WINDOW SEARCH SERVER 2008

Topics  Topology  High-level Architecture  Performance  WSS vs. MOSS Search Comparison  Search Server 2008

Topology  Single Server  Separate Index Server with WFE playing Query Role  Separate Index and Separate Query Server  Index Server can crawl itself or a specific WFE

Architecture  Index Engine  Query Engine  Protocol Handlers  IFilters  Content Index  Property Store  Search Configuration  Wordbreakers

Performance  Change Log / Security Change Only Crawl  Continuous Propagation  10s of Millions of documents per Indexer  WSS sites use MOSS Search

WSS vs. MOSS Search Comparison Windows SharePoint Services Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Can Index Local SharePoint content SharePoint, Web, Exchange File Shares, Notes, LOB… Rich, relevant results XX Alerts, RSS, DYM, Dup collapse XX Scopes, Managed Properties X Best Bets, Result Removal, Query Reports X TabsX People Search, *KN X **BDC Search X APIs Provided Query Query + Admin * Knowledge Network is a separate product ** BDC is Enterprise CAL

Introducing Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express

USER EXPERIENCE

Topics  Search Center  Search Usability Features  Power User Features  Demo

Search Center  Site Template  Tabbed Interface  Multiple Entry- points  Keywords, Definitions, and Best Bets  Extensible

Search Usability Features  Hit Highlighting  “Did you mean” feature  Duplicate collapsing

“Power User” Features  Property-based Searches Customer:Acme (find all items where Customer metadata = Acme) Author:”Sally Jones” (find all items authored by Sally Jones) ContentType:task (find all items of a specific content type) Site:  Keyword Searches +Solution (keyword inclusion) -Plumtree (keyword exclusion) Quotes for Exact Match (i.e., “User Group”)

EXTENSIBILITY

Topics  Search Web Parts  Search Tabs  Search API  Demo

Browser-Based Extensibility Options  Search Web Parts  Search Box / Advanced Search  Search Summary  Search Statistics  Search Paging  Search Actions  Search Best Bets / High Confidence Results  Search Results  Search Tab Pages

Search Input Web Parts  Search Box  Scope options  Additional query terms  Advanced Search Page  Search Results Page  Advanced Search  Input types  Properties (metadata)  Search Results Page

Search Utility Web Parts  Search Summary  “Did you mean”  “You searched for”  Search Statistics  Search Paging  Next / Prev Text  Next / Prev Images  Search Action Links  Determine what links to display

Search Best Bets / High Confidence Results  Same web part, different configuration  XSLT for display  Show Keywords?  Show Best Bets?  Show High Confidence Matches  Best Bet Limit

Search Core Results  Results per Page  Enable removal of duplicates  Enable stemming  Selected Columns  Configurable XSLT  Scope

Search Tabs  Based off of lists in Search Center Site  Tabs in Search Pages  Tabs in Search Results  Process:  Create Entry Page  Create Results Page  Configure Web Parts on Entry and Results Page  Add Entry Page to Tabs in Search Pages  Add Results Page to Tabs in Search Results

Bringing it all together…

Search API  KeywordQuery  Allows basic property-based and free text queries  Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query  Example: KeyWordQuery query = new KeyWordQuery(); query.SelectProperties.Add(“Customer”); query.QueryText = “Author:Erik SharePoint”; ResultTableCollection results = query.Execute(); KeyWordQuery query = new KeyWordQuery(); query.SelectProperties.Add(“Customer”); query.QueryText = “Author:Erik SharePoint”; ResultTableCollection results = query.Execute();

Search API  FullTextSqlQuery  Allows highly customized MSFT Full text search syntax queries  Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query  Example: FullTextSqlQuery query = new FullTextSqlQuery(); query.QueryText = “SELECT Customer, Path FROM Scope() WHERE …”; ResultTableCollection results = query.Execute(); FullTextSqlQuery query = new FullTextSqlQuery(); query.QueryText = “SELECT Customer, Path FROM Scope() WHERE …”; ResultTableCollection results = query.Execute();

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