unleashing fast search
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Unleashing FAST Search in SharePoint 2010
Ameet Phadnis MCTS
Partner/Principal Consultant
e Tek Global Inc.
Quick Survey Experience with SharePoint?
2003 2007 2010
Experience with SharePoint Search SharePoint Foundation 2010 Search Server Express Search Server SharePoint 2010
Experience with Search Engine? Google Yahoo Bing
Why Search? Find Information. Find People. Research. Find Prospects. Leaked Information.
What is Enterprise Search?
File System
Intranet
DMS
DatabaseEmail
Components of Enterprise Search Content Ingestion Content Processing and analysis. Indexing. Query Parsing. Matching.
Enterprise Search Products SharePoint Foundation 2010 Search Server 2010 Express Search Server 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
Typical Search Scenarios Intranet Search People Search Site Search Research external sites CRM Intelligence and Investigation Intellectual Property Protection Compliance
Search in SharePoint 2010 Core Offerings
Search Server 2010 SharePoint Search 2010 FAST Search for SharePoint 2010
Key Components Administration Crawling Query & Indexing
Deployment Considerations Capacity Planning Distribution Considerations Information Architecture
Search Server 2010 Boolean Queries Wildcard prefixes Query completion Suggestions Did you mean? Connectors for Enterprise Search in Windows 7. Refinement Panels Enhancements for relevance of search results. Ranking based on search results history. Relevance based on inferred metadata. Relevancy tuning by document promotion or site promotion. Best Bets Shallow Results Refinement PowerShell Support
SharePoint Search 2010 People Search Best Bets Query Federation Query completion on previously executed queries. Phonetic Search Click-through relevance. Taxonomy Integration Usage Reporting
FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Visual cues through presentation of visual best bets, document
preview and document thumbnails for rapid recognition of information.
Contextual search to meet the needs of diverse groups. Customizable relevance-ranking models. Advanced content processing that allows complex entity extraction
and content enhancements. Easy-to-configure end user experiences. Advanced query capabilities, which enable creation of powerful
applications.
Features comparison in SharePoint 2010Features SharePoint Server 2010 FAST Search Server 2010 for
SharePoint
People and expertise search Yes Yes
SharePoint 2010 Connector Framework
Yes Yes
Taxonomy Tag integration Yes Yes
Metadata-driven refinement panel
Yes Yes
Phonetic and nickname search Yes Yes
Contextual Search Yes
Thumbnails and Previews Yes
Advanced Content Processing with advanced linguistics
Yes
Search-driven applications Yes
Business Intelligence Indexing Connector
Yes
Architecture of FAST Search
Fast Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
Administration
Query Processing
Fast Search Authorization
(FSA)
Query Matching
Indexing
Item Processing
FAST Indexing
Connectors
Query Search Service
Application (SSA)
FAST Search
Connector
Content
Content
Content
Query Web Service
Federation object Model
Monitoring
Que
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People Search
External Federated Sources
Custom Front end
Active Directory
Configuring FAST Search Services that needs to be started
Selecting the deployment Type
User Name and Password
Certificate Password
Server Name and Base Port Number
Database Settings
FAST Search Important Directory Components Install_Info.txt: Details about the Installation.
FAST Search Query Search Service Application Configuration FAST Search Content Search Service Application Configuration.
\installer\scripts: Stores PowerShell scripts securefastsearchconnector.ps1 InstallSTSCertificateForClaims.ps1
\data\data_security\cert: Self signed Certificate to enable content feeding.
Setting up Fast Search Setup FAST Search Query Service. Setup Connector Search Service Application. Configure SSL-enabled Communication. Configure FAST Search Authorization. Configure Claims-Based Authentication.
FAST Search on SharePoint site Features to be enabled –
FAST Features on Site FAST Features Available –
FAST Search Keywords
Fast Search Best Bets
FAST Search Visual Best Bets
FAST Search Document Promotion
FAST Search Site Promotion and Demotion
FAST Search User Context Why User Context
Target content for the logged-in user. Target Best Bets and Visual Best Bets for the logged-in User Context Target Document Promotion and Demotion to specific user. Target Site Promotion and Demotion to specific user.
Search Web Parts Advanced Search Box Federated Results People Refinement Panel People Search box People Search core results Refinement Panel Related Queries Search Action Links Search Best Bets Search Box Search Core Results Search Paging Search Statistics Search Summary Search Visual Best Bet Top Federated Results
Thumbnails and Preview
Requires Office Web Apps
Demo
Resources
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee781286.aspx - All about Fast Search.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=96663b95-e9f5-48c8-beb9-a15ad119c499&displaylang=en – Enterprise Search Guide.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c422d3c7-1443-41e4-b0fe-fc402ee4d8c1&displaylang=en – FAST Search Evaluation Guide
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