Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search

Using MOSS 2007 to index and search Lotus Notes databases

lars — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:23:00 GMT

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

lars — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:58:00 GMT

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

lars — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:38:00 GMT

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!

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:24:01 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:43:39 GMT

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...(read more)

New community site sharepointsearch.com

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:30:33 GMT

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...(read more)

New SharePoint search blogger

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Mon, 21 May 2007 18:18:07 GMT

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...(read more)

Ontolica Video Tutorials

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:23:25 GMT

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...(read more)

Ontolica for MOSS 2007 RTM

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:57:43 GMT

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...(read more)

SharePoint Solution Installer

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:48:15 GMT

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...(read more)

Mike Taghizadeh covering MOSS 2007 Search Capabilities

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:35:13 GMT

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 |...(read more)

SharePoint Explorer for WSS3

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:24:20 GMT

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...(read more)

First Ontolica Screenshots

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:36:27 GMT

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...(read more)

Ontolica Beta Program

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:35:23 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft European SharePoint Conference 2007

Lars Fastrup on SharePoint Search — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:52:38 GMT

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...(read more)