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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

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

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

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

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

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