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<strong>Microsoft</strong><br />
www.HaveYouSeenMyStapler.net
You understand and can articulate the<br />
feature set of <strong>Microsoft</strong> Office SharePoint<br />
<strong>Server</strong> 2007 for <strong>Search</strong> (MOSSfS)<br />
You want to use this deck to highlight only<br />
the <strong>new</strong> features and functionality in<br />
<strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> that are not<br />
available in MOSSfS
Updated and rebranded version of<br />
SharePoint <strong>Server</strong> 2007 for <strong>Search</strong><br />
Key investment areas and <strong>new</strong> features<br />
Simplified Installation Experience<br />
Enhanced Administration Interface<br />
New Federation Capabilities<br />
Performance and Stability Enhancements<br />
No Preset Document Limits<br />
Available in 2 versions<br />
<strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> (MSS)<br />
<strong>Microsoft</strong> <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express (MSSX)
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> can be installed in a<br />
distributed topology to provide greater scale<br />
and redundancy<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express can only be<br />
installed in single server mode<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> is licensed per server<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express is FREE<br />
There are no other feature differences
No charge update for MOSS customers<br />
Applies to Standard and Enterprise CALs<br />
Delivered by a post MOSS SP1 update patch<br />
targeting H1 CY08<br />
Via <strong>Microsoft</strong> Update and the Download Center<br />
MSS features will also be included in SP2<br />
No change to search features in WSS 3.0<br />
Timeline will be<br />
1. MOSS and WSS SP1<br />
2. MSS RTM<br />
3. MSS Update Patch for MOSS
Recommended Hardware<br />
Dual 3GHz processors<br />
4GB RAM<br />
At least 3GB free HDD space<br />
Software Requirements<br />
W2K3 SP1 or greater or W2K8<br />
.NET Framework 3.0 with ASP.NET 2.0 enabled<br />
Windows <strong>Server</strong> Application Role configured
Easy to follow installation “Splash screen”<br />
<strong>Server</strong> Preparation Tool which installs<br />
Windows <strong>Server</strong> 2003 SP1 if required<br />
.NET Framework 3.0 if required<br />
IIS and configured the Application <strong>Server</strong> Role<br />
if required<br />
Choice of 2 installation options<br />
Basic Install<br />
Advanced Install
Quickest and easiest option<br />
Takes ~20 minutes and less than 10 clicks<br />
Automatically Installs SQL Express<br />
Automatically provisions and configures<br />
Service Accounts<br />
Database settings<br />
<strong>Search</strong> Center Site<br />
Shared Service Provider Site and settings<br />
All other settings…<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> is operational and can be<br />
serving results within ~35 minutes of<br />
beginning setup
Enables advanced options to be configured<br />
Takes ~30 minutes<br />
Does not install SQL Express<br />
Allows the administrator to<br />
Specify SQL <strong>Server</strong> Configuration Options<br />
Create and configure Farm server roles (MSS only)<br />
Specify Service accounts<br />
Change the default Index file location<br />
Set Other <strong>Search</strong> Service configuration options…<br />
Automatically provisions search server site and<br />
starts services<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> is operational and can be serving<br />
results within ~45 minutes of beginning setup
Supported<br />
From<br />
Windows SharePoint Services v3.0<br />
with Full SQL <strong>Server</strong><br />
Windows SharePoint Services v3.0<br />
with MSDE<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with<br />
Full SQL <strong>Server</strong><br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with<br />
SQL Express<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> with Full SQL<br />
<strong>Server</strong><br />
To<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with Full SQL<br />
<strong>Server</strong><br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with SQL<br />
Express<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> with Full SQL<br />
<strong>Server</strong><br />
SharePoint <strong>Server</strong> 2007 with Full<br />
SQL <strong>Server</strong><br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> with SQL<br />
Express<br />
SharePoint <strong>Server</strong> 2007 with Full<br />
SQL <strong>Server</strong><br />
<strong>Microsoft</strong> Confidential
<strong>Microsoft</strong> Confidential<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> is built on WSS 3.0<br />
An in-place upgrade will<br />
Upgrade WSS 3.0 to <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong><br />
Enable existing WSS 3.0 site search to be flipped<br />
on a per site basis to use <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> search<br />
Allow you to continue to use WSS 3.0 as before<br />
Enable cross-site search in WSS 3.0<br />
A clean install of <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> will<br />
Install WSS 3.0<br />
Allow you to use all the features of WSS 3.0<br />
Automatically enable cross-site search in WSS<br />
3.0
Unsupported<br />
From<br />
