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Articles - Office SharePoint Server
Enterprise Search Protocol Handlers
Using Custom Filters with Indexing Services
How to write an iFilter
Best Practices: Writing SQL Syntax Queries for Relevant Results in Enterprise Search
Evaluating and Customizing Search Relevance in SharePoint Server 2007
Building Enterprise Search Queries
Querying Enterprise Search
Articles - Search Server and Search Server Express
Plan the end-user search experience
Getting Started with Search Server 2008
Plan to Deploy Search Server 2008 or Search Server 2008 Express
Plan to Crawl Content
Determine Hardware and Software Requirements
Upgrade to Search Server 2008 from Search Server 2008 Express
Upgrade to Search Server 2008 from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Upgrade Paths
Add Query Servers to Expand a Farm
Location Definition File schema reference for Federated Search Connectors
Federated Search Overview
Architecture guidance for building Federated Search Connectors
Add a content source for search
Add a content source to crawl SharePoint sites, Web sites, file shares, or Microsoft Exchange Server public folders
Configure Search Server 2008 to Crawl Lotus Notes
Set up a federation connector
Creating a Custom Federated Search Web Part with a Credentials UI
Federated Search Connector Sample
Define how the crawler authenticates to other servers
Security for federation
Manage crawler impact
Backup and Restore for Search Server
Manage settings to improve search results
Helping users make successful queries for Search Server 2008
Remove URLs from search results
How to Crawl Content
Crawl Content
Limit or increase the quantity of content being crawled
How to register Microsoft Filter Pack with SharePoint Server 2007 and with Search Server 2008.
Security and protection for Search Server 2008
On-Demand Webcasts
Enterprise Search
Online Virtual Labs
Enterprise Search: Overview
Protocol Handlers
Product Videos
The End User Experience
Installation & Configuration
Using Federation
Software Development Kits
The OpenSearch Specification (at OpenSearch.org)
Microsoft Search Server 2008 SDK
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK Online
Download: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK
Download: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK
TechCenter
Search Server 2008 TechCenter
Virtual PC Images
Office SharePoint Server 2007 30-day trial Virtual PC Image
Search Server 2008 Express Virtual PC image and product walkthrough (Release Candidate)
Visual How-to's
Creating and Exposing Managed Properties in the Advanced Search Page of SharePoint Server Enterprise Search
Creating a Custom Search Page and Tabs in the Search Center of SharePoint Server
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
