Enterprise SearchEnterprise SearchFrom MicrosoftFrom Microsoft

NameNameTitleTitleMicrosoft CorporationMicrosoft Corporation

Enterprise Search ChallengesEnterprise Search ChallengesBalancing the demands of people and IT Balancing the demands of people and IT manageabilitymanageability

““I want an easy way to I want an easy way to connect with the right connect with the right information, when and information, when and where I need it”where I need it”

““How do I demonstrate value to our How do I demonstrate value to our business?”business?”

I need an enterprise search solution I need an enterprise search solution thatthatUnlocks all of our informationUnlocks all of our information

Is secure and manageableIs secure and manageable

Grows as my organizational needs changeGrows as my organizational needs change

Allow people to exploreAllow people to exploreand assimilate vast and assimilate vast amountsamountsof informationof information

Create new revenue Create new revenue streams, improve streams, improve business decisions,business decisions,and increase productivityand increase productivity

Enterprise Search From MicrosoftEnterprise Search From MicrosoftChanges the way people interact with informationChanges the way people interact with information

Choose the right enterprise searchChoose the right enterprise searchsolution for your business problemssolution for your business problemsbuilt on best-in-class technologiesbuilt on best-in-class technologies

Enterprise search Enterprise search available as a free available as a free

downloaddownload

Enterprise search Enterprise search tightly integrated tightly integrated with a business with a business

productivity productivity infrastructureinfrastructure

Best-in-class Best-in-class enterprise search for enterprise search for the most demanding the most demanding

applicationsapplications

Microsoft’s Enterprise Search Microsoft’s Enterprise Search ProductsProducts

Unlock Business ValueUnlock Business Valueby connecting people with the right information by connecting people with the right information when and where they need itwhen and where they need it

by increasing customer by increasing customer conversion and monetizing conversion and monetizing existing assetsexisting assets

by making people smarter—by making people smarter—connecting them with latent connecting them with latent information they need to information they need to make informed choicesmake informed choices

by making better use of by making better use of what an organization already what an organization already knowsknows

Create Unique ExperiencesCreate Unique Experiencesand change the way people interact with informationand change the way people interact with information

using dynamic experiences using dynamic experiences that understand context—that understand context—who the user is, what who the user is, what information is available, and information is available, and what business processes what business processes are involvedare involved

to create relationships that to create relationships that can drive business resultscan drive business results

Enterprise search Enterprise search tightly integrated tightly integrated with a business with a business

productivity productivity infrastructureinfrastructure

Best-in-class Best-in-class enterprise search enterprise search

for the most for the most demanding demanding applicationsapplications

Enterprise search Enterprise search available as a free available as a free

downloaddownload

Eliminate The Need For Eliminate The Need For CompromiseCompromiseby choosing best-in-class technologiesby choosing best-in-class technologies

Flexible options and control acrossFlexible options and control across

A A departmentaldepartmental enterprise search enterprise search solution that:solution that:Is easy to configure and Is easy to configure and

maintainmaintain

Offers a familiar and easy-Offers a familiar and easy-to-use search experienceto-use search experience

Connects with the Connects with the information and business information and business systems you havesystems you have

Scales to Scales to oneone server server

Is a Is a freefree download download

Microsoft Search Server ExpressMicrosoft Search Server ExpressEnterprise search available as a free downloadEnterprise search available as a free download

An An organizational organizational enterprise search enterprise search solution that:solution that:Is easy to configure and Is easy to configure and

maintainmaintain

Offers a familiar and easy-Offers a familiar and easy-to-use search experienceto-use search experience

Connects with the Connects with the information and business information and business systems you havesystems you have

Scales to Scales to multiple multiple serversservers

Microsoft Office SharePoint Microsoft Office SharePoint ServerServerEnterprise search tightly integrated with a business Enterprise search tightly integrated with a business productivity infrastructureproductivity infrastructure

Find people and Find people and expertiseexpertise

Access structuredAccess structureddata in line ofdata in line ofbusiness applicationsbusiness applications

Index websites, file Index websites, file shares, Exchange shares, Exchange public folders, Lotus public folders, Lotus Notes, Documentum, Notes, Documentum, and FileNet repositoriesand FileNet repositories

Federate queriesFederate queriesto repositories,to repositories,business systems, and business systems, and online servicesonline services

FAST ESPFAST ESPBest-in-class enterprise search for Best-in-class enterprise search for the most demanding applicationsthe most demanding applications

Capture, refine, Capture, refine, analyze, and index analyze, and index data fromdata fromany sourceany source

Contextually matchContextually matchuser inputs touser inputs toindexed informationindexed information

Customize and control Customize and control presentation of resultspresentation of results

Leverage the most Leverage the most flexible and scalable flexible and scalable platform for business platform for business solutionssolutions

Microsoft’s Enterprise Search Microsoft’s Enterprise Search RoadmapRoadmap

High End

Infrastructure

Entry Level

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