Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

I’m pleased to announce that we're unveiling Microsoft Search Server 2008 today at the Enterprise Search Summit in San Jose! The really exciting news is that we're also offering a free version of this product – Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express – which...

As announced on the SharePoint Team blog this morning we released to web three new important updates that affect SharePoint Server 2007 , Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 , Project Server 2007 , Search Server 2008 , Search Server 2008 Express and Project...

I've had several questions recently about how to index Exchange Server 2007 Public Folders with SharePoint Server 2007. Unfortunately with the RTM versions of both products it's not actually possible due a couple of issues with both Exchange Server 2007...

It’s happening… slowly … but it’s happening. Attention in search is finally shifting from a focus on low-level features and relevancy models to looking at the whole user experience for information access. I, for one, am very glad to see this trend...

Last week was the 2009 SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. The sold-out attendance of 7400 doubled the number from the previous SharePoint conference 1 ½ years ago. This is not too surprising given the incredible momentum of SharePoint and the fact that...

Today marks the release of 2 new Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connectors (formally known as Protocol Handlers) for EMC Documentum 5.3 (Service Pack 4) and IBM FileNet P8 3.5.1 or 3.5.2. The connectors are compatible with the 32bit English Language...

SharePoint 2010 includes a number of features that make the platform easier to use for developers. An improved Visual Studio integration, the addition of LINQ to the SharePoint platform, sandboxing for deployment, and the new developer dashboard are just...

It’s been a very exciting last few months for both Microsoft and our customers in the enterprise search space. In November, Jon Kauffman provided some insight into our Search Server Express product and its importance to companies that are looking...

The hotfix for enabling case-sensitive URL's to be crawled with MOSS is pretty well known http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932619 (The fix is also included in MOSS SP1) but what is maybe less well known is that you also need to enable the same registry...

Last week at the SharePoint Conference we announced the Search Community Toolkit which is a set of tools, utilities and samples available from CodePlex to extend and enhance the search features in SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 for Search...

This is the first of three articles to discuss how to implement the protocol handler for Lotus Notes MOSS 2007 to search Lotus Domino databases. A knowledge of the Lotus Notes Client/ IBM Lotus Domino Designer and Lotus Domino Server is needed. The point...

So you’ve finished the Domino side, time to work on the MOSS Side. Check and double check the following permissions are set properly. If not, you can cause yourself a lot of unneeded frustration. Create the following type of table on paper or in...

It’s been around 45 days since the acquisition of FAST Search and Transfer closed and we’re moving quickly to provide interoperability for Microsoft customers between FAST ESP and Microsoft SharePoint Server. The first deliverables from this work are...

conceptClassifier for SharePoint adds automatic document classification and taxonomy management to Microsoft SharePoint and works without the need to build another search index. It is installed as a set of Features that, when activated, cause new columns...

Starting Faceted Search 2.5, the solution relies on Microsoft Enterprise Library to address common software requirements in caching, logging, exception handling, policy injection etc., etc. More importantly, the 2.5 is a ground breaking release that is...

My name is Dan Blood, I am a senior tester working in the product group that is responsible for Search within MOSS and MSS.  One of my responsibilities is maintaining a mirror, SearchBeta,  of the enterprise search solution that all of Microsoft...

Hello again, Dan Blood here.  As I layout some of the lessons I have learned hosting SearchBeta  I thought it would be beneficial to let you all know what kind of hardware I am using to support this environment.  Be aware that I am not...

Matthew McDermott , a SharePoint MVP , has written a great 4 part blog post on how to make SharePoint 2007 search (and Search Server) render image results in a way that looks very similar to http://images.live.com . Not only does this make searching images...

This article has been a long time coming, but it is finally here.  In the post below I will cover how to configure the Search database to span multiple filegroups.  First I'll cover a little about the benefits of doing so: General references...

In my first post on this subject last week, I referred to a scene in the movie “Minority Report” as a visionary example of a natural user interfaces (NUIs) and, more to the theme of this blog, a visionary example of ad hoc search within a NUI. I realize...

(In May of this year, Microsoft launched its Bing search service for the Web. While Bing has shown steady growth in the Web search market, it’s not well known that Bing also includes a collection of services that can be accessed programmatically to enhance...

Hello again, the interest in the existing posts is starting to climb. As always feel free to post comments or questions to any of the posts and I will either answer your questions directly or add them as topics for the next set of posts. This week I wanted...

We recently published ~17 hours of training videos for Enterprise Search on TechNet. The 14 recorded presentations are based on training modules from a three-day, in-person training course ‘Implementing and Deploying an Enterprise Search solution’...

Today, I ’ m very happy to write about our continued momentum in Enterprise Search! At the sold out SharePoint Conference here in Seattle, we're launching Search Server and Search Server Express to deliver on promise of enterprise search for the masses...

Important Hotfixes Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937203 and then this one, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937208 After installing the hotfixes please don’t forget to do this step; Run the "SharePoint Products and Technologies...