Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007 Bible

Chapter 7. Searching and Retrieving Content

In this Chapter

Configuring and maintaining the search and indexing components Tuning search results Customizing the Search Center Finding content with alerts

Search is a key component of easily finding content in a portal or site of any considerable size. When navigation, bookmarks, and guessing let users down, search is the right tool to finding what they need. This chapter discusses how to use the search features of SharePoint to find content and to proactively notify users of new content; in addition, it covers the steps necessary to plan, configure, and maintain the search components of SharePoint.

The underlying technology used for MOSS 2007 and WSS 2007 search is the same but the functionality provided is very different. MOSS 2007 provides enterprise search capabilities, including the ability to index content sources located throughout the organization such as e-mail servers, file shares, and business data, and ability to customize search scopes to provide users the ability to scope their searches appropriately. WSS 2007 provides site collection–level search. Because it is not possible to customize content sources, scopes, search schedules, or indexed properties with WSS 2007, this chapter is focused on the MOSS 2007 feature set.