Choosing a Search Implementation Topology Model

In this section, you’ll learn about the different types of Search topologies that you can implement using SharePoint Server 2007. You’ll find that your choices are both limited and expanded when compared to Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Those of you coming from the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 platform will likely be pretty happy with the changes, overall. However, as with all systems, you’ll encounter some considerations that need to be discussed and understood for your environment before you embark on a robust Search implementation.

Search is not that difficult to design in smaller environments. Many of you will find that you can implement a single Index/Query server in your farm and ...

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