No. SharePoint remains a system of record for files and permissions. Primind sits on top of connected sources like SharePoint and helps employees find answers and source links faster.
Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft 365 Search is useful when a user knows they are looking inside Microsoft 365. Primind searches across connected sources and uses both meaning-based retrieval and keyword search to find relevant material even when users do not know the exact tool, file, or wording.
Copilot is a broad AI assistant for Microsoft workflows. Primind is focused on source retrieval: finding the right company material, producing a direct answer, and showing source links where available. Primind also gives owners control over source connections and full search permissions.
By default, no. Users without full search permissions search using last-synced source permission data. Unsupported or unverifiable permission data is excluded by default.
No. New users default to source-permission search. Owners can grant full search permissions to designated users who should search the organization's connected knowledge base.
In source-permission search, content with unsupported or unverifiable permissions is excluded by default. External permission changes are reflected after provider webhooks or scheduled sync, with daily permission refresh as the target cadence. Until then, Primind uses last-synced permission metadata.
No. Primind uses Primind-controlled AI infrastructure for answer generation. Prompts and retrieved company content are not sent to third-party AI model providers to generate responses.
No. Organization source content, prompts, retrieved chunks, embeddings, summaries, cached answers, and generated answers are not used for advertising or model training.
Primind supports connected workplace sources such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Gmail, Outlook / Microsoft 365 mail, and Zoho Mail. Available sources may vary by rollout.
Yes, where available. Primind includes citations or source links so users can verify the original file, message, email, or attachment behind an answer.