Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search

Using MOSS 2007 to index and search Lotus Notes databases

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ships with a protocol handler for indexing Lotus Notes databases. But it requires some post-installation steps to enable. Mapping Lotus Notes user identification numbers to Windows users is also a little tricky - but possible to enable security trimming of Lotus Notes search results. However, the entire topic of using SharePoint for indexing Lotus Notes databases has always seemed to be poorly documented. I have at least never been able to find a lot of useful information online on the topic. But today I just stumled upon three Microsoft blog post that sheds a lot more light on this topic.

How to setup the MOSS 2007 Protocol Handler for Lotus Notes to search multiple Domino Databases. Part 1 of 3
How to setup the MOSS 2007 Protocol Handler for Lotus Notes to search multiple Domino Databases. Part 2 of 3
How to troubleshoot MOSS 2007 Protocol Handler for Lotus Notes and other tips/tricks. Part 3 of 3

The third and last article in the series provides information about important hotfixes for the Lotus Notes protocol handler.

New book on SharePoint search

I have not blogged about this before but I have recently joined forces with Patrick to write a new book on MOSS 2007 search. Yes, an entire book dedicated to the topic of MOSS search as well as WSS search!

The book has already been announced by Microsoft Press here. It can also be pre-ordered on Amazon.

Blog Moving Day

I am pleased to announce that I have decided to officially move my SharePoint search blog to SHAREPOINTSearch.com. I would like to thank Christopher for providing the infrastructure for this blog.