Technical Class:

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Solving Enterprise Search
Challenges
Matthew McDermott, MVP
Aptillon, Austin & AbleBlue

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About…
Matthew McDermott, MVP
– Aptillon, Inc. & Critical Path Training
– www.aptillon.com
– matthew@aptillon.com
– www.ableblue.com/blog
– @MatthewMcD
– Blogger, Author, Educator, Dog Guy,
Foodie

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Agenda
Search Configuration Overview
Global Links to File Shares
Rendering Metadata in Search Results
Creating a 360 degree Customer view
Creating actionable search results

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The Process
Identify Content
Sources and
Connectors
Identify Content
Types and need
for iFilters
Crawl, Map
Properties,
Crawl Again
Review and
Customize the
Results XSL

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Global File Shares
Distributed File
System

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GLOBAL FILE SHARE SEARCH
CONFIGURATION

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Crawl Configuration
DFS Address = domain.comshare
Local Address = ServerShare
Server Name Mapping
– ServerShare => domain.comshare

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Other File Share Considerations
Location, Location, Location
Server name mapping for “alternate” locations
Ensure your iFilter can handle the files
Consider your crawl schedule for your content

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RENDERING BCS METADATA
In SharePoint XSL is everywhere

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Rendering Metadata
Anywhere you can place a search web part
Centralize your XSL
– Version Control
– Syntax Highlighting
Add Columns to web part
Use lowercase in the Web Part
Use Refiners to Improve Drill Down

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360° CUSTOMER VIEW
Search is not just for SharePoint

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Profile Pages
Centrally locate the pages
Use the query string to pass variables
Use Managed Properties for Query
Use BCS Web Parts with custom XSL

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
How does 2013 change the game

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SharePoint 2013
Much is the same or better
One search engine to rule them all
Fresher SharePoint Indexes
Significantly more control over “promotion”
Significantly more control over rendering
Head in the clouds

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Search Resources
My Blog
– http://www.ableblue.com/blog
CodePlex Search XSL Examples
– http://sctxsl.codeplex.com/
Microsoft Enterprise Search
– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/sharepoint/ee441229.aspx
SharePoint 2013 Search Administration
– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ee792877.aspx