SharePoint Search must be carefully planned to include several essential components for a successful implementation. In a video tutorial titled SharePoint search requirement planning basics, Robert Piddocke presents the requirement planning steps stakeholders should take to ensure a successful implementation of this feature. A subscription to SharePoint-Videos is required to view the tutorial. The intended […]
SharePoint-Videos.com Video Tutorial: Adding Content Sources and Federated Locations in Search
The SharePoint Search Service Application includes an enterprise search engine. How do SharePoint Administrators input information to the search engine? In a video tutorial titled Adding Content Sources and Federated Locations in SharePoint 2010, Robert Piddocke ” . . . an author of multiple Search related books . . .” demonstrates how to identify internal […]
SharePoint Search is Designed to Support Collaboration
SharePoint 2010 or 2013 search is designed to support collaboration. Personnel listings in Active Directory are matched up to documents and lists in search results. SharePoint users can quickly identify people from search results. If collaboration is important for business users looking for an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system, they should consider SharePoint 2013. In […]
Wrapping Up Our Commentary on Our SharePoint 2010 Search Webinar
This post is the last installment in our series of comments on a webinar published recently on SharePoint 2010 Search. A subscription to SharePoint-Videos.com is required to view this webinar. Joshua Noble notes that the search engine for SharePoint 2010 is configured to analyze the first 50 results to any search query. Users who require […]
The Search Refiners Panel for SharePoint 2010 Search Center can be Customized by Users
Joshua Noble prefaced his presentation for our webinar on SharePoint 2010: Search, by noting that ” . . . [he] wanted to take a look at . . . how we expose to the users the things we’ve done on the backend” (quoted from our webinar). It’s worth noting that these “things we’ve done on […]
Mapping Content Type to Custom Crawl Properties Won’t Work for SharePoint 2010 Search
Robert Piddocke mentions a popular managed property, “Content Type.” He notes that users who intent to use this managed property as a method of adding information to the search index will be disappointed. In fact this managed property is locked, and not configurable by the user. He demonstrates in this webinar how users can and […]
On Office 365 SharePoint 2010 Search and PDF File Types, Mapping Metadata Properties for Custom Site Columns for SharePoint 2010 Search
This is a 3rd post in our present series, a set of commentary on a webinar, Webinar – SharePoint 2010 Search. Prior to moving forward on Robert Piddocke’s presentation, it’s worth spending a few moments to discuss how the search engine for SharePoint Online, via Office 365, is configured with regard to file types. We […]
Some User Dissatisfaction with SharePoint 2010 Search can be Remedied by Adding File Types and Content Filters
This is the second post in our series on a new set of high level specialized video training content for SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2010: Search. A truly useful search service is, of course, a key component of an overall offering of SharePoint 2010 that successfully delivers high percentages of user adoption. In 2013, search is […]
Video Training on SharePoint 2010 Search Now Available on SharePoint-Videos.com
On January 24, 2013 Asif Rehmani, SharePoint MVP, MCT and President of Rehmani Consulting, Inc. hosted a webinar on SharePoint 2010 Search. Participating in this webinar along with Asif Rehmani were 2 co-authors of Pro SharePoint 2010 Search, Josh Noble and Robert Piddoke. The occasion prompting this webinar was the public release of a new […]
With FAST Search Largely Incorporated into SharePoint 2013 Out of the Box Search Service, Implementing Taxonomies Delivers Meaningful Benefits
As we mentioned at the start of this series on search for SharePoint 2013. FAST search, as an added feature, is no longer an option for SharePoint 2013. With the added performance now built into SharePoint 2013’s out of the box search service, we think learning to successfully implement best practices for working with terms, […]