Plan for BI Indexing Connector (SharePoint Server 2010)

 

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Important

The Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector free download was removed from the download site. Customers who have downloaded the Business Intelligence Indexing Connector as of March 2011 will continue to be supported as per standard support procedures. However, Business Intelligence Indexing Connector will not be tested or supported for SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1.

This section describes how to plan for using Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector.

• Introduction to Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes how you can deploy Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector to improve search capabilities for Microsoft Excel and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports and the underlying data sources that are part of the report.

• Determine software requirements for Business Intelligence Indexing Connector (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes the software prerequisites for the Business Intelligence Indexing Connector front end (on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010) and back end (on Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) installations.

• Overview of Business Intelligence Indexing Connector architecture (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes the topology for a multi-server deployment of Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector added to Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (the back end) and SharePoint Server (the front end).

• Overview of BI Indexing Connector search tab interface (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes the elements of the Reports search page.