Searching in Office SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 adds several new features and enhancements to Enterprise Search. The new features provide a consistent and familiar search experience, increased relevance of search results, new functions to search for people and expertise, ability to index and search data in line-of-business (LOB) applications, and improved manageability and extensibility.

This section contains overview information and step-by-step, how-to procedures for programming with Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

In This Section

• Enterprise Search Architecture
  Get an overview of the internal architecture of Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

• Querying Enterprise Search
  Learn how to use the Query Web service and the new Query object model to query Enterprise Search. Find information about the query syntaxes you can use with Enterprise Search.

• Customizing the Enterprise Search User Interface
  Learn about the new Enterprise Search Web Parts and how you can modify them to customize the user interface for Enterprise Search.

• Programmatically Administering Enterprise Search
  Find overview information and step-by-step, how-to procedures to help you learn how to use the new object model in custom applications to configure and administer Enterprise Search.

• Comparisons of SharePoint Search Versions
  Find a comparison of features among Search in Windows SharePoint Services, Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search, and Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query

Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration

Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls

Related Sections

Upgrading SharePoint Portal Server Search 2003 Customizations to Enterprise Search

See Also

Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007