Configuring and Administrating SharePoