SharePoint 2013 Search Inside Out

SharePoint Search

Exploring Search Architecture and Topologies

Creating and Configuring Search Services Applications

Configuring Cross-Farm Services

Upgrading Search Service Applications

Create a simple Search Service Application using Central Administration

Create a simple Search Service Application using Windows PowerShell

Configure a complex Search Topology

Assign Search Roles

Create new Farm

Export and Import Farm Certificates

Setup Farm Trusts

Configuring Cross Farm services

Configuring Search for Multi-Tenancy

Using the Partition switch

Upgrade a SharePoint 2010 Search Service Application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe new Search features

Describe Search roles (Admin, Crawl, Index, Content Processing, Query)

Create and Configure Search Applications using Central Administration and Windows PowerShell

Configure Cross-Farm Services

Upgrade older Search Service Applications to SharePoint 2013 Search

In this module you will learn to configure your newly created Search Service Application. This includes creating and configuring content sources, configuring and executing crawls, defining search schemas and reviewing important topics of crawl and search security.

Content Sources

Crawling

Search Schemas

Customizing Search Results

Creating Content Sources

Configuring Crawl Rules

Crawling Content Sources (Full, Incremental)

Crawling Content Sources (Continuous)

Executing Crawls

Configuring File Types

Performing Index Resets

Creating Content Sources

Crawling Content Sources (Full, Incremental)

Crawling Content Sources (Continuous)

Executing Crawls

Configuring File Types

Performing Index Resets

Forms Authentication

Certificate Authentication

Managing Crawl Properties

Managing Managed Properties

Managed Search Schemas (Farm and Site)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and Configure Content Sources

Configure Crawl Rules

Utilize Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for configuration tasks

Setup content sources with specialize authentication

Manage crawl properties

Create and configure Managed Properties

Modify Search Schemas

In this module you will learn how to navigate the basic Search Center provided by SharePoint 2013. You will then explore various ways to customize the Search Center using Search Pages, Web Parts and Result Types.

Search Center Introduction

Customizing Search Center

Creating Search Pages

Create Result Pages

Modifying Search Navigation

Create Result Source

Working with Search Web Parts

Creating and Configuring Result Types

Showing map data in Search Callouts

Creating Refiners (Custom)

Creating Refiners (Managed Metadata)

Configure item counts

Using Content Query Web Part

Implementing Top Likes

Implementing Most Viewed

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Search Center features

Add new search and results pages

Customize the Search Center using Search Web Parts

Create and use Result Types

Create Refiners

In this module you will learn how to effectively query the Search Index to find items you are looking for. This can be done in a myriad of ways including keyword and Full Text. There are also various ways to send a query to SharePoint search that will be explored in detail. Lastly you will be exposed to creating and configuring Federated Search Sources.

Performing Queries

Programming Searches

Configuring Federated Sources

Performing simple KQL Queries

Performing complex KQL Queries

Performing People Searches

Enabling FQL Queries

Using Web Services (Visual Studio)

Using Server Object Model (Visual Studio)

Using Server Object Model (Windows PowerShell)

Using Client Object Model

Using REST

Configuring a Federated Result Source (OpenSearch)

Create Query Rules

Configuring a Federated Result Source (Exchange)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Perform effective Keyword and Full Text Queries

Perform effective People Searches

Program to the Search interfaces

Configure Federated Search Sources (OpenSearch and Exchange)

In this module you will learn to configure various SharePoint Search features to modify the way search results are displayed.

Tuning Search

Ranking Models

Authoritative Pages

Configuring Thesaurus

Configuring Stemming

Configure Search Query Suggestions

Configure Promoted Results

Configure Spell Checking

Configuring Search Dictionaries

Search Result Removal

Configuring Ranking Models

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the various ways to change search result behavior

Use Central Admin and Windows PowerShell to Tune Search

Configure Authoritative Pages

Modify the Thesaurus

Configure Ranking

Create Query Suggestions

Create and Configure Keywords and Synonyms

Create Search Dictionaries

Perform Result Removal

In this module you will explore IFilters and Protocol handlers and how to install and create custom search connectors using Business Connectivity Services. You will also learn to extend search by using the new Content Enrichment Service.

IFilters and Protocol Handler

Business Connectivity Connectors

Content Enrichment Service

Ceres Engine

Create a Content Enrichment Web Service

Configure Search to use Content Enrichment

Install and Configure a BCS Search Connector

Creating an Large External List using ECTs

Using Filters and External lists

Creating and Configuring Entity Profile Pages

Explore IFilters

Exporting Flows

Importing Flows

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe what an IFilter is and does

Describe what a protocol handler is and does

Describe Documet formatters

Install and configure BCS Connectors

Create new custom BCS Connectors

In this module you will learn how to properly backup and restore a Search Service Application. You will also explore various aspects around daily, weekly and monthly tasks that should be performed to ensure a healthy environment.

Backup and Restore

Maintenance Best Practices

Performing Search Backups

Performing Search Restore

Reviewing Crawl Logs

Checking Database Size

Checking Index Size

Implementing Search Throttling

Configuring Query Client Types

Move the Index

Create Index Replica

Create Index Partitions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Perform Search Backups

Perform Search Restores

Create Index Replicas and Partitions

Describe the daily, weekly and monthly tasks of a Search Administrator

In this module you will learn to find and decipher the built in reporting and analytic reporting features of SharePoint Search. You will also explore the performance metrics to build a baseline for your Search Platform architecture. Lastly, you will explore various troubleshooting techniques and common issues with Search.

Search Reporting & Analytics

Monitoring Search

Troubleshooting Search

Exploring Search Reports and Analytics

Monitoring Performance Counters

Creating a Performance Baseline

Troubleshooting Search

Configure ULS Logs

Filter on ULS Search Logs

Enable WCF Debugging

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Search Reporting and Analytics features

Run reporting and analysis reports

Learn how to properly monitor Search metrics for performance

Utilize the ULS logs for troubleshooting