Inside the Index and Search Engines: Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007: Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (Developer Reference)

Optimize the user search experience in your workplace by customizing and extending the enterprise search capabilities in SharePoint Server 2007. Recognized SharePoint experts deliver the straightforward guidance and pragmatic coding samples you need to enable quick access to critical information.

Discover how to:

• Configure and manage the SharePoint Server 2007 index file and search engines
• Plan a search deployment strategy that balances performance, scalability, and security considerations
• Set up and customize search functionality and UI controls
• Monitor and analyze search-usage metrics to optimize the end-user experience
• Use search APIs to prepare and execute a query, and to process the results
• Program administrative functions using the search administration object model
• Develop and install custom IFilters and protocol handlers
• Use the Business Data Catalog to structure and index critical line-of-business data
• Program search operations using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0