An enterprise search solution can provide you with fast and secure access to data that traditionally has been stored in different silos. This can e.g. be leveraged to create enterprise mashups , something that is particularly interesting together with...

A visual representation can be helpful for quickly understanding your search result. We've previously seen how to extend the user experience with a Tag Cloud Web Part , so now let's look at how to leveraging the out-of-the-box refiners to visualize the...

Let's see how we can extend the SharePoint 2010 search user experience by programmatically implementing a Tag Cloud Web Part . We'll use the Federation OM, the object model (OM) Web Parts in SharePoint 2010 are based on, to create a Web Part like in the...

Let's look more in detail at a typical FAST Search Server for SharePoint 2010 deployment, and in particular at the Search Service Applications (SSAs) in such a deployment. SharePoint 2010 with FAST Search as the search provider will typically have two...

In my previous post I mentioned that you can use the same search object models and interfaces to query both FAST Search and SharePoint Search in SharePoint 2010. So let's look at how you can accomplish this by issuing a simple query using PowerShell....

Last week I wrote a high level overview on The Search Developer Story in SharePoint 2010 over at the Enterprise Search Blog . Next, I'll provide a more detailed look at the different integration points in a series of blog posts. It will be aimed mainly...

I wanted to kick off this blog with some links and resources related to last week's SharePoint 2010 beta announcements. In particular I wanted to focus on the search side, where there now are two main offerings; the out-of-the-box SharePoint Search, and...