Hour 18. Introducing SharePoint Search
What You’ll Learn in This Hour
• Understanding search options for SharePoint 2010
• Understanding the SharePoint 2010 Search components
• Configuring SharePoint 2010 Search
• Understanding the search center site
• Writing custom search queries using the query object model
Due to the complexity of the topics discussed, some figures in this book are very detailed and are intended only to provide a high-level view of concepts. Those figures are representational and not intended to be read in detail.
Searching data in SharePoint is a critical factor in the usability of SharePoint. It is not too helpful to store huge amounts of data in any application if you cannot search it easily and accurately. SharePoint provides rich search capabilities that have been enhanced even further with the integration of FAST Search for SharePoint Server 2010. This hour explores SharePoint 2010’s search capabilities.