diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/auth.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f2d8cb6706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package searchV2
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/permissions"
+)
+
+// ResourceFilter checks if a given a uid (resource identifier) check if we have the requested permission
+type ResourceFilter func(uid string) bool
+
+// FutureAuthService eventually implemented by the security service
+type FutureAuthService interface {
+	GetDashboardReadFilter(user *models.SignedInUser) (ResourceFilter, error)
+}
+
+type simpleSQLAuthService struct {
+	sql *sqlstore.SQLStore
+}
+
+type dashIdQueryResult struct {
+	UID string `xorm:"uid"`
+}
+
+func (a *simpleSQLAuthService) GetDashboardReadFilter(user *models.SignedInUser) (ResourceFilter, error) {
+	// this filter works on the legacy `dashboard_acl` table
+	// we will also need to use `accesscontrol` after https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/44702/files is merged
+	// see https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/e355bd6d3a04111b8c9959f85e81beabbeb746bf/pkg/services/sqlstore/permissions/dashboard.go#L84
+	filter := permissions.DashboardPermissionFilter{
+		OrgRole:         user.OrgRole,
+		OrgId:           user.OrgId,
+		Dialect:         a.sql.Dialect,
+		UserId:          user.UserId,
+		PermissionLevel: models.PERMISSION_VIEW,
+	}
+
+	rows := make([]*dashIdQueryResult, 0)
+
+	err := a.sql.WithDbSession(context.Background(), func(sess *sqlstore.DBSession) error {
+		sql, params := filter.Where()
+		sess.Table("dashboard").
+			Where(sql, params...).
+			Cols("uid")
+
+		err := sess.Find(&rows)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	uids := make(map[string]bool, len(rows)+1)
+	for i := 0; i < len(rows); i++ {
+		uids[rows[i].UID] = true
+	}
+
+	return func(uid string) bool {
+		return uids[uid]
+	}, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/extract/dashboard.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/extract/dashboard.go
index dac4a12305a..38e174e5b47 100644
--- a/pkg/services/searchV2/extract/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/extract/dashboard.go
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 package extract
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 )
 
 func logf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Printf(format, a...)
+	//fmt.Printf(format, a...)
 }
 
 // nolint:gocyclo
diff --git a/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go b/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go
index d93d31dc560..5591d627bbb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/searchV2/service.go
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 type StandardSearchService struct {
-	sql *sqlstore.SQLStore
+	sql  *sqlstore.SQLStore
+	auth FutureAuthService // eventually injected from elsewhere
 }
 
 func ProvideService(sql *sqlstore.SQLStore) SearchService {
 	return &StandardSearchService{
 		sql: sql,
+		auth: &simpleSQLAuthService{
+			sql: sql,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -37,13 +41,34 @@ type dashMeta struct {
 func (s *StandardSearchService) DoDashboardQuery(ctx context.Context, user *backend.User, orgId int64, query DashboardQuery) *backend.DataResponse {
 	rsp := &backend.DataResponse{}
 
-	if user == nil || user.Role != string(models.ROLE_ADMIN) {
-		rsp.Error = fmt.Errorf("search is only supported for admin users while in early development")
+	// Load and parse all dashboards for given orgId
+	dash, err := loadDashboards(ctx, orgId, s.sql)
+	if err != nil {
+		rsp.Error = err
 		return rsp
 	}
 
-	// Load and parse all dashboards for given orgId
-	dash, err := loadDashboards(ctx, orgId, s.sql)
+	// TODO - get user from context?
+	getSignedInUserQuery := &models.GetSignedInUserQuery{
+		Login: user.Login,
+		Email: user.Email,
+		OrgId: orgId,
+	}
+
+	err = s.sql.GetSignedInUser(ctx, getSignedInUserQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error while retrieving user %s\n", err)
+		rsp.Error = fmt.Errorf("auth error")
+		return rsp
+	}
+
+	if getSignedInUserQuery.Result == nil {
+		fmt.Printf("no user %s", user.Email)
+		rsp.Error = fmt.Errorf("auth error")
+		return rsp
+	}
+
+	dash, err = s.applyAuthFilter(getSignedInUserQuery.Result, dash)
 	if err != nil {
 		rsp.Error = err
 		return rsp
@@ -54,6 +79,22 @@ func (s *StandardSearchService) DoDashboardQuery(ctx context.Context, user *back
 	return rsp
 }
 
+func (s *StandardSearchService) applyAuthFilter(user *models.SignedInUser, dash []dashMeta) ([]dashMeta, error) {
+	filter, err := s.auth.GetDashboardReadFilter(user)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// create a list of all viewable dashboards for this user
+	res := make([]dashMeta, 0, len(dash))
+	for _, dash := range dash {
+		if filter(dash.dash.UID) {
+			res = append(res, dash)
+		}
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
 type dashDataQueryResult struct {
 	Id       int64
 	IsFolder bool  `xorm:"is_folder"`
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/components/QueryEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/components/QueryEditor.tsx
index 57c45634b27..992fcf4f0e9 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/components/QueryEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/grafana/components/QueryEditor.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 import { GrafanaDatasource } from '../datasource';
 import { defaultQuery, GrafanaQuery, GrafanaQueryType } from '../types';
 import { config, getBackendSrv, getDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
 type Props = QueryEditorProps<GrafanaDatasource, GrafanaQuery>;
 
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ export class QueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   constructor(props: Props) {
     super(props);
 
-    if (config.featureToggles.panelTitleSearch && contextSrv.isGrafanaAdmin) {
+    if (config.featureToggles.panelTitleSearch) {
       this.queryTypes.push({
         label: 'Search',
         value: GrafanaQueryType.Search,