Sean Coleman discussed the three major enterprise search options available from Microsoft: Office 365/SharePoint, Bing for Business, and Azure Search. Each option has strengths and weaknesses. Office 365/SharePoint offers classic and modern search within SharePoint but has limitations. Bing for Business provides a personalized search experience starting with Bing. Azure Search is a search-as-a-service cloud solution that offers flexibility but has fewer out-of-the-box features. Future developments may blend the capabilities of these options.

1. Sean Coleman – CTO and Chief
Customer Officer, BA Insight
ShareCloud Summit Dallas
May 2018
Microsoft and Enterprise Search

2. Microsoft and Enterprise Search
Three major options: Office
365/SharePoint, Bing for Business, and
AzureSearch
Lots of Differences…

3. Longtime Techie
• CTO and Chief Customer Officer, BA Insight
• Professional Services, IBM
• Project Management, Kenexa
• Customer Support & SAAS Operations, OutStart
Passionate About
• Software
• Customer Success
• Business Strategy
• Panthers and Pirates Football
About Sean Coleman
I work closely with global enterprises of all sizes to ensure visionary
and successful implementations of cognitive solutions enterprise-
wide, covering a variety of platforms including Azure Search,
Elasticsearch, SharePoint Online, and SharePoint On-Premise.

4.  Provide software to help our customers power a new
generation of enterprise search / intranets and cognitive
search solutions
 Best of Breed Strategy:
Search Engines: Top 3 Cognitive Services:
– Azure Search – Microsoft
– Elasticsearch – Google
– SharePoint Online – Amazon
– SharePoint2016 / 2013
About BA Insight
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5. Over 3.5 Million Users
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6. Office 365/SharePoint
Classic SharePoint Search and Modern
SharePoint Search

7. Classic SharePoint Search

8. Modern SharePoint Search

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12. Bing for Business
Personalized search experience that starts with
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17. AzureSearch
Search-as-a-service cloud solution

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23. Questions?
Thank you!
scoleman@bainsight.com
https://www.bainsight.com/blog