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Announcing Faceted Search v2.5
12 August 08 05:50 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

Starting Faceted Search 2.5, the solution relies on Microsoft Enterprise Library to address common software requirements in caching, logging, exception handling, policy injection etc., etc. More importantly, the 2.5 is a ground breaking release that is...

Filed under: Express, Search Server, Announcements, ITPro, Developer, Samples, SharePoint, Search Community Toolkit, Results

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

Introducing Protocol Handler.NET
05 June 08 02:13 AM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

"Protocol Handler.Net is a set of .Net wrappers for the protocol handler interfaces that enable developers to create and deploy protocol handlers for SharePoint search and Search Server.  Developers can index data and documents from any system...

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

Understanding Total Hits & Paging in the MOSS 2007 Search API
22 May 08 02:45 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

One of the more discussed topics I’ve seen (and struggled with myself) is around the concept of obtaining the total number of hits in a search results when working with the MOSS API. For instance, when I search for “sales forecast” in...

Filed under: Express, Search Server, Query, Developer, Samples, SharePoint, Results

Add Virtual Earth Interactive Maps to your Search Server Site
01 April 08 05:40 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

Are you trying to think of ways to make your Search Server site more interactive and graphical? You can use Federation as a way to enhance the functionality of your search result pages. The Federated Search Web Part makes it possible to display more than...

Filed under: Search Server, Connectivity, Query, Developer, WebService, Samples, Documentation

Search Community Toolkit
12 March 08 04:15 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

Last week at the SharePoint Conference we announced the Search Community Toolkit which is a set of tools, utilities and samples available from CodePlex to extend and enhance the search features in SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 for Search...

Filed under: Express, Search Server, Announcements, Connectivity, ITPro, Developer, WebService, Samples, Tools, SharePoint

How to: Enable Faceted Search in Search Server 2008 and SharePoint Server 2007 Search
24 November 07 12:42 PM | Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog

It has many names; Faceted Search, Refinement UI, Search within Search and it’s a feature that’s frequently requested. Both Search Server 2008 Express and SharePoint Server 2007 Search can display faceted results with just a little customization work...

Filed under: ITPro, Query, Developer, Samples, Tools