Tuesday, April 16, 2013

10802A - Microsoft Enterprise Search for the IT Professional

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General Class and SharePoint Info
Class Prerequisites
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10802A
Lesson Questions and Answers as well as additional reading (download by class # 10802)
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/training/companionmoc.aspx
Information Worker Demo VHD
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27417
SharePoint Search Poster and more
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199(office.14).aspx

Module 1 - Search Architecture
Estimate performance and capacity requirements for SharePoint Server 2010 Search
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg750251.aspx
Central Site for all SharePoint Capacity Planning
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff601870.aspx
SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc262787.aspx
More on Search 2010 Architecture and Scale - Crawl
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/russmax/archive/2010/04/16/search-2010-architecture-and-scale-part-1-crawl.aspx
SharePoint Search 2010 25M Item Crawl DB Limit Solution (FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint)
http://summit7systems.com/blogs/sharepoint-search-2010-25m-item-crawl-db-limit-solution-also-for-fast-search-2010-for-sharepoint/

Module 2 - Windows PowerShell and Content Crawling
Great Overview on Search PowerShell cmdlets
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sharepointjoe/archive/2011/01/21/sp2010-search-powershell-cmdlets.aspx 
More Cmdlets from TechNet http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/204.sharepoint-server-2010-search-windows-powershell-cmdlets-en-us.aspx
Plan for crawling and federation (Search Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280343.aspx
Noindex support
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/markarend/archive/2010/06/07/control-search-indexing-crawling-within-a-page-with-noindex.aspx
Robots.txt – Good overview
http://www.darrenmarsden.com/post/2012/03/22/Adding-a-robotstxt-to-SharePoint-2010.aspx
Robots.txt – old forum article
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/a8c239fd-d1e4-43cc-a1a9-93d46c07d05e
Robots.txt - Support from MSDN
http://www.spdoctor.net/Pages/article.aspx?name=Managing-Search-Crawlers-using-robots.txt
Robots.txt issues – thx Randy
http://blog.drisgill.com/2009/01/adding-robotstxt-to-sharepoint.html
Robots.txt Checker
http://kicktech.blogspot.com/2011/08/adding-robottxt-to-sharepoint.html

Module 3 - Configuring Search Sites
Keyword Query Syntax Reference
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee558911(v=office.14).aspx
Wildcard Search for the end user
http://sharepointchick.com/archive/2009/10/19/whatrsquos-new-for-end-users-in-sharepoint-search-2010.aspx
Great Article from Engineer at Knowledge Lake
http://sharepointfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2012/03/sharepoint-2010-search-centers.html

Module 4 - SharePoint Search Enhancements
Planning Keywords Synonyms and Best Bets
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh133422.aspx
Creating Enterprise Search Metadata Property Mappings with PowerShell
http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/05/26/creating-enterprise-search-metadata-property-mappings-with-powershell.aspx
Targeting Search Scopes to Audiences
http://www.paulgrimley.com/2012/01/targeting-sharepoint-search-scopes-to.html
from Microsoft How to setup Role Based Search in SharePoint 2010
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010general/thread/666bbf63-cb3a-4640-9586-a7503f81ef66
Crawled properties reference
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh134087.aspx
Query Suggestions
http://sharepointfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2011/09/sharepoint-2010-search-query.html

Module 5 - Configuring Federation
Microsoft Forum
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-NZ/sharepoint2010general/thread/07e091b3-32ed-470a-9ba4-7b00842b2596
Links referenced from above forum
MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc806030.aspx
How to Series from community
http://manish-sharepoint.blogspot.com/2009/12/federated-search-in-sharepoint-2010.html
http://manish-sharepoint.blogspot.com/2009/12/federated-search-in-sharepoint-2010_21.html

Module 6 - Search Reporting and Analytics
Troubleshooting Common Errors
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee513082.aspx
Search Reports
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee808861.aspx
Web Analytics Reports
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663487.aspx

Extras - SharePoint Search
Search Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee808898.aspx
Moving SP2010 Search Admin Database
http://blogs.technet.com/b/poojk/archive/2011/11/28/move-sharepoint-2010-search-admin-database-from-one-sql-server-to-another.aspx
More on Moving SP2010  Search Admin Database
http://qa.social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010setup/thread/a24d2481-d13b-4bdc-9349-17bebe978069
Great Article (3 parts - Intro, Scale Design, Scale Config)
http://www.astaticstate.com/2010/12/sharepoint-2010-search-architecture.html
Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167739
Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=167742
Manage deletion of index items (SharePoint Server 2010)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh127009.aspx.
Using PowerShell to improve search performance (interesting article)
http://www.solidq.com/sqj/Pages/2010_December_Issue/SharePoint-Installation-Best-Practices-More-Control-with-PowerShell.aspx
More on Performance from Microsoft
2010 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850696.aspx
2007 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee340949(v=office.12).aspx

