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Friday, April 25, 2008 5:14 PM
Microsoft feels the need, feels the need for Speed!
I happy to report that Microsoft just completed the tender offer for the FAST acquisition! Here is a great quote from the announcement: “With our companies combined, we’ll be uniquely able to offer customers what they’ve been telling
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Monday, April 21, 2008 1:52 PM
Excellent Search Resources for the IT Pro and Developer alike!
There is an excellent resource for all you Microsoft Search Jedi's out there the: Search Community Toolkit The Search Community Toolkit is comprised of a number of tools and code samples that have been contributed to enhance the Microsoft search experience
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:55 AM
Simply Amazing, Randy Pausch reprising his "Last Lecture"
If you have never scene this talk, I highly recommend it, it is about 10 minutes long and worth every second. I guarantee it will touch you. It is an shorter version of a full lecture that he gave, and you can click on his name to learn more
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Friday, February 15, 2008 7:45 AM
Screencast: How To Install Office Sharepoint Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008
The other day I was building some new demo servers to showcase search capabilities with Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS). During the process I decided to install MOSS on my brand new RTM copy of Windows 2008 Enterprise server.
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Monday, February 11, 2008 5:06 PM
MOSS Faceted Search code v2 released
One of the great things about working with search is seeing all of the great facets of the product. One of the more intriguing aspects I have seen is the faceted searching inside of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). So what is faceted
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:39 PM
Does your company have an Enterprise Search Strategy?
Good evening all of my search jedi's :-) I heard a great analyst, Matthew Brown , from Forrester talk about how important it is a to have a strategy and he did a very good job defining the steps to developing the strategy. There is a great
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:15 PM
Microsoft Acquires FAST
Hello all of my search junkies, I have a great announcement to share, Microsoft is looking to acquire FAST. This is an important step that not only shows how Microsoft is investing but also how important Enterprise Search is you and your business.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 8:05 AM
An In-Depth Look at SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technology: Webcast (12-17-2007)
Good afternoon all my search aficionados!!!! Thank you for attending the search webcast and I hope you found it interesting. We had some great questions from the webcast and I have the answers below. Before I get to those I wanted to share some resources
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:32 AM
Interview: How do you think about Search in your Enterprise?
Welcome to another on the street interview!!!!! While traveling in Ohio a few weeks ago, I had a chance to sit down with James Lakes to talk about search and where does he see it fit in an enterprise. We also talked briefly about Microsoft Search Server,
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:05 AM
Announcing Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express (MSS Express)
Yesterday we announced some huge news the addition of two new search products for you! Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express (MSS Express) and you you even try the release candidate (RC) of the express version today,
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Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:07 AM
SharePoint Search, Business Data Catalogs (BDC) and Oracle... oh my
One of the more fantastic features of SharePoint Server 2007 is the Business Data Catalog (BDC). The BDC is shared service and it will allow you pull data from databases or Web services directly into SharePoint. That is, you can use Business Data Catalog
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