SharePoint 2013 Search for Power Users

Crawl Sources

What is Indexed

What is not Indexed

Content Processing

Search is Security Trimmed

Alternates to Search

Search Limitations

Feature and limitation quiz.

Understand the concepts of crawling and indexing content and the impact on search availability and freshness.

Understand the limits of search, especially what is not indexed.

This module covers the use of the core search techniques.Lesson

Search Basics

Where can you search?

Search Navigation

Shoot first and see what you hit…

Refining Your Search

Aim then shoot…

Include or Exclude

Wildcards

Boolean Operators

Files in Libraries vs. Files as Attachments

Search Verticals

Searching for People

The Advanced Search Page

Creating Search Alerts

Search Preferences

The List and Library Search Box

The OneDrive Pro Query Box

Exercise 1: Using core search techniques.

Exercise 2: Using the Enterprise Search Center.

Use the core search features including keywords, wildcards and Boolean operators.

Identify the various places to start a search and the benefits of each.

Search for people.

This module covers the more advanced search techniques.

Lesson

Property Searches

Out of the Box Managed Properties

Data Types

Comparison Operators

ContentClass

Content Types

When is a Title not the Title?

Examples of Property Searches

Working with Multi-Lingual Content

What you can do to improve search results

Exercise 1: Using Managed Properties.

Exercise 2: Working with numbers and dates.

Exercise 3: Finding lists and content by ContentClass.

Exercise 4: Finding content by language.

Find content based on Managed Properties.

Properly search for items using dates.

Find lists and libraries by type.

Search using multiple languages.

Understand how a search administrator can tune search.

Understand how to best manage content to make it findable.

The appendix contains several detailed lists of codes and features useful to users of SharePoint search.

Out of the Box Result Sources

Frequently Used Managed Properties

Content Class Codes

SharePoint Search File Types

Search Features by Edition

Understand Codes and Lists