Professional Microsoft Search

Plan, customize, and deploy Microsoft Search to get the results you want

Microsoft Enterprise Search technology offers cutting-edge innovations for connecting people to the information they seek. Written by a team of experts in the field, this book presents comprehensive coverage of Enterprise Search and the new Microsoft offerings. It starts by providing you with an understanding of how Enterprise Search differs from Internet search. It then explains how you can apply search technology across a wide range of applications, how to customize Enterprise Search to make it work for you, and how to develop applications that include search.

Professional Microsoft Search:

• Surveys the issues that need to be addressed for a successful search deployment

• Reviews the process of creating a business plan for search and establishing a search center of excellence

• Details SharePoint Search, Search Server, and FAST Search architecture, installation, and customization

• Details FAST Search for Internet Sites, including multinode deployment in Linux as well as the new Content Transformation Services and Interaction Management Services components

• Delves into advanced topics and trends such as social search and search/business intelligence convergence