Module 7 - FAST Search for SharePoint (FS4SP) Architecture
Customers and Case Studies
http://www.microsoft.com/pathways/fast/SuccessStories.htm
TechNet Reference Page
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee781286.aspx
Capacity Planning Guide
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff383304.aspx
Scaling FAST farms
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff599526.aspx
More from above reference
Test results: Extra-small scenario (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Test results: Medium scenario (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Test results: Large scenario (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Test results: Extra Large scenario (FS4SP)
Features and Capabilities of FS4SP
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/product/capabilities/search/Pages/Fast-Search.aspx
Links from Planning Guide
Topology Overview
Deployment Options
Plan search service applications (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Plan FAST Search Server farm topology (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Performance and capacity management (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Performance and capacity test results (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Performance and capacity recommendations (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
System requirements (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Security considerations for the server farm (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)

Module 8 - FAST Search Installation
FS4SP Deployment Guide
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381267.aspx
FS4SP Command Line Help
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee943520.aspx
Will your FS4SP cert expire in a year?
http://techmikael.blogspot.com/2011/01/will-your-fast-search-server-for.html

Module 9 - FAST Specific Connectors
Web Crawler XML configuration reference
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff354932.aspx
More FAST Connectors
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff383323.aspx

Search Connector Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee556429.aspx
Exchange, Lotus Notes, Documentum Connectors
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee792876
Peoplesoft and SharePoint Integration Forum info
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointgeneral/thread/a3ab479d-4379-462e-bc95-fcbb3a17f032
Module 10 - FAST Search Enhancements

User context – good article
http://www.blendmaster.net/blog/2012/04/fast-search-user-contexts-and-site-promotions
Using PowerShell and FQL to add promotions and demotions
http://techmikael.blogspot.com/2011/11/taking-promotionsdemotions-one-step.html

FAST Administration (FAST Admin Guides)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/fast-search-server-help/CL101856396.aspx?CTT=97
Links from Office Reference above
About FAST Search Site Administration
Manage FAST Search keywords
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/fast-search-server-help/manage-fast-search-keywords-HA010381994.aspx
Links from Office Reference above

Module 11 - FAST Search Backup and Restore
PowerShell Remote Commands
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff700227.aspx

Module 12 - FAST Search Monitoring and Tools
More from PowerShell 101

Tail Command
http://powershell101.blogspot.com/2012/02/tail.html

FAST command line reference
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee943520.aspx
FAST PowerShell
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff393782.aspx
Best practices for using crawl logs (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff756029.aspx
indexerinfo XML status report syntax (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg471170.aspx
WarningWarning:
The procedures will erase the content index. After a reset, search results will not be available until new crawls have been run.
Reset the content index (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff191228.aspx
FAST Performance Counters
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff383289.aspx

Performance and Optimization
Optimize search relevance
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff453901
Good Article on Search Relevance
http://sharepointfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuning-sharepoint-search-relevance-with.html
Large Scale Test using FS4SP in scale test report for very large scale document repositories (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh867542.aspx#Conclusions
Thumbnail Issues http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2554903

More Tools
Working with QR Server in FS4SP
http://blog.sharepointsite.co.uk/2011/07/working-with-qr-server-in-fs4sp.html
Free Developer Search Tool for SharePoint 2010 Search and FAST Search for SharePoint
http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/08/15/free-developer-search-tool-for-sharepoint-2010-search-and-fast-search-for-sharepoint.aspx
SharePoint Search Service Tool
http://sharepointsearchserv.codeplex.com/
Robot.txt - http://evan-p.blogspot.com/2011/04/robotstxt-prevents-sharepoint-2010.html

Extras - FS4SP
FAST
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee781286.aspx
What's new in Enterprise Search
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee667266.aspx
FAST fixes in SP1
http://www.etechplanet.com/blog/fixes-included-in-sharepoint-2010-service-pack-1-(sp1).aspx
Good Info from former Microsoft Employee
http://searchunleashed.wordpress.com
Good Info from Microsoft Partner
http://summit7systems.com/blogs/danielwebster
Migration to Fast Search for SharePoint 2010 - General Considerations
http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2012/05/06/migration-to-fast-search-for-sharepoint-2010-general-considerations.aspx
SPS2010-FAST Search: Outdated Search Results are not removed
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fastsharepoint/thread/d552aa0d-e822-4771-94cb-8774785f180c/

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