User Experience Search in context; actionable results; user tax from multiple search interfaces, and logons; no unified search results; People and Information Secure, relevant results from silos of enterprise information; untapped people expertise and social networks; Enterprise Ready Scalability, manageability and extensibility; privacy and compliance; Enterprise Search Challenges

Trends in Search Ubiquitous Search is everywhere all time, boundaries between structured and unstructured content will disappear (blurring the world of browse, find and query) Contextual Search needs to work the way people do, aware of surroundings, moving from reactive to proactive Integrated Search needs to be a key service component of an integrated information management strategy and infrastructure

Profile and Expertise Social Network People Enterprise Information Websites File Shares Line of Business Applications (ERP, CRM) Enterprise Content Mgt Desktop Files and E- mail Collaboration (WorkSpaces, Blogs, Wikis) Relevant Search Results from Unstructured and Structured Data Enterprise Search People and Information

Rich, Actionable Results Enterprise Search User Interface

Integrated into the applications you use everyday Search as a service Enterprise Search User Experience

XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services XML Web Services 6 Enterprise Content Management Unified Communications and Collaboration Business Intelligence Secure, Well-Managed Infrastructure Common Business Productivity Infrastructure Services WorkflowSearch Business Data Access IdentityPortal Presence Integrated User Experience Storage and XML data structures Enterprise Search Enterprise Ready User experience

Company Network People and Experts Business Data Company Network Web Desktop Web Desktop Microsoft Search Solutions Unlock Data and Expertise Built for the Enterprise Integrated User Experience Secure | Scalable | Manageable | Extensible Future …

Next Steps Download and install Windows Desktop Search Download and install Windows Desktop Search – rise rise rise Evaluate Office SharePoint Server 2007 Evaluate Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Evaluate Windows Vista Evaluate Windows Vista – px px px Try Windows Live Search Beta Try Windows Live Search Beta – Find out more about Microsoft search solutions Find out more about Microsoft search solutions –

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