SharePoint <strong>Server</strong> 2007 for <strong>Search</strong><br />
Enterprise or Standard Edition<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express BETA or RC<br />
SharePoint <strong>Server</strong> 2007 or any<br />
previous versions of SharePoint<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with SQL<br />
Express<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with SQL<br />
Express<br />
To<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express RTM<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express<br />
SharePoint <strong>Server</strong> 2007<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> or <strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> Express with Full SQL<br />
<strong>Server</strong><br />
<strong>Microsoft</strong> Confidential
Landing page displayed after install<br />
Designed to walk administrators through<br />
the initial basic tasks to get up and running<br />
quickly<br />
Provides links to<br />
The search administration page<br />
Help on how to configure a content source<br />
Run a query<br />
A “friendly introduction” to the product
Consolidated UI to place key administrative<br />
tools and information one click away<br />
Aggregates search settings from<br />
<strong>Search</strong> Center Site<br />
Shared Service Provider<br />
Central Administration<br />
Provides a unified view of server status<br />
Active crawl status<br />
Status of recently completed crawls<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> system status<br />
Includes links to improved “task orientated”<br />
documentation
Much improved reporting on content<br />
source current and historical crawl activity<br />
including<br />
Last and current crawl duration<br />
Last crawl completed<br />
Last crawl start and end times<br />
7 and 30 day averages of<br />
• # of Successes<br />
• # of Errors<br />
• Incremental crawl duration<br />
• Full crawl duration
Enables the display of results from other search<br />
engines or applications to be displayed alongside<br />
local results<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> will<br />
Send a query to other search engines or applications<br />
Format and render the results<br />
Work out of the box or with minimal effort with many<br />
existing search engines and applications<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> will not<br />
Aggregate multiple result sets into a single result set<br />
Relevance rank results from other search engines or<br />
applications
Each search engine or application must be<br />
configured as a Federated <strong>Search</strong> Location<br />
Each Federated <strong>Search</strong> Location<br />
Defines how and when queries will be<br />
federated to the location<br />
Controls the formatting of results<br />
Defines authentication settings<br />
Can be connected to one or more Federation<br />
Web Parts to render results<br />
Is easily imported and exported as a<br />
Federated Location Definition file (.FLD)
Open<strong>Search</strong> 1.0/1.1<br />
Query is sent in a parameterized URL<br />
• http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}<br />
{searchTerms} is replaced with query terms<br />
Results must be returned as XML<br />
Local <strong>Search</strong> Index<br />
Query is sent through the search object model<br />
• {searchTerms} scope:customers<br />
{searchTerms} is replaced with query terms<br />
Results are returned as XML
Standard created by Amazon A9 for search<br />
syndication and aggregation<br />
An exported Federated Location Definition<br />
file is >= an Open<strong>Search</strong> Description<br />
Document<br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> extends the Open<strong>Search</strong><br />
schema to include properties such as;<br />
Triggers<br />
XSL<br />
Location Type<br />
More Results Link…<br />
See www.opensearch.org for more info
Control when to send query terms to a<br />
location based on the terms submitted<br />
Always - Will always send all the query terms<br />
to the location<br />
Prefix - If the prefix matches will only send<br />
the query terms after the prefix to the location<br />
Pattern - Will send some or all of the query<br />
terms based on the regular expression match.<br />
A pattern trigger can be used to build complex<br />
triggers including “OR” statements
Federated Results Web Part<br />
Connected to a single Federated Location<br />
Displays the top X results returned from the<br />
location<br />
Top Federated Results Web Part<br />
Connected to multiple Federated locations<br />
Displays the top X results from the first location to<br />
return a result in the order of the configured<br />
locations<br />
Neither Web Part will render if the location is<br />
triggered but it returns zero results
Built in XSL for<br />
Open<strong>Search</strong> Locations that return results as<br />
RSS, RDF, ATOM & ATOM2<br />
Local <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> Index results<br />
Built in XSL can be customized or replaced<br />
Configured in the Location Definition and can<br />
be overridden on individual Web Parts<br />
Separate XSL definition for both of the<br />
Federated Results Web Parts<br />
“More Results” Link Template available for<br />
click through to HTML results
Three modes of authenticating to a location<br />
Anonymous – No credentials required<br />
