unleashing fast search

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

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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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