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SharePoint auto created managed properties and document processing performance
Out of the box, SharePoint 2013 will automatically create a Managed Property when it discovers a...
Date: 04/10/2017
Search Performance: A case of AV slowing down crawls
In the services world supporting Search, I commonly see the nasty impact of Anti-Virus (AV) on the...
Date: 04/27/2016
SharePoint Search Runbook - Move Admin Components
This post may be used as a reference to help create or update a SharePoint search runbook. Move...
Date: 03/30/2016
SharePoint Search Runbook - CEWS Pipeline Toolkit
This post may be used as a reference to help create or update a SharePoint search runbook. CEWS...
Date: 03/25/2016
Search Health Reports (SRx) - Summary for each 'Test'
Brought to you by SearchEngineers@microsoft.com, the Search Health Reports (SRx Core), which can be...
Date: 03/25/2016
Need to evaluate SharePoint Search Topology?
Intro to Get-SRxTopologyReports It has some dust and time to blow it off. My name is Russ...
Date: 03/11/2016
Announcing the Search Health Reports (SRx) for SharePoint Search Diagnostics
Brought to you by SearchEngineers@microsoft.com , the Search Health Reports (SRx) is a...
Date: 02/01/2016
Using site columns to create searchable metadata in SharePoint Online (Office 365)
A SharePoint site column[1] is a field definition that defines data or metadata that can be...
Date: 12/11/2015
SharePoint Search Topology Limits Clarified for the Crawl Component
As more environments begin scaling out to the documented limits for Search, a common question tends...
Date: 11/30/2015
Recreating the Popular Searches Web Part in SharePoint 2013
If you've upgraded from SharePoint 2010 to 2013 and previously made use of the Popular Searches...
Date: 11/11/2015
Viewing crawl logs in SharePoint Online (Office 365)
Cross-posting for Dan Harrington and his Office 365 Term-of-the-Day blog. The low-level details of...
Date: 11/03/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: Even Better Best Bets with Exact Matching
First, full credit goes to Mikael Svenson and Petter Skodvin-Hvammen for the original solution. This...
Date: 10/23/2015
Multi-level Taxonomy Facets in Azure Search
Azure Search schemas do not explicitly support multi-level taxonomy categories, but such a feature...
Date: 09/09/2015
Modeling the AdventureWorks Inventory Database for Azure Search
Modeling structured database content into an efficient search index is rarely a straightforward...
Date: 09/08/2015
Important SharePoint 2013 Patching Script Changes
Intro and Issue I want to get a quick update out to my subscribers that currently use the...
Date: 09/07/2015
PowerShell: Getting Link Counts per Host Domain
Let's consider this throwback Thursday. A couple of years ago, I posted this " PowerShell...
Date: 09/03/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: How clicks change relevancy and rank scoring
If you've ever looked at rank log or the ExplainRank.aspx page, you may have noticed that term...
Date: 09/03/2015
SP2013 Crawling *Explained: Enumeration/Discovery (Part 3a)
With VerboseEx logging enabled, the crawl of a single item (or interchangeably, a...
Date: 08/17/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: Full-Text Index and Context Weight Groups - What is wrong with my rank model?
In a previous blog, I talked about the important relationship between relevancy, rank models,...
Date: 08/10/2015
SP2013: Using Get-SPIndexReports to Troubleshoot Failed Master Merge
Ever had an SP2013 Index Component report a yellow exclamation point ( ) to indicate a...
Date: 07/08/2015
Monitoring SharePoint 2013 Search Top Level Errors
Intro A common request for SharePoint Administrators and SharePoint Search Administrators is some...
Date: 07/02/2015
Client Automation: SharePoint Crawl Log Validation leveraging CSOM!
Intro Glad to be back blogging and yes it has been awhile. Part of belonging to the Search Premier...
Date: 06/22/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: People Search – “Why are my results so bad?” Understanding Relevancy, the Rank Model, Full-Text Index, and Fuzzy Matching
I’ve heard this question come up enough now that I think it warrants deeper examination....
Date: 06/03/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: People Search – “Why are my results so bad?” Understanding Relevancy, the Rank Model, Full-Text Index, Fuzzy Matching, and Social Distance
I’ve heard this question come up enough now that I think it warrants deeper examination....
Date: 06/03/2015
The Upcoming Cloud SSA and Next Generation Hybrid Search: Initial Thoughts
At the Microsoft Ignite Conference last week, we got our first look at the upcoming Cloud Search...
