One of the new features with SharePoint 2010 is the option to add-on FAST for advanced indexing and search capabilities. The short presentation below gives an idea of the extras you get with FAST versus just using SharePoint. The focus is on internal indexing/search solutions. FAST offers a lot more over SharePoint for use with public facing web sites but that’s a whole other scenario.
Read more »The presentation below contains a walkthrough the basics of what are content types in SharePoint 2010 and what’s new. Enjoy!
Read more »Originally, this series was supposed to be 4 parts. But started to realise that part 2 in one shot would be a very looooooong blog post. So here is part 2a. (Click here for part 1): Key messages from the presentation: Slide 3. Whilst most documents about indexing in SharePoint include a complicated diagram to [...]
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Earlier this year, Joining Dots ran a series of Enterprise Search workshops for Microsoft UK. Its purpose was to help organisations explore what enterprise search means and what Microsoft technologies can do to help implement an effective search solution. The workshop consisted of four sessions, containing a mix of presentations, hands-on demonstrations and plenty of [...]
Read more »This is a follow on post to Taxonomy in MOSS (SharePoint Server 2007). Not everyone knows that you can manage columns at the site collection level and then re-use them across libraries. Also, whilst SharePoint doesn’t really do taxonomy management, you can use lists to perform some lightweight management, such as controlling what values are [...]
Read more »On 21st May 2008 I presented to an audience of taxonomy professionals within the UK public sector. The last session of the day, I had 30 minutes to present on “Taxonomy within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS): Lessons learned from real-world deployments”. My aim was to briefly explain what MOSS can and cannot do [...]
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