Microsoft SharePoint Search
Go Beyond the Search Box
SharePoint 2010 moves beyond the traditional "10 blue links" and introduces a visual and interactive experience, allowing users to find, explore, and connect to information and people.
Eliminate Compromise Between Manageability and Capability
SharePoint 2010 offers an integrated solution that can tackle the most challenging enterprise search requirements while maintaining the out-of-box simplicity and consistency of a durable and secure platform.
Do More with Search
SharePoint 2010 is a powerful platform for building custom search solutions and applications using common out-of-box tools.
There are two main enterprise search options coming with the SharePoint 2010 release:
- SharePoint Server 2010 Search – the out-of-the-box SharePoint search for enterprise deployments.
- FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint – a brand new add-on product based on the FAST search technology that combines the best of FAST’s high-end search capabilities with the best of SharePoint.
SharePoint Server 2010 Search represents an important upgrade to the existing search for SharePoint, while FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 is a completely new offering and the first new product based on the FAST technology since FAST was acquired by Microsoft in April 2008. Customers and partners familiar with search in previous versions of SharePoint will see many important improvements in 2010, regardless of which product they deploy. For example, there is a new People Search feature for expertise identification and search-driven collaboration, to name just one (see Jeff’s post for a good summary of these general improvements).
FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 adds a whole new level of search capabilities that are a superset of what comes in the out-of-the-box SharePoint 2010 Search option. Since there are now two search options in 2010, it’s useful to understand what is unique in FAST Search for SharePoint and when you might consider using it over the out-of-the-box SharePoint 2010 search.
Intellectual Capital Services, Inc. can help you establish and implement a enterprise search strategy, migrate the search from previous version of SharePoint to FAST.