Restricted Content Discovery (RCD)
A SharePoint Advanced Management setting that prevents a site's content from surfacing in organization-wide search and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Restricted Content Discovery (RCD) is a SharePoint Advanced Management setting that prevents a site’s files from appearing in organization-wide Microsoft Search results and in Microsoft 365 Copilot responses. When enabled, Copilot cannot retrieve or summarize that site’s content, giving administrators a low-disruption way to contain oversharing risk while a broader permissions review proceeds. The key exam distinction is that RCD is a discovery control, not a permissions change: users who navigate directly to the site can still open content they already have permission to view.
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