# Investigate Quick Start Guide (prior to SQL search) For additional information about Vectra's Investigation features (Advanced Investigation and Instant Investigation), please see the [Vectra AI Platform Investigation FAQ](https://docs.vectra.ai/operations/investigate/vectra-ai-platform-investigate-faq) . **Contains** * What is Vectra Investigate? * Before you begin * How to create and run a query * How to add or remove filters * How to modify the query's search period * How to add/remove and re-order columns in the results * How to run a query from Instant Investigation * Query Examples * Investigating an Azure AD attack with Powershell * Investigating a Microsoft 365 attack with Power Automate * All activity around a specific AWS EC2 instance * AWS activity performed with an assumed role * AWS activity performed with an assumed role on a different region * Troubleshooting * "Search could not be completed" or "Search timed out" * "Search could not be completed" (with error id) * "Something went wrong" * Related articles **Attachments** {% file src="" %}