This should include security permissions and metadata managed by the store. Different stores manage files, security and metadata differently and require different connectors. So, for each item retrieved, the indexing server has a pile of raw text, metadata (some found within the document, some held by the store alongside the document), a link to the original item and security permissions (who can access it). You can leverage those properties in search queries. MORE >>

Please visit the new blog at www.joiningdots.com/blog/ 06 June 2006 Microsoft Search Strategy - Part 1 Yesterday, I attended Microsofts Enterprise Search conference in London where the future strategy for search was presented. The large percentage of time was spent on SharePoint Server 2007, that includes enterprise search features. To search for a document, you would have to run a separate query on each server. MORE >>

Please visit the new blog at www.joiningdots.com/blog/ 12 June 2006 Microsoft Search Strategy - Part 2 Part 1 looked at the current portfolio of search products and technologies available from Microsoft. As before, the content here is based on the search conference I attended last week, combined with some notes from the SharePoint conference held in May and some thoughts I had along the way. MS Search is also being improved within server products. MORE >>

About Videos Whitepapers Cloud OS and the Personal Server June 28th, 2007 Ina Fried says that Microsoft’s much rumored OS in the cloud is still “ pie in the sky “ So far, she is obviously right. As more people cross-link to your article, it gains value and gets a higher ranking on search results. It is not here yet, but when it arrives, I believe that it will not be delivered by one single vendor, such as Microsoft. MORE >>

Microsoft design point is to co-mingle structured collaboration tools alongside social computing tools - it's unrealistic to think of social computing disconnected from collaborations strategies. Microsoft also thinks of the IT Pro. control costs, provide solutions, maintain security, do more with less, ensure compliance, reduce islands, etc. can "follow" tag - do a people search and locate all people associated with that tag. MORE >>