SharePoint 2010: FAST Search Server Survival Guide
This is a list of FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint resources you can add too, and feel free to rearrange.
Main TechNet and MSDN resources
- FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Tech Center (TechNet) - This is the main entry point for the FAST Search for SharePoint technical library, white papers, and other TechNet resources.
- Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2010 Resource Center (TechNet)
- SharePoint Enterprise Search (MSDN) - This is the main entry point for search-related integration and customization. Note that SharePoint Server search and FAST Search for SharePoint share most integration interfaces.
- Survival Guide: SharePoint 2013 and Enterprise Search
Updates
- [[FAST Search for SharePoint cumulative updates]] (wiki)
- [[Summary of FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint SP1 improvements and fixes]] (wiki)
- FAST Search for SharePoint extensibility updates in SP1 (blog)
- Latest Enterprise Search (including FAST Search) software updates (TechNet)
- Patch guidelines for Sharepoint 2010 and Office Web Apps (blog)
Architecture
- FAST Search topology overview (TechNet)
- [[How FAST Search for SharePoint Fits into SharePoint 2010]] (wiki)
- FAST Search for SharePoint and SharePoint Server search architecture intro and diagrams (blog)
Training
- Enterprise search IT Professional training (TechNet)
- Enterprise search developer training (MSDN)
- Pre-packaged downloadable VM image - used in the training labs
Install
- Install/deployment overview (TechNet)
- Deployment guide for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Downloadable guide for offline use, same content as available on TechNet)
- Pre-packaged downloadable VM image for evaluation
- Set up publishing and consuming farms (blog)
Troubleshooting installations
- Installation: Configuration wizard fails (TechNet)
- Disabling 'Secondary Logon' stops service from starting (blog)
- [[Troubleshooting Post Setup Configuration Failed]] (wiki)
- My Troubleshooting Best Practices for FAST Search Server for SharePoint 2010 Installation [Updated] (blog)
- Troubleshooting: FAST Admin DB (blog)
- Microsoft Search Server 2010 and Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 Known Issues/ReadMe (Office)
Configuration
- Create a new FAST Search Center Site Collection using PowerShell (wiki)
- Use an xml configuration file and PowerShell to manage all CP, MP, CP/MP mappings and CP categories (script)
- [[Steps to rename a machine running FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint]] (wiki)
Performance and sizing
- Plan search topology (TechNet)
- Performance and capacity test results (TechNet)
- FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Capacity Planning (white paper)
Operations
Troubleshooting
- SANITY CHECK - PS commands and steps to assist your troubleshooting efforts [[FS4SP-SANITY CHECK]] (wiki)
- [[FS4SP-Error Message Reference Guide]] (wiki)
- Configure standalone mode (Microsoft Download Center)
- Add/Remove a column (Microsoft Download Center)
Manage crawling
- [[Configure and use the Documentum connector]] (wiki)
Monitor
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- Monitor FAST Search Server 2010 (TechNet)
- FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Capacity Planning (white paper) (The end of the white paper discusses performance counters)
- [[Monitor FAST Search Server 2010]] (wiki)
- View Web Analytics reports (TechNet)
- Search Reporting and Analytics for SharePoint Server 2010 (TechNet Training)
- Introducing Web Analytics in SharePoint 2010 (MSDN Team blog)
User features
- Manage FAST Search Server features with PowerShell (TechNet)
- Creating additional refiners in the refiner web part (blog)
- Using Custom Properties to create a FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 User Context (blog)
Query Completion
Search Scopes
- Search scopes in FAST Search for SharePoint part 1 >and 2 (blog)
- Walkthrough of how to add rank using scopes (blog)
Indexing features
- Manage indexing performance and availability (TechNet)
- Manage index schema with PowerShell (TechNet)
- Index Schema details (MSDN)
- Rebuilding the index (blog)
Query integration
- FAST Search query integration overview (MSDN)
- The Search Developer Story in SharePoint 2010 - Query Interfaces (blog)
- FAST Query Language (FQL) (MSDN)
- Developer Search Tool for SharePoint 2010 Search and FAST Search for SharePoint (blog/download)
- Federated Search Connector Gallery for Enterprise Search (TechNet)
- Federated Search Examples - including Google Search (blog)
- Server Name Mapping and Alternate Access Mapping (AAM) (blog)
- Extend the Search Box web part in SharePoint 2010 (blog)
- Extending CoreResultsWebPart to Handle Search Queries Written in FAST Query Language (blog)
- Date and time in FAST Search Server queries and results (blog)
- Some hints on testing custom managed properties and queries (blog)
- Core results web part supporting FQL (CodePlex)
- Query logger tool (CodePlex/download)
Content integration, connectors, and processing
- SharePoint Server Search Connector Framework (MSDN) - Same connector framework as for SharePoint Server search
- [[How to create a FAST Search for SharePoint test document using XMLMapper]] (wiki)
- Use an XML configuration file and PowerShell to manage all CP, MP, CP/MP mappings and CP categories (script)
- [[Multi-value property support in FAST Search Server for SharePoint]] (wiki)
- Walkthrough of how to extract Fixml (blog)
- Using the Spy stage (blog)
- [[How To Identify Crawled Properties and Their Values]] (wiki)
- FAST Search Server for SharePoint Content API (blog)
- Can FS4SP support non-Windows security? Yes* (blog)
- [[Best practices using the FAST JDBC Connector]] (TechNet Wiki)
- [[Best practices using the FAST Enterprise Crawler]] (TechNet Wiki)
Crawling
- Crawling with the Content SSA or the FAST specific connectors (TechNet)
- Debugging the Crawler Parsing in FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 (blog)
- Crawling case sensitive repositories using SharePoint Server 2010 (blog)
- [[Best practices for indexing file share content]] (wiki)
Pipeline extensibility
- Customizing item processing (MSDN)
- Debugging and logging for pipeline extensibility stages (blog)
- Debug and log FAST Search pipeline extensibility stages in Visual Studio (blog)
- Using pipeline extensibility to view all crawled properties (script)
BCS
Admin integration
Community
- FAST Search for SharePoint forum (TechNet)
- Microsoft enterprise search blog (MSDN)