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How to tell that a Continuous Crawl is actually working
One of the great things about having Continuous Crawl running is with the fact that it’s...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 10/24/2014
“About X results”: Sharepoint 2013 Search result counts keep changing
A question that’s asked fairly often is regarding the fact that Sharepoint Search seems to...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 10/23/2014
SharePoint 2013 On-Prem AntiVirus exceptions and IP Offloading
Support has been seeing a spike in strange issues that have no direct ULS logs associated with the...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 09/26/2014
SharePoint 2013 On-Prem reset index stuck resolution
Recently I have had a few customers with index out of sync errors, the customers have tried...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 09/26/2014
Interpreting “Crawl Queue” report with Sharepoint search
We’ve noticed something interesting a few weeks ago while working on a FAST Sharepoint 2010...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 09/24/2014
Windows Azure Pack Installation
This is the fourth article in a series of blog posts that will guide you through a simple...
Author: nmeader Date: 09/17/2014
Crushing the 1-million-item-limit myth with .NET Search Connector [BDC]
Ever heard the one about not being able to crawl more than a million or two rows from a single...
Author: bspender Date: 08/28/2014
Configuring Service Provider Foundation
This is the third article in a series of blog posts that will guide you through a simple...
Author: nmeader Date: 08/22/2014
Configuring the VMM Fabric For Windows Azure Pack
This is the second article in a series of blog posts that will guide you through a simple...
Author: nmeader Date: 08/04/2014
SharePoint Search *Quirks: Query Variables
In several forums, emails, and discussions, I keep seeing this recurring question, " How can I...
Author: bspender Date: 07/31/2014
Building a self-service private cloud using Windows Azure Pack
This is the first article in a series of blog posts that will guide you through a simple...
Author: nmeader Date: 07/31/2014
Do you want SharePoint 2013 in-flight workflows to complete after a Full Farm Fail Over?
Intro I’ve been spending a lot of time lately testing SharePoint + SQL Always On scenarios and...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 07/14/2014
Problems Crawling the non-Default zone *Explained
There is an undocumented assumption baked into SharePoint Search that the Default Public URL of a...
Author: bspender Date: 07/08/2014
Search Reporting and SharePoint 2013: Introduction
Reference Script: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43394 This is the first...
Author: NathanBrackett Date: 07/03/2014
Case Sensitivity and Duplicate URLs Getting Crawled
I've seen several scenarios where a single document gets crawled twice and leads to duplicate...
Author: bspender Date: 07/02/2014
Part 2: Intro to Provider Hosted Apps – Develop, Package, and Deploy
The purpose of this blog series is to consolidate and provide a simple flow on how to setup Provider...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 06/26/2014
Part 1: Intro to Provider Hosted Apps – Setup the Infrastructure
Intro This is blog is broken up into a 2 part series covering the following areas: Part 1: Setting...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 06/23/2014
SharePoint 2013 Searching for a URL
My colleague Igor Veytskin and I have run into a few issues when trying to search for a document in...
Author: Peter Dempsey Date: 04/08/2014
SharePoint 2013 noderunner.exe process information
At just about every customer I speak with I always get asked this same question, also after my...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 03/24/2014
SharePoint 2013 No Code User Segment Search
I stated looking into the User Segmentation feature in SharePoint 2013. The idea is that you create...
Author: Peter Dempsey Date: 03/24/2014
Cheat Sheet: Finding the *real Crawl State
Ever had a Crawl seeming stuck Starting , Stopping , Pausing , or even Crawling and thought... hmm,...
Author: bspender Date: 03/06/2014
From SPC14: “Troubleshoot Search” session (spc375)
Wow! I wanted to send a huge thank you to the >500 folks that attended our session today and for...
Author: bspender Date: 03/05/2014
Office SP1 and SharePoint 2013 Search
Good Day, This is mostly information aggregator type blog but I wanted to let the SP 2013 search...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 02/27/2014
SharePoint Search and Deadlocks in SQL Server
Deadlocks reported in the Search databases, particularly the Crawl Store database (which manages the...
Author: bspender Date: 02/10/2014
SharePoint 2013 Crawl Tuning Part 3: Content Processing Component continued
Picking up from part 2, we continue looking at the Content Processing Component. There were some...
