Book description
Build robust, scalable search solutions to fit the way your business works
Deliver powerful search tools to your clients—using Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint. Led by three search experts, you’ll learn how to deliver advanced intranet search capabilities and build custom, search-driven applications for your business. Use your skills as a SharePoint architect or developer to configure and program this server for different search scenarios, based on real-world examples.
Discover how to:
Integrate FAST Search Server for SharePoint into your existing SharePoint architecture
Use best practices to develop solutions specific to your business
Enable users to search millions of SharePoint documents efficiently
Master powerful indexing and data modification techniques
Expand document processing capabilities to handle data more effectively
Develop custom search applications and web parts
Configure your server for current content volume, and plan for future expansion
Manage search operations and monitor performance directly from SharePoint
Table of contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
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I. What You Need to Know
- 1. Introduction to FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
- 2. Search Concepts and Terminology
- 3. FS4SP Architecture
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4. Deployment
- Overview
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
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Installation Guidelines
- Before You Start
- Software Prerequisites
- FS4SP Preinstallation Configuration
- FS4SP Update Installation
- FS4SP Slipstream Installation
- Single-Server FS4SP Farm Configuration
- Deployment Configuration
- Multi-Server FS4SP Farm Configuration
- Manual and Automatic Synchronization of Configuration Changes
- Certificates and Security
- Creating FAST Content SSAs and FAST Query SSAs
- Enabling Queries from SharePoint to FS4SP
- Creating a Search Center
- Scripted Installation
- Advanced Filter Pack
- IFilter
- Replacing the Existing SharePoint Search with FS4SP
- Development Environments
- Production Environments
- Conclusion
- 5. Operations
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II. Creating Search Solutions
- 6. Search Configuration
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7. Content Processing
- Introduction
- Crawling Source Systems
- Item Processing
- Conclusion
- 8. Querying the Index
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9. Useful Tips and Tricks
- Searching Inside Nondefault File Formats
- Extending the Expiration Date of the FS4SP Self-Signed Certificate
- Replacing the Default FS4SP Certificate with a Windows Server CA Certificate
- Removing the FAST Search Web Crawler
- Upgrading from SharePoint Search to FS4SP
- Improving the Built-in Duplicate Removal Feature
- Returning All Text for an Indexed Item
- Executing Wildcard Queries Supported by FQL
- Getting Relevancy with Wildcards
- Debugging an External Item Processing Component
- Using the Content of an Item in an External Item Processing Component
- Creating an FQL-Enabled Core Results Web Part
- Creating a Refinement Parameter by Using Code
- Improving Query Suggestions
- Preventing an Item from Being Indexed
- Creating a Custom Property Extractor Dictionary Based on a SharePoint List
- Crawling a Password-Protected Site with the FAST Search Web Crawler
- Configuring the FAST Search Database Connector to Detect Database Changes
- Conclusion
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10. Search Scenarios
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Productivity Search
- Introduction to Productivity Search
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Contoso Productivity Search
- Setting Up a Search Center
- Setting Up Department User Context
- Creating a Department Refiner
- Promoting Items for Coworkers by Using an FQL-Enabled Web Part
- Promoting Items for Coworkers by Using Predefined Scopes
- Demoting Site Collection Root and Site Home
- Adding a Products Refiner
- Using Visual Best Bets to Redirect to a Landing Page
- Adding Relevant Documents to a Page by Using Enterprise Keywords
- Productivity Search Example Wrap-Up
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E-Commerce Search
- Introduction to E-Commerce Search
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Adventure Works E-Commerce
- Setting Up an External Content Type for Indexing
- Setting Up a New Content Source
- Defining Properties, Full-Text Index, and Rank Profile
- Setting Up a Basic Search Storefront
- Promoting High-Margin Products
- Setting Up a Price Refiner Conditional on the Product Language
- Promoting Items
- Multiple Search Setting Groups
- E-Commerce Example Wrap-Up
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Productivity Search
- A. About the Authors
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Working with Microsoft® FAST™ Search Server 2010 for SharePoint®
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2012
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735671430
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