Michael O'Donovan's SharePoint and Stuff : Search

Fast ESP Web Parts for SharePoint Released

modonovan — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:49:30 GMT

FAST has released a set of installable Web parts (Web parts are reusable UI components for building SharePoint sites) for quickly integrating FAST ESP with SharePoint Server 2007. These Web parts allow SharePoint administrators to build ESP-based search sites inside SharePoint Server 2007 by simply dropping in and configuring the appropriate components.

The web parts not been released through a formal channel, but are rather available through a CodePlex project, which can be accessed here http://www.codeplex.com/espwebparts

This is the first step in technically integrating this high-end Fast ESP product (which Microsoft recently acquired as part of the company Fast acquisition) with SharePoint. In future blog posts we will detail information on Fast ESP and it's positioning with the rest of the Microsoft Enterprise Search offerings.

The following components have been released through the CodePlex project:

Search Box - Web part that supports creation of a search box for query term submission
Result List - Web part that displays search results and supports sorting, pagination, and navigator-based filtering
Navigators - Web part for displaying dynamic navigators that profile search results across a set of pre-defined dimensions and allow users to refine the search through navigation clicks
Breadcrumb - Web part for displaying the search term(s) and list of navigators used to obtain the current result set
Search Site Template – Template for linking together the various Web parts to build a complete search site in one step

Happy Playing...if you know Fast ESP and SharePoint ;-)

Windows Desktop Search 4.0 Released

modonovan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:56:48 GMT

In case you didn't hear. Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 4.0 has been released, and is now available to download. This is an update to both the existing Windows XP and Windows Vista desktop search solutions. You can find more detailed information and links to download it for your appropriate operating system from the official WDS web site.

WPF Application to Aggregate Search Results from the Desktop, Internet and Intranet

modonovan — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:28:26 GMT

Wow, it looks pretty cool and it's practical. This Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application from Ergo is a single application which allows you to view search results from multiple federated locations e.g. Desktop Search, MOSS Search and even your favourite Internet search engine.

Download the beta and give it a go.