The 7.9 release of Elastic Enterprise Search introduces significant enhancements aimed at providing powerful and modern search experiences for app users, workplace teams, and website visitors, with notable updates to both App Search and Workplace Search. Key features include the addition of Workplace Search features to the free distribution tier, offering connectors to popular productivity tools and a Custom Source API, which allows users to boost productivity with modern search experiences without incurring additional costs. The release also integrates Elastic Enterprise Search into Kibana for seamless navigation and management, introduces a federated Gmail connector for Workplace Search, and includes advanced document tracking and logging for enhanced organizational insights. Moreover, the update inherits index lifecycle management policies from the Elastic Stack for automatic log and analytics management, while new features like document thumbnail previews and personalized search results based on user behavior enhance the overall user experience. Existing and new users can access these features through Elastic Cloud or by downloading the self-managed versions.