Default to Modern Search in Lists and dropdowns for all users

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In Business Central v27.0 feature "Use optimized text search in lists" has been enabled for all users. According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-enter-criteria-filters?wt.mc_id=d365bc_inproduct_page#searching, If modern search is enabled for your environment, it's the default search method.

This is not the experience I am seeing in our environment. Legacy search is still the default in lists and dropdowns. It can be changed per user, but I am wondering why it isn't behaving as the default

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OussamaSabbouh 17,764 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

This is expected. In v27 the optimized (modern) search is available by default, but existing users keep their old (legacy) search preference. Only new users or users with reset personalization get modern search automatically. There’s currently no admin setting to force it for all users.

Docs:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-enter-criteria-filters

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/admin-feature-management

Regards,

Oussama Sabbouh

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YUN ZHU 101,995 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hope the following helps as well.

Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25): New options for Search in lists (Modern Search and new OptimizeForTextSearch property)

https://yzhums.com/55525/

Thanks.

ZHU

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