Common – Shared credentials<br />
User – Per user credentials<br />
Per user credentials requires custom work<br />
Code to capture credentials in the UI<br />
Code to store credentials if required<br />
Code to retrieve stored credentials if required<br />
Sample code will be available on MSDN by RTM<br />
Exception is Kerberos which does work OOB<br />
Per user credentials are sent to the location in<br />
the correct format automatically
Authentication Type Common Identity Per User<br />
Kerberos N/A <br />
Basic Authentication <br />
NTLM (App pool) N/A<br />
NTLM <br />
Form Based <br />
Cookie Based
How to connect <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> to Live <strong>Search</strong><br />
Query Template<br />
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&f<br />
ormat=rss<br />
“More Results” Link Template<br />
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}<br />
Works without any extra effort because live.com can<br />
Process a query in a URL<br />
Return results formatted as XML (RSS)<br />
Be accessed anonymously<br />
There are many other search engines and<br />
applications that provide the same connectivity
Connect to a remote MOSS or MSS index<br />
Create a <strong>new</strong> Open<strong>Search</strong> location<br />
Query Template<br />
http://mss<strong>2008</strong>/_layouts/srchrss.aspx?k={searchT<br />
erms}<br />
“More Results” Link Template<br />
http://mss<strong>2008</strong>/results.aspx?k={searchTerms}<br />
Uses the search RSS feed from remote<br />
MOSS or MSS search servers<br />
MOSS and MSS are Open<strong>Search</strong> compliant
Develop or purchase if the location does not<br />
support one or both of the following<br />
Process a query in a URL parameter<br />
Return results as XML<br />
Federated <strong>Search</strong> Connectors do one or both<br />
of the following<br />
Accept a query as a URL parameter and convert<br />
it to a format compatible with the location<br />
Convert and render results in XML<br />
Developed as a web page (aspx)<br />
Packaged and deployed as a Solution<br />
Deployment Package
Connect <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> to the full text search<br />
engine in SQL <strong>Server</strong><br />
Cannot send a query to SQL in a URL<br />
Build an ASPX page that<br />
Provides a URL for the Query Template<br />
Extracts the {searchTerms}<br />
Contains code to run the query against SQL<br />
Formats and renders the results as XML (RSS)<br />
If required include code to leverage either<br />
corporate or per user authentication<br />
Packaged up and installed as a Solution<br />
Deployment Package<br />
Sample code on MSDN for SQL < 50 lines of code
Federated Location Definition Gallery<br />
Linked from within the admin UI<br />
Selection of FLD’s to download and import<br />
from <strong>Microsoft</strong> and Community submissions<br />
Quick, easy and free<br />
Federated <strong>Search</strong> Connector Gallery<br />
Partner built Federated <strong>Search</strong> Connectors<br />
Primarily for LOB applications and services<br />
Available for purchase
Query<br />
Results<br />
Security<br />
OneBox<br />
<strong>Search</strong><br />
<strong>Server</strong><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Partner<br />
solutions<br />
<br />
Can federate to<br />
SharePoint<br />
<br />
Notes<br />
Both use a URL to pass a query to a<br />
remote source<br />
Both customizable but <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong><br />
delivers more than just Instant Answers<br />
and can out of the box federate to any<br />
XML (RSS&ATOM) source<br />
OneBox supports per user NTLM, FBA<br />
and Basic Auth out of the box, we require<br />
extra work<br />
OneBox has established federation<br />
partners, we are ramping up for launch<br />
Targeted best bets, people and other<br />
tabs more discoverable, BDC best bets,<br />
geographically distributed indexes…
No preset document limit in MSS or MSSX<br />
The # of documents available in the index is<br />
determined by the version of SQL used<br />
Up to 400K documents with SQL Express<br />
• Limited by the 4GB database limit in SQL Express<br />
Up to 50M docs with SQL <strong>Server</strong> 2005<br />
• Using appropriately scaled hardware<br />
Can use either version of SQL with either<br />
version of <strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong><br />
<strong>Search</strong> <strong>Server</strong> <strong>2008</strong> is recommended for<br />
deployments with >1M documents
Query Performance Improvements<br />
Index format change for large scale deployments<br />
(10’s of millions of docs)<br />
Separate index file for “expensive” query terms<br />
New compression algorithm for reading/writing<br />
index files<br />
Optimized SQL and Indexer round trips<br />
Crawl Performance Improvements<br />
More efficient use of SQL Stored Procedures<br />
Reliability improvements<br />
Fixes for Master merge issues, Index corruptions<br />
and Service crashes
<strong>Microsoft</strong> Confidential<br />
New support for crawling web sites<br />
protected by Forms or Cookie based<br />
authentication<br />
Credentials entered through a web UI that<br />
displays the login page<br />
Content is indexed under one account<br />
Need to write a query time security trimmer to<br />
trim results if required
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