Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search

Using MOSS 2007 to index and search Lotus Notes databases

2007-11-06T18:23:00Z

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

2007-11-06T17:58:00Z

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

2007-11-06T17:38:00Z

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.

SharePoint Solution Installer source code released!

2007-09-12T23:24:01Z

Here is some good news for all of you who asked for the source to my popluar SharePoint Solution Installer. I have now moved it to CodePlex as the project: http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointinstaller I am really short on time to improve it any further in the near future. But I will be happy to invite interested contributors to the project on CodePlex. Just use my contact form on CodePlex to ask for participation. Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

The secrets of SQL Syntax Queries for Relevant Results in MOSS 2007 Enterprise Search

2007-07-31T21:43:39Z

This post is a description of how to use the Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.FullTextSqlQuery class for searching with the MOSS 2007 search engine using the Enterprise Search SQL syntax . I will at the end of this posting explain how to execute queries for optimal results rankings. But let me first establish the basics of using the FullTestSqlQuery class. You will only need to employ it for one of the following reasons: You need to support Wildcard searches. You need to search with date ranges...(read more)

New community site sharepointsearch.com

2007-07-31T21:30:33Z

A great new community site ( sharepointsearch.com ) dedicated to the topic SharePoint Search is born. Here you find much information and ressources related to SharePoint search like thirdparty vendors, expert blogs, upcoming events, articles, books, consultants, etc. Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

New SharePoint search blogger

2007-05-21T18:18:07Z

It is always a pleasure to welcome new SharePoint Seach bloggers and so I warmly welcome and recommend Christopher Even's new blog on SharePoint Enterprise Search . He is very knowledgeable about SharePoint Search with many big Enterprise Search Developments behind him. He is furthermore a top expert on Protocol Handlers and IFilters having developed a generic protocol handler for SharePoint 2003 and 2007. I have seen it in action and it can literally index content (not just data as the BDC)...(read more)

Ontolica Video Tutorials

2007-05-15T10:23:25Z

Our technical writer just finished the first Ontolica video tutorial , explaining the process of installing Ontolica for MOSS 2007 and creating a new Ontolica search center. We will soon post more tutorials here . Our technical writer, Karl Maybach, also wrote an excellent administrators guide for Ontolica. It is included in the Ontolica download. He is a freelance writer and the best one you could ever hire. You basically just have to show him your product once and vaguely explain what it does ...(read more)

Ontolica for MOSS 2007 RTM

2007-04-26T11:57:43Z

I am together with the rest of Mondosoft proud to announce the RTM release of Ontolica for MOSS 2007 . This is a great milestone for us that deserves to be celebrated and our internal release party will therefore bring us to the Noerrebro Brew House tonight for a great Beer experience.... In brief the product simply offers an improved search UI on top of the MOSS 2007 search engine. It is also a major upgrade of our first SharePoint search add-on Ontolica for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 . We released...(read more)

SharePoint Solution Installer

2007-03-14T19:48:15Z

Here ya go - a free tool for eased installation and deployment of SharePoint 2007 solution files to a SharePoint server farm. Version 1.0.3 Download: SharePointSolutionInstaller_V1_0_3.zip The tool is FREEWARE and provided AS IS. Please comment on this post to report any issues. ** UPDATE March 25 th 2007: New version 1.0.3 release. It includes a work-around for the daylight saving time (DST) bug in the SharePoint 2007 timer service, which caused the solution deployment and retraction jobs to not...(read more)

Mike Taghizadeh covering MOSS 2007 Search Capabilities

2007-02-22T22:35:13Z

I just stumbled upon a great blog about MOSS 2007 Search by Mike Taghizadeh . I can recommend reading his two latest posts on stemming in the MOSS 2007 search engine. MOSS Search Word Stemming - Part 1 MOSS Search Word Stemming - Part 2 Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint Explorer for WSS3

2007-02-15T17:24:20Z

I learned that Patrick once again promoted our free SharePoint Explorer tool. This time on the Microsoft European SharePoint Conference 2007 in Berlin this week. Thanks Patrick SharePoint Explorer has until now only been available for SharePoint 2003. But I once recompiled it for 2007 and sent Patrick a copy, which is the one he showed in Berlin. So now I better make it available to all of you. You can download it here: SharePointExplorer_V1_5_1_For_WSS3.zip **UPDATE March 9th 2007: Fixed bug where...(read more)

First Ontolica Screenshots

2007-02-10T14:36:27Z

I have been asked a few times this week for some screen shots of the upcoming release of Ontolica Search for MOSS 2007. I have therefore decided to post a few screenshots now to give you an idea of how the new Ontolica is going to look like. I have only picked four screen shots for now. The first three will give you and idea of the Ontolica search experience and the fourth one an idea about the configuration experience. The latter illustrates a configuration wizard for easy management of the property...(read more)

Ontolica Beta Program

2007-02-09T20:35:23Z

We are now preparing a beta program for our new product Ontolica Search for MOSS 2007. We plan for a two month beta period with the following milestones: Beta 1 on February 22nd This release will only be available to selected beta testers. But we are still accepting requests for joining the beta program, You can sign up by sending an email to beta@ontolica.com . You wíll in turn receive an installation package plus some preliminary documentation on the 22nd. We will also arrange a live meeting online...(read more)

Microsoft European SharePoint Conference 2007

2007-02-09T19:52:38Z

I will attend the SharePoint 2007 conference in Berlin next week together will a few other Mondosofters. We will have a booth in the exhibition area where we will be able to give you a preview of the upcoming Ontolica Search for MOSS 2007. I am also going there as a speaker. I will present the Microsoft session IT06 - Search Technical Drilldown on day 2 at 11:30. You should attend this session if you would like to get a better overview of all the great improvements to be found in MOSS 2007 search...(read more)