This document summarizes new features in the search capabilities of SharePoint 2013, including: - A new search architecture that provides more personalized and relevant search results through machine learning. - New customization options for search including query rules, display templates, and result types that provide more flexibility. - Simplified development of search-driven applications through features like the content by search web part and REST APIs. - Improved search quality through better understanding of user intent and information diversity.

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8. New user interface

10. Demo recap

11. New user interface
New search architecture

12. Public API
Unit of scale/role boundary
HTTP SharePoint
File shares SP Apps
SharePoint Devices
User profiles Non-SP UX
Lotus Notes
Documentum
Exchange folders
Custom - BCS

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16. • Map-reduce
• Learns by usage
• Search Analytics
• Usage Analytics
• Enriches index by
updating index items
• Usage reports in
Analytics database
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Analytics
Reporting

17. Public API
Unit of scale/role boundary
SharePoint
SP Apps
Devices
Non-SP UX
Admin

19. New user interface
New search architecture
Personalized and more relevant search
results

23. New user interface
New search architecture
Personalized and more relevant search
results
New customization model for search

24. Sales:
360o Customer Insight
“How do I support the
Services: unique search needs of
Knowledge Browser teams and work that
Marketing:
impact our business?”
Competitive Intelligence
Research & Development:
To do so, you need a search platform
Innovation Portal that has
• A deep understanding of your information
Support: • Flexible relevance to meet diverse needs
Call Center Advisor • A customizable UX to increase user
efficiency
Operations:
Systems/Logistics Portal
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26. Customizations for Search driven
applications

27. Easier to build search driven apps
 Why?
 More configuration – less development
 More granularity in configuration
 CSOM – Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Search.Query and REST API
 Content By Search Web part
 XSLT is replaced with Display Templates
 The search UI is driven by
 Query rules
 Display templates
 Result types
 Result sources

28. Customizing search – Query Rules
 Control over query results
 Defined via a Condition and
Action
 Query rules:
 Result Blocks
 Promoted Results
 Ranked Results

29. Customizing search – Display
Templates that define
 HTML templates
how a search result looks
 SharePoint auto-generates
the JS version and the HTML
 Stored in the master page gallery
 Support full debugging

30. Customizing search – Result types
 Define what Display Templates will display a search
result based upon a condition
 Search service
 Site Collection
 Site Owners

31. Customizing search – Result
Sources and Federated Locations
 Replace Scopes
 Extended federation options
 Remote SharePoint farms
 Exchange
 OpenSearch
 Definable at
 Search Service – search administrator – globally available
 Site collection level – site collection admin – available to all
sites in site collection
 Site – site owners – this site only

32. Content By Search Web Part
 Similar to Content by Query Web Part – but
based on indexed content
 Show content cross site collections
 Show content cross multiple site collections
 New presentation template model for easy
content presentation fine tuning
 Content rendered in client side
 Provides full control on rendering capabilities
using html templates
 Easy editors as web part editors for defining
planned query

34. SharePoint 2013 Features & Licensing
Apps App Catalog & Marketplace ● ● ● ● ● ●
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Work Management ● ● ● ● ●
Collaboration
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External sharing ● ● ●
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Search ● ● ● ● ● ●
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Content Management ● ● ● ●
E-discovery, ACM, Compliance ● ●
PowerView ●* ●
Business Intelligence
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Business Solutions ● ● ●
SharePoint 2013 Workflow ● ● ● ● ● ●
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35. Search quality is even better in this release
Manage intent diversity
Easier to build search driven applications

36. Call to action:
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For more information or questions
SharePoint 2013 start page
SharePoint 2013 Developer documentation
SharePoint 2013 IT Pro documentation
SharePoint 2013 Delicious links
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