Author: Peter Dempsey Date: 02/07/2014
SharePoint 2013 Search IO critical component locations
While working with a customer I found an undocumented (on TechNet anyways) bit of information on...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 02/07/2014
Shameless Self-Promotion: Presenting at SPC14
Coming to SharePoint Conference 2014? Then I invite you to come see Jon Waite and I present on...
Author: bspender Date: 02/06/2014
Reminder: Use a UNC path as the destination for the Backup-SPFarm cmdlet
As I was preparing to install the SharePoint 2013 December ‘14 Cumulative Update, I decided to...
Author: Alex Smith (PFE) Date: 02/06/2014
SharePoint 2013 Crawl Tuning Part 2: Content Processing Component
In part 1, we took a crawl performance baseline and came to the conclusion that our feeding...
Author: Peter Dempsey Date: 01/30/2014
Notes on securing data with Sharepoint 2013 Search
A few days ago a question came up regarding looking at Sharepoint 2013 Search from a security...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 01/27/2014
Crawling content with Sharepoint 2013 Search
Before we get anywhere further with search, let’s discuss in more detail how content is...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 12/23/2013
Search Architecture with SharePoint 2013
I’d like to revisit the topics that Leo have so well described in his 2 previous...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 12/13/2013
SharePoint 2010 PowerShell incompatibility with .NET 4.X
There is a known compatibility issue with SharePoint 2010 and Windows Management Framework 4.0...
Author: Alex Smith (PFE) Date: 12/11/2013
SP2010: Search Query Load Balancing *Explained (part 2)
As I began in part 1, seemingly “sporadic” query problems are often just straightforward...
Author: bspender Date: 12/09/2013
Sharepoint 2013 Search Ranking and Relevancy Part 1: Let’s compare to FS14
I’m very happy to do some “guest” blogging for my good friend Leo and continue diving into various...
Author: Igor Veytskin - Microsoft PFE Date: 12/05/2013
SharePoint 2013 Content Enrichment: Regular Expression Data Extraction
There are a number of posts on getting started writing a Content Enrichment Web Service. I found...
Author: Peter Dempsey Date: 12/04/2013
SharePoint Search *Quirks: Adding Content Sources
I recently encountered a scenario in which adding SharePoint Search content sources of various types...
Author: bspender Date: 11/18/2013
SharePoint 2010 - Why lots of web applications will hurt you
Intro I know this post is probably somewhat dated but if I can save those that will be deploying...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 11/07/2013
Guide to SharePoint 2013 Host Name Site Collections
Intro to Host Name Site Collections (HNSC) First, I know several resources are out there published...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 10/31/2013
AAMs *Explained : Redux (and Presentation)
I recently gave a talk around AAMs and wanted to post my slides here (attached below as...
Author: bspender Date: 10/01/2013
FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Crawler Troubleshooting
Being in the field for Microsoft has taught me some valuable troubleshooting skills for multiple...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 09/03/2013
SP2010: Search Query Load Balancing *Explained (part 1)
Seemingly “sporadic” query problems are often just straightforward failures being masked...
Author: bspender Date: 07/15/2013
Why Host Distribution Rules Don't Apply to SharePoint 2013
After reading my post to rebalance Crawl Stores in SharePoint 2013, several people have since...
Author: bspender Date: 06/30/2013
SharePoint 2013 Search - Crawl and Feed
Several things haven't changed in 2013 SharePoint search. Search is still uses a...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 06/28/2013
How can I determine what file types are supported in a FS4SP instance?
Q: How can I determine what file types are supported in a FS4SP instance? A: There are a few ways:...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 06/13/2013
SharePoint 2013 Search Architecture Part 1 - Intro
Several things have changed in SharePoint 2013 Search. As you might already be aware, we merged and...
Author: Russ Maxwell Date: 06/06/2013
SharePoint 2013 Documentum Indexing Connector - Configuration
Note: This information is intended to compliment and not replace the official documentation on...
Author: Alex Smith (PFE) Date: 06/06/2013
Video: Troubleshooting FAST Search and the SharePoint 2010 Crawler - An Operational Viewpoint
A video I did for the Enterprise Search Users Group in New York City Includes case studies and real...
Author: KristopherLoranger Date: 06/04/2013