Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft employees actually work for a company that uses Microsoft products. I often have my doubts.

[9YearLurker]

When are they also going to stop shoving Bing and Edge down the throat of every Windows 10 user?

[DoodleBob]

Actually I prefer Bing to Google. It doesn't force me where I don't want to go, the splashscreen's are great.

But I prefer Duck Duck Go above all.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I hate bing. It’s searches always show me a lot more graphical content, and fewer words/entries, and I hate that. I know how to freaking read.

[Don W]

Bing works WAY better than any other search engine I’ve tried for cryptic crossword clues.

[Carriage Hill]

I’m staying w/ Office 2007 on Win-7 Pro x64. Office 365 wanted to take over my computer, so I uninstalled it.

[cuban leaf]

I use it instead of Google, except I use google maps.

[Scrambler Bob]

Do I remember correctly?

Back in the day it was possible to get a Google version to catalog/index my own content on my computer, then do searches.

I never did it. But sometimes think it would be useful for my terabytes of stuff.

Is this still possible? Is it necessary?

[Right Wing Assault]

As if I trust them to do that.

Maybe you would feel better if Microsoft software would make some of those tough business decisions for you? It wouldn't even bother you with what it's doing until everything is finished! You would have more time for the family and your other interests!

[JimRed]

Wassamadda wid BING? I’ve used it since I stopped Googling.