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title: Administrators can turn SIFT indexes on/off
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# Administrators can turn SIFT indexes on/off

> Governance and administration: Administrators can turn SIFT indexes on/off. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). Administrators can now turn SIFT indexes on/off directly in the Business Central application.

[Microsoft 365 roadmap 573316](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=573316) · Governance and administration · generally available · roadmap status "Launched", phase General Availability

## What Microsoft says

Administrators can now turn SIFT indexes on/off directly in the Business Central application.

## Dates

- General availability: October CY2026 (2026 release wave 2)
- Public preview: not given
- On the roadmap since 2026-09-30, last changed 2026-09-30

## Covered by

Matched by Haiku among videos and Learn pages in the same galaxy system, checked against the roadmap ids and the evidence text. Every link below was reviewed by Opus.

### Videos

- [Business Central: Turn SIFT Indexes on or Off](../videos/bVPFIhkvZEA.md): Turn SIFT indexes on or off from Business Central client at [0:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVPFIhkvZEA&t=11s)

Source: Microsoft 365 roadmap. Status words follow the roadmap.