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Solving Enterprise Search Challenges
Matthew McDermott, MVPAptillon, Austin & AbleBlue
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About…
Matthew McDermott, MVP– Aptillon, Inc. & Critical Path Training– www.aptillon.com– [email protected]– www.ableblue.com/blog– @MatthewMcD– Blogger, Author, Educator, Dog Guy,
Foodie
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Agenda
Search Configuration OverviewGlobal Links to File SharesRendering Metadata in Search ResultsCreating a 360 degree Customer viewCreating actionable search results
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The Process
Identify Content Sources and Connectors
Identify Content Types and need
for iFilters
Crawl, Map Properties, Crawl Again
Review and Customize the
Results XSL
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Global File Shares
HQ
\\doghousetoys.com\library
Distributed File System
\\la\files \\oceana\public
\\japan\files\
\\redmond\public\share
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GLOBAL FILE SHARE SEARCH CONFIGURATION
demo
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Crawl Configuration
DFS Address = \\domain.com\shareLocal Address = \\Server\Share
Server Name Mapping– \\Server\Share => \\domain.com\share
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Other File Share Considerations
Location, Location, LocationServer name mapping for “alternate” locationsEnsure your iFilter can handle the filesConsider your crawl schedule for your content
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RENDERING BCS METADATAIn SharePoint XSL is everywhere
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Rendering Metadata
Anywhere you can place a search web partCentralize your XSL– Version Control– Syntax Highlighting
Add Columns to web partUse lowercase in the Web PartUse Refiners to Improve Drill Down
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360° CUSTOMER VIEWSearch is not just for SharePoint
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Profile Pages
Centrally locate the pagesUse the query string to pass variablesUse Managed Properties for QueryUse BCS Web Parts with custom XSL
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LOOKING TO THE FUTUREHow does 2013 change the game
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SharePoint 2013
Much is the same or betterOne search engine to rule them allFresher SharePoint Indexes Significantly more control over “promotion”Significantly more control over renderingHead in the clouds
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Search Resources
My Blog– http://www.ableblue.com/blog
CodePlex Search XSL Examples– http://sctxsl.codeplex.com/
Microsoft Enterprise Search– http://
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee441229.aspx
SharePoint 2013 Search Administration– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee792
877.aspx
