Assigning the Search Admin and Search Editor roles

Individuals assigned the Search Admin and Search Editor roles can complete the recipes in this chapter and manage Microsoft Search on a day-to-day basis. In this recipe, you'll learn how to assign the search admin role to a user, and you can follow the same steps to assign the search editor role (swapping, of course, the role selected).

Getting ready

You must be a global admin or search admin to complete the steps in this recipe.

How to do it…

1. Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center at https://admin.microsoft.com.
2. From the left-side navigation menu, select Users | Active users.
3. Search for and/or select the user to which you're assigning the search admin role, and use the top menu's ellipsis icon to select Manage roles:

   Figure 5.30 – The Manage roles link available from the selected user's ellipsis menu

4. Expand Show all by category:
   

   Figure 5.31 – The Show all by category...