Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Administrator's Companion, 2nd Edition

Chapter 31. Using the Indexing Service

• Understanding the Indexing Service

• Planning Your Indexing Service

• Creating and Configuring Catalogs

• Registry Entries for the Indexing Service

• Querying the Index

• Examining Performance

• Troubleshooting the Indexing Service

• Summary

One of the lesser known services in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is the Indexing Service. The Indexing Service provides Web-type indexing and querying to corporate intranets, Internet sites, and more conventional networks without reformatting documents. With the click of a button, users can index and query the contents of intranet or Internet sites on Windows Server 2003 with Internet Information Services (IIS). The Indexing Service does more than just index documents, however. It provides ...