Date: 05/12/2015
MS Ignite “Effective Search Deployment” Session References (BRK3176)
Thank you everyone that came by to talk about our favorite subject... Search. We are incredibly...
Date: 05/05/2015
Finding the threshold for SharePoint 2013 crawler “Transaction Waiting”
During my presentation at Ignite 2015 I described monitoring for the SharePoint Crawler data point...
Date: 05/04/2015
PowerShell to Deploy an SSA Across Multiple Servers (v2.0)
A few years back, I published a PowerShell script to deploy a SharePoint Search Service Application...
Date: 05/04/2015
Another Shameless Self-Promotion: Presenting at Microsoft Ignite 2015
Coming to Microsoft Ignite next week? Then I invite you to come see Kristopher Loranger and I...
Date: 04/28/2015
Shameless Self-Promotion: Presenting at Microsoft Ignite 2015
If you are coming to Ignite this year and want to know more about Search in SharePoint 2013, come...
Date: 04/27/2015
The most important Timer Job for Search you may not know exists
What comes to mind when I say "Application Server Administration Services" timer job?...
Date: 04/22/2015
SP2013 Search Index health reports for monitoring and troubleshooting
Ever had an SP2013 Index Component report a yellow exclamation point ( ) to indicate a...
Date: 04/15/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: Ranked Result Blocks – The Definitive Answer
I’ve been stumped for a long time on how Ranked Result Blocks really work. When creating a...
Date: 04/02/2015
SP2013 Crawling *Explained: Starting the Crawl Deep Dive (Part 2)
In this deep dive, we continue this series to explain SharePoint crawls by using ULS to provide a...
Date: 03/24/2015
OneNote Class Notebook Creator in multiple languages in Office 365
As mentioned in the previous post about OneNote Class Notebook Creator, a group of educators in the...
Date: 03/23/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: Managing Query Rules with PowerShell
One thing I've noticed about Query Rules, Search Admins are really good at creating Query...
Date: 03/19/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search: Data Normalization using Query Rules and Variables
SharePoint 2013 Search administrators have asked me several times, "How can I match the data...
Date: 03/09/2015
eDiscovery in-Place Hold Processing – Behind the Scenes
Intro I’m excited to announce that I recently transferred internally to a Senior Search...
Date: 03/04/2015
OneNote Class Notebook Creator customization
Microsoft announced a new version of the OneNote Class Notebook Creator in December 2014 with...
Date: 02/13/2015
Developing SharePoint 2013 apps with GulpJS
The SharePoint 2013 app model is a great way to bridge the functionality of SharePoint with the...
Date: 02/09/2015
SP2013 Crawling *Explained: Orchestration (Part 1)
With VerboseEx logging enabled, the crawl of a single item (or interchangeably, a...
Date: 01/26/2015
SharePoint 2013 and CEWS: Searchable Extended File System Properties
For more information about CEWS or the CEWS toolkit,visit this resource:...
Date: 01/21/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search enable Partial Results – or a good reason to install Nov 2014 CU #2
SharePoint 2013 Nov 2014 CU has some great new Search features that I have been working with, last...
Date: 01/16/2015
Unraveling SharePoint BI Access to External Data Sources - Part 1
Intro I’ve been meaning to write this blog for some time now so I finally got around to doing...
Date: 01/09/2015
The CredSSP Files: Part 1 Access Denied for Local Administrator
PowerShell remoting is an extremely useful administration tool. To take full advantage of running...
Date: 12/13/2014
SharePoint 2013 Search enable embedded documents indexing – or a good reason to install Nov 2014 CU #1
Are your users asking; Where is my embedded content when I search for it in SP2013? By default,...
Date: 12/10/2014
SP2013: Understanding storage locations for files gathered by the Crawl Component
When gathering files from a content source, the SharePoint 2013 Crawl Component can be very I/O...
Date: 12/04/2014
Windows Azure Pack Configuration
This is the fifth article in a series of blog posts that will guide you through a simple...
Date: 12/04/2014
Certain types of Icons are not being displayed in search results with Sharepoint 2013
It looks like Sharepoint 2013 Search results are not showing little icons that display the file type...
Date: 11/05/2014
Bypassing Multiple-Authentication Providers in SharePoint 2013
Intro I haven't researched to see if this topic has been heavily documented but feel like...
Date: 10/31/2014