Here are five simple tips to help improve the quality of search results when using SharePoint Server 2007 or Search Server 2008 (they share identical indexing and search features)
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 »Microsoft Search Server 2008 is due to be released later this year. It is a subset of SharePoint Server 2007, containing Windows SharePoint Services (the free add-on to Windows Server 2003 or later) and Search Center (indexing and search). You can currently download a release candidate of Search Server Express Edition The release candidate includes [...]
Read more »I’m using the following table in the Enterprise Search workshops I am currently delivering on behalf of Microsoft. People seem to be finding it useful so I thought I’d post it here. It is an expanded version of the table you can find on Microsoft’s web site (see end of post for link). The table [...]
Read more »Just up on Techmeme, looks like Microsoft is going to acquire FAST, an independent enterprise search solution. There is a press release from Microsoft and a blog post discussing what it means from ZDNet.
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