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Enterprise Search From MicrosoftUnlock the potential of your organization

NameTitleMicrosoft Corporation

I want an Enterprise Search solution that…

Unlocks all of our informationConnects to everythingGrows as my organization’s needs changeIs secure and manageable

“I want an easy way to find information to get my job done”

Enterprise Search ChallengesBalancing end-user demand and IT manageability

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People SearchStructured data SearchProductivity Infrastructure

Free downloadQuick and easy to setupEnterprise-class capabilities

Microsoft Enterprise Search Products

Desktop SearchIntegration with Office

Individual Department Organization

Find and acton informationand expertise

Grow andextend your

Search deployment

Enterprise Search from Microsoft

Secure andmanage your

Search solutions

Find And Act On Information And ExpertiseFulfilling a customer’s request for proposal

Find Create Deliver

ECM

CollabWorkspace Portal

Customer RFP Specs

Similar Designs

SMEs

InventoryProposal

Unstructured Data

Structured LOB Data

Grow and Extend Your Search SolutionConnect to your information and business applications

Connect to Microsoft and non-Microsoft repositoriesUse Indexing for “intelligent” connectionsUse Federated Search for quick & easy connections

People and expertise

External web sites andsubscription services

Line-of-business systemsand structured data sources

Web sites, file shares, Notes,Exchange , SharePoint, Documentum, FileNet

Availability

Relevancy

Security

Secure and Manage Your Search DeploymentUse tools that balance of control and simplicity

Secure results with index time or query time securityEnhance relevancy with best bets and authoritative sitesDeliver high availability with multi-server topologyManage everything with easy to use web console

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Desktop Search Product Architecture

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Desktop Information

Full Text IndexIndexing

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Server-Side Search Product Architecture

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Full Text Index

Indexing Engine

iFilters

Indexing Connectors

Query Engine

Federated Search

Shared Information

Configuration Options

Internet Services

and Business Apps

Microsoft DifferentiatorsMicrosoft delivers features that matter

Before QueryIndex structured and unstructured informationAdd federated locations using Open SearchStart searching immediately after indexing

Microsoft DifferentiatorsMicrosoft delivers features that matter

At QueryFind expertise with People SearchGet more results with Federated SearchProtect information with security trimming

Microsoft DifferentiatorsMicrosoft delivers features that matter

After QueryAct on results using business data actionsCreate workspaces and collaborate on projectsPublish information with portals & dashboards

Summary

Enterprise Search from Microsoft:Makes it easy to find and act on information to get the job doneAllows you to grow and extend as the organization’s needs changeOffers easy to use tools to help secure and manage the deploymentMicrosoft delivers features that matter:Search as an integral part of the Business Productivity InfrastructureStructured Data Search & People Search Federated Search using the Open Search standard

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* These features are included with the Enterprise Client Access License version of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express

Microsoft Search Server 2008

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007*

Search Center

No Pre-Set Document Limits

Extensible Search Experience

Relevance Tuning

Continuous Propagation Indexing

Indexing Connectors

Federated Search Connectors

Security Trimmed Results

Unified Administration Dashboard

Query and Results Reporting

Streamlined Installation

High Availability & Load Balancing

People and Expertise Searching

Business Data Catalog

SharePoint Productivity Infrastructure

Comparing our offerings

Find information on the network and in business applications

Return results from blogs, wikis, workspaces, web sites and portal sitesRetrieve content from file shares and ECM systemsAccess information in line-of-business systems

Discover people with expertiseFind people based on keyword matches with personal profilesFind “in-common” connections—managers, memberships, and colleaguesGroup results by social distance and filter by common attributes

Act on information with rich, actionable interfacesPreview results with desktop searchIntegrate search using web parts, the object model, or the query web serviceCustomize the user interface with tabs and query/results interfaces

Find & Act on Information

Grow & Extend Your Search Solution

Find information in unstructured repositoriesSearch content in web sites, file shares, SharePoint, public folders and NotesIndex content in proprietary repositories using Indexing ConnectorsSupport common file types with iFilters

Use search as an interface for line-of-business systemsIndex structured data sources with the Business Data Catalog (BDC)Customize search results using out-of-the-box Business Data Web PartsMake results actionable with Business Data Actions

Find results from external search engines Federate queries to multiple search engines simultaneouslyCustomize and display all intranet and extranet results in a single pageAdd new search engines that uses the Open Search standard

Secure & Manage Your Search Deployment

Manage your search solutionsAnalyze usage patterns using out-of-the-box reportingTune relevance parameters for better resultsControl deployment of desktop search with group policies

Scale your deploymentCluster web servers, query servers, and index databasesImprove indexing performance with a dedicated index serverIndex up to 50 million items per index

Secure information with permissionsPerform standard query time security trimmingImplement custom security trimming