Module 1: Enterprise Search Architecture

This module explains the Enterprise Search Architecture of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Lessons

• Enterprise Search Overview
• Enterprise Search Physical Architecture
• Enterprise Search Architectural Processes
• Information Architecture and Search

Lab: Enterprise Search Architecture

• Exercise 1: Defining Functional Requirements for Enterprise Search Solutions
• Exercise 2: Identifying Physical Requirements for Enterprise Search Solutions
• Exercise 3: Designing Enterprise Search Schemas

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 2: Architectural Patterns for Enterprise Search Solutions

This module describes a wide range of typical search scenarios and then investigates architectural patterns that meet the requirements of those scenarios.

Lessons

• Departmental Search
• People Search
• Internet Site Search
• Business Data Search
• Multilingual Search
• Enterprise Search
• Geographically Dispersed Search
• Patterns for Extending Search

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 3: Performance Tuning and Optimization for Enterprise Search

This module explains how to tune and optimize enterprise search solutions that are based on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 platform.

Lessons

• Enterprise Search Physical Characteristics
• Architecting Enterprise Search for Non-Functional Requirements
• Optimizing Enterprise Search Deployment Architectures
• Optimizing Search Relevance

Lab: Performance Tuning and Optimization for Enterprise Search Solutions

• Exercise 1: Monitoring Enterprise Search Performance
• Exercise 2: Defining a Scaling Strategy for Enterprise Search
• Exercise 3: Tuning Relevance

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 4: Capacity Planning for Enterprise Search Solutions

This module explains how to plan capacity for enterprise search solutions and architectures.

Lessons

• Analyzing Enterprise Corpuses
• Planning for Index Catalog Files
• Planning for Search Databases

Lab: Capacity Planning for Enterprise Search Solutions

• Exercise 1: Analyzing the Enterprise Corpus
• Exercise 2: Planning Capacity for Index Catalog Files
• Exercise 3: Planning Capacity for the Search Databases

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 5: Indexing Enterprise Data

This module explains the architectural issues and guidelines on how to include line-of-business data in enterprise search solutions.

Lessons

• Business Data Catalog Content Sources
• Business Data Catalog Security

Lab: Indexing Enterprise Data

• Exercise 1: Creating Business Data Catalog Applications for Search
• Exercise 2: Indexing Business Data Catalog Application
• Exercise 3: Searching Business Data Catalog Data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 6: Architecting and Developing Search Solutions

This module explains the architectural issues around customizing, extending and developing search applications that use the core Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 indexing and query services.

Lessons

• Customizing Search Center
• Extending Search Center
• Custom Search Scenarios in SharePoint Sites
• Adding Enterprise Search Capabilities to Non-SharePoint Solutions
• Developing Custom Security Trimmers

Lab: Architecting and Developing Search Solutions

• Exercise 1: Implementing URL-based Queries
• Exercise 2: Creating Query and Result Web Parts
• Exercise 3: Developing with the Query Web Service

After completing this module, students will be able to: