Professional Microsoft Search: SharePoint 2007 and Search Server 2008 (Paperback)

Written by three of the most recognized influencers in the Microsoft SharePoint community, this book sheds light on SharePoint Search in the enterprise and focuses solely on Microsoft Search technology. This book is intended for a range of folks from the IT administrator to the developer writing search applications. We span many topics in this book to try to cover the breadth of using, administering, and developing on the SharePoint Search technologies. The developer chapters will be important for the administrator to understand, since developers and administrators have to work together to make Search work. On the flip side, the administrator chapters will be important for developers to understand the architecture and administration of Search because, without this knowledge, writing to the APIs will be more difficult. Most readers will benefit from reading all the chapters in this book.

This book covers the breadth of the SharePoint Search technologies from Search Server to Windows SharePoint Services to Office SharePoint Server. We also include information on the latest search technologies coming from Microsoft, including the new federation capabilities, filter pack, and the recently acquired FAST technologies.

This book is structured in such a way that you can read it from end to end. The chapters are laid out in such a way that they build on each other, starting with an overview chapter and ending with an API chapter that shows you how to program against all the technology about which you just learned. If you are new to SharePoint, the first few chapters will be important for you to understand and digest before moving on, since the array of search technologies can be overwhelming for someone new to them. For experienced SharePoint readers, the overview chapters are a good refresher to skim through, but you probably can skip right to the detailed chapters, starting with Chapter 3, Planning and Deploying an Enterprise Search Solution.

The topics covered include:

• Introduction to Enterprise Search.

• Overview of Microsoft Enterprise Search Products.

• Planning and Deploying an Enterprise Search Solution.

• Configuring and Administering Search.

• Searching LOB Systems with the BDC.

• User Profiles and People Search.

• Extending Search with Federation.

• Securing Your Search Results.

• Customizing the Search Experience.

• Understanding and Tuning Relevance.

• Building Applications with the Search API and Web Services.

To get the most from this book, you will want a copy of Office SharePoint Server. Windows SharePoint Services or Search Server will work, but you will not have access to all the search capabilities we talk about in the book. One easy way to get an evaluation copy of SharePoint is to download the SharePoint virtual machine from MSDN. You can find a link to the virtual machine on the SharePoint home page at www.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint. This virtual machine, while large, is preconfigured for you so that you can start working with the SharePoint Search technologies without having to install all the software and configure it.

這本書由三位在Microsoft SharePoint社群中最受認可的影響者所撰寫，闡明了企業中的SharePoint搜尋並專注於Microsoft搜尋技術。本書適用於從IT管理員到撰寫搜尋應用程式的開發人員的各種人士。我們在本書中涵蓋了許多主題，試圖涵蓋使用、管理和開發SharePoint搜尋技術的廣度。開發人員章節對於管理員來說很重要，因為開發人員和管理員必須共同合作使搜尋正常運作。相反，管理員章節對於開發人員來說也很重要，因為沒有這些知識，對API的編寫將更加困難。大多數讀者閱讀本書的所有章節都會受益。

本書涵蓋了SharePoint搜尋技術的廣度，從Search Server到Windows SharePoint Services再到Office SharePoint Server。我們還包括有關來自Microsoft的最新搜尋技術的信息，包括新的聯邦功能、過濾器包和最近收購的FAST技術。

本書的結構使您可以從頭到尾閱讀。各章節按照建立在彼此之上的方式排列，從概述章節開始，以API章節結束，向您展示如何對剛剛學到的所有技術進行編程。如果您對SharePoint還不熟悉，那麼前幾章對您來說很重要，您需要在繼續之前理解和消化它們，因為對於對它們還不熟悉的人來說，各種搜尋技術可能會讓人感到不知所措。對於有經驗的SharePoint讀者來說，概述章節是一個很好的複習，但您可能可以直接跳到詳細章節，從第3章“規劃和部署企業搜尋解決方案”開始。

本書涵蓋的主題包括：
- 企業搜尋簡介。
- Microsoft企業搜尋產品概述。
- 規劃和部署企業搜尋解決方案。
- 配置和管理搜尋。
- 使用BDC搜索LOB系統。
- 用戶配置文件和人員搜索。
- 通過聯邦擴展搜尋。
- 保護您的搜索結果。
- 自定義搜尋體驗。
- 理解和調整相關性。
- 使用搜尋API和Web服務構建應用程式。

要充分利用本書，您需要一份Office SharePoint Server的副本。Windows SharePoint Services或Search Server也可以使用，但您將無法使用本書中所談到的所有搜尋功能。獲取SharePoint評估副本的一種簡單方法是從MSDN下載SharePoint虛擬機。您可以在SharePoint主頁上的www.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint找到虛擬機的鏈接。這個虛擬機雖然很大，但已經為您預配置，因此您可以在不必安裝所有軟件和配置的情況下開始使用SharePoint搜尋技術。