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Innovation on Linux and UNIX
04 February 10 05:19 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

Innovation is at the heart of our enterprise search strategy, and a commitment to innovation is what brought FAST and Microsoft together. When we announced the acquisition two years ago, we said that we were committed to cross-platform innovation—that...

Filed under: Announcements, Support, FAST, vision, enterprise search, FAST ESP, linux, unix

The Search Developer Story in SharePoint 2010 - Query Interfaces
20 November 09 06:39 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

SharePoint 2010 includes a number of features that make the platform easier to use for developers. An improved Visual Studio integration, the addition of LINQ to the SharePoint platform, sandboxing for deployment, and the new developer dashboard are just...

Filed under: Announcements, Query, Developer, Tools, SharePoint, FAST, search, enterprise search, FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

FAST meets SharePoint - What's Coming in Search for SharePoint 2010
27 October 09 09:22 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

Last week was the 2009 SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. The sold-out attendance of 7400 doubled the number from the previous SharePoint conference 1 ½ years ago. This is not too surprising given the incredible momentum of SharePoint and the fact that...

Filed under: Announcements, Updates, SharePoint, FAST, Ranking, Relevance, People Search, search, FASTForward'09, enterprise search, Perf & Scale, Scale

A Focus on Search User Experience
14 July 09 02:17 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

It’s happening… slowly … but it’s happening. Attention in search is finally shifting from a focus on low-level features and relevancy models to looking at the whole user experience for information access. I, for one, am very glad to see this trend. Of...

Filed under: FAST, search, vision, enterprise search, user interfaces, user experience

One Year with Microsoft – a FAST Perspective
17 April 09 06:49 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

After years of writing customer proposals, internal memoranda, and various stuffily formal documents, it feels like a luxury to be able to just write what I think about enterprise search. It’s actually part of my job these days and I’m looking forward...

Filed under: SharePoint, FAST, Strategy

Microsoft positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2008 Information Access Magic Quadrant
30 October 08 05:33 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

We’ve got great news to share! Last month, Gartner published the 2008 Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology, and Microsoft was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant. Since the completion of the acquisition, we’ve worked incredibly hard to communicate...

Filed under: Search Server, Announcements, Analyst, SharePoint, FAST

Announcing: SharePoint Web Parts for FAST ESP
20 June 08 01:06 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

It’s been around 45 days since the acquisition of FAST Search and Transfer closed and we’re moving quickly to provide interoperability for Microsoft customers between FAST ESP and Microsoft SharePoint Server. The first deliverables from this work are...

Filed under: Search Server, Announcements, Developer, Samples, Tools, SharePoint, FAST, Search Community Toolkit

FAST Tender Offer Complete!
25 April 08 09:00 AM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

Well, it has been a while since I last posted – but for good reason. Aside from our usual day-to-day efforts to deliver great enterprise search solutions for our customers, we’ve also been feverishly working on the acquisition of FAST Search & Transfer...

Filed under: Announcements, FAST