The document discusses different search options available in SharePoint 2010, including SharePoint Foundation Search, Search Server Express, Search Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 Search, and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint. It provides details on the indexing capabilities, features, and intended uses of each search option. FAST Search Server is highlighted as an enterprise-wide search solution capable of indexing over 500 million records and providing personalized search results based on user profiles.
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Search Options in SharePoint 2010
1. Search for SharePoint 2010
By
Milan Chauhan
Sharepointzone.blogspot.in
@chauhanmilan
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2. Search Products
1. SharePoint Foundation Search
2. Search Server Express
3. Search Server 2010
4. SharePoint Server 2010 Search
5. FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
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3. SharePoint Foundation Search
• Shipped with SharePoint Foundation
• Search works on single site collection at a time
• Content such as sites and lists
• Indexed items up to 10 million per search server
But
• Cannot index external data sources
• Intended to be used in small implementation.
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4. Search Server Express
• This product is Free
• It can index external sources
• Supports search federation
• This product targets organization where they need enterprise search
solutions but limited scalability.
• Index upto 3 lac items in SQL Express and 10 million items in SQL
Server
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5. Search Server 2010
• This enterprise search engine scale across multiple servers to distribute
workload.
• Index up to 100 million items
• This is advanced version on Search Server Express
• This product is for organization intended to have enterprise search
solution
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6. SharePoint Server 2010 Search
• Build in Search capability for SharePoint Server 2010
• All capabilities of Search Server 2010
• Additional capabilities include people search, taxonomy and social
networking
• Index up to 100 million records
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8. FAST Search For SP
• An enterprise wide Search Solution
• Offers great capacity, flexibility and intelligence
• SharePoint and FAST build on same interface. So platform can be easily
migrated.
• Indexed more than 500 million records
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9. FAST Content Processing
• Character Normalization e.g. øystein = Oystein and vice versa
• Related words. Applies to noun and adjectives
• Custom Refiners e.g. Entity extraction such as company
• Custom rank models and relevance
Anchor authority, Query authority, Freshness, Quality
Query language to boost relevance of keywords
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