Chapter 4. Search within SharePoint 2010

WHAT'S IN THIS CHAPTER?

  • Overviewing SharePoint Search 2010 and other Microsoft search technologies

  • Understanding SharePoint Search key components and architecture

  • Planning deployment and understanding information architecture best practices

  • Installing and configuring SharePoint Search 2010 and search deployment scalability

  • Enhancing the search user experience

This chapter is intended to introduce you to the key differences between SharePoint Foundation Search 2010, Search Server 2010, and Search for SharePoint 2010. Content in this chapter covers planning for search, installation, and prerequisites, as well as configuration, ongoing operations, and search deployment best practices guidance for deployment of the SharePoint Search 2010.

Fast Search for SharePoint, while a big part of the overall SharePoint search offering, will be briefly discussed in this chapter only from features comparison standpoint to give you a better idea of the options available from within the SharePoint-based search offering. Fast Search for SharePoint will be covered in more detail in Chapter 5.

SEARCHING WITH SHAREPOINT 2010

With the release of SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has made a clear and serious investment in Enterprise Search, and with it has introduced several platform options to meet a very broad range of requirements. In this chapter and the next, we will cover the installation, initial configuration, and administration of three of the new search products: SharePoint ...

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