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Slides from my SharePoint Search talk at Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group

In spite of the weather, I still had some people show up to my updated SharePoint Search talk, Getting the most out of SharePoint Search . This talk relates closely to my recent blog post Are you getting the most out of SharePoint Search . The talk focused on understanding the basics of search...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 01-11-2011
Are you getting the most out of SharePoint Search?

As we start out the new year, I thought I would start out with a post talking about one of my favorite SharePoint topics, Enterprise Search. Over the years, I’ve seen a variety of search configurations. Some companies have great implementations and other companies really struggle. For...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 01-03-2011
Use Keyword Query Syntax instead of SQL Syntax for SharePoint 2010 Search Queries

SharePoint 2010 has three syntaxes that you can use to execute search queries, Keyword , SQL , and FAST Query Language (FQL). In SharePoint 2007, we only had the first two of course. You may not know it, but you probably use Keyword Query Syntax every day when you visit your search center...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 12-22-2010
Should you automatically map crawled properties to managed properties in SharePoint Enterprise Search?

There is a setting that you can find in SharePoint Enterprise Search to automatically generate a new managed property for each crawled property discovered in a particular category. You find this setting in your Search Service Application under Metadata Properties –> Categories . The category...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 12-15-2010
Configuring contextual search to use search center

I’ve never been a fan of the way contextual search is handled in SharePoint out-of-the-box. By default, SharePoint has contextual searches go to OSSSearchResults.aspx. If you aren’t familiar with the term contextual search , you might be familiar with the This Site or the This List...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 12-09-2010
How to: Start over with SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search

It happens to the best of us. Sometimes, we just need to start over. A lot of times, I see cases in the forums where it is just easier to reinstall the Search Service Application. This especially applies to new environments or when someone ran the dreaded “wizard” to set up their service...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 10-25-2010
How to: Properly set permissions on your Search crawl account in SharePoint 2010

When you install SharePoint and configure your Search Service Application, it usually does a pretty good job making sure that your default content access (aka crawl) account has the appropriate permissions to your SharePoint sites. However, many times, it is necessary to adjust permissions to get...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 10-19-2010
Displaying Social Ratings in Search Results

I absolutely love the new social ratings site columns that we can easily add to existing SharePoint 2010 document libraries. It gives such an easy way for end users to rate documents in an interface they are probably already familiar with because of iTunes. I got to thinking. Seeing these...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 10-04-2010
FAST Search Configuration Wizard Error: User Validation Failed. Username or domain is not valid

Getting FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 installed is a pretty involved process. It’s definitely easier in the RTM since there is a wizard now and you don’t have to run 20 different PowerShell scripts. However, one issue I encountered myself a few months ago was an error I received in the...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 09-29-2010
How to: Execute FAST Query Language (FQL) Queries using the KeywordQuery Class

Anyone who likes SharePoint Enterprise Search has to love FAST. As a developer, sooner or later you are going to want to take advantage of the FAST Query Language also known as FQL . This lets you truly leverage the power of FAST and perform very advanced queries. I’ve shown you how...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 09-22-2010

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