Microsoft Enterprise Search provides a unified search platform that can search across multiple repositories and discover experts within an organization. It balances end-user adoption with IT manageability and tunes search relevance for business contexts. The platform includes server-side and desktop search with integrated user experiences, and supports security, compliance, and intellectual property protection.

1. Microsoft Enterprise Search
Het zoeken voorbij
Hans van der Meer
Marketing manager
hansv@microsoft.com

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5. Enterprise Search Challenges
Balancing end-user adoption and IT manageability
Relevance & Ranking Multiple Repositories
Tune for business context Data locked in silos
Discovering Experts Security & Privacy
People are as important as data Ensure compliance and protect IP

6. Enterprise Search from Microsoft
Server-Side Search Platform Desktop Search Platform

7. Integrated User Experience
Unlock Data and Expertise
Built for the Enterprise

8. An Integrated Approach to Search
Built on Common Indexing Technology
Available Through Familiar Applications
Common APIs, Protocol Handlers and iFilters
Common Full-Text Search Engine
MS Search

9. SharePoint Server for Search
A search-only solution for intranets and public-facing web
(Internet) sites
Two versions
Standard Edition limited to 500,000 docs
Enterprise Edition with unlimited* docs
Both versions limited to one index
Both versions available in 32-bit and 64-bit
Easily upgrade from Standard to Enterprise Edition
Upgrade path from SharePoint Server 2007 for Search to
the broader information management capabilities of
SharePoint Server 2007
*Tested to 50M docs. There is no technical limit; limited by hardware only.

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