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Although some resources are written for a specific product, much of the content is broadly applicable to Office SharePoint Server 2007, Search Server 2008, and Search Server 2008 Express. The items below are just a sampling of the depth of what is available.
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Articles
Add a content source for search
Add a content source to crawl SharePoint sites, Web sites, file shares, or Microsoft Exchange Server public folders
Add Query Servers to Expand a Farm
Architecture guidance for building Federated Search Connectors
Backup and Restore for Search Server
Configure Search Server 2008 to Crawl Lotus Notes
Crawl Content
Creating a Custom Federated Search Web Part with a Credentials UI
Define how the crawler authenticates to other servers
Determine Hardware and Software Requirements
Federated Search Connector Sample
Federated Search Overview
Getting Started with Search Server 2008
Helping users make successful queries for Search Server 2008
How to Crawl Content
How to register Microsoft Filter Pack with SharePoint Server 2007 and with Search Server 2008
Install Search Server 2008 or Search Server 2008 Express
Limit or increase the quantity of content being crawled
Location Definition File schema reference for Federated Search Connectors
Manage crawler impact
Manage settings to improve search results
Plan for Performance and Capacity
Plan the end-user search experience
Plan to Crawl Content
Plan to Deploy Search Server 2008 or Search Server 2008 Express
Remove URLs from search results
Security and protection for Search Server 2008
Security for federation
Set up a federation connector
Upgrade Paths
Upgrade to Search Server 2008 from Search Server 2008 Express
Upgrade to Search Server 2008 from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Labs
Enterprise Search: Overview
Protocol Handlers
Software Development Kits
Download: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK
Download: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK
Microsoft Search Server 2008 SDK
Register for Search Server 2008 Express Redistribution Rights to obtain the right to redistribute Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express with your software application or hardware.
The OpenSearch Specification (at OpenSearch.org)
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK Online
TechCenter
Search Server 2008 TechCenter
Videos
Installation & Configuration
The End User Experience
Using Federation
Virtual PC Images
Search Server 2008 Express Virtual PC image and product walkthrough (Release Candidate)
Visual How-Tos
Creating a Custom Search Page and Tabs in the Search Center of SharePoint Server
Creating and Exposing Managed Properties in the Advanced Search Page of SharePoint Server Enterprise Search
Creating and Exposing Search Scopes in SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Search
Creating Search Queries Programmatically by using the Search Web Service in SharePoint Server 2007
Webcasts
Enterprise Search
