Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Web Applications The Complete Reference

CHAPTER 16 Enterprise Search

When modern computing was still young, the vast majority of processing power was used for generating content—performing calculations, analyzing input, and producing useful output. Today, although a sizeable percentage of processing power is still used in assisting users in producing content in the form of word processing applications and spreadsheet applications, an ever-increasing slice is now used to manage the content being created. In fact, these days, the role of the IT professional is often more about managing user-created content than it is about creating content itself.

This is where SharePoint 2010’s enterprise search technology enters the picture. Enterprise search is the one feature that delivers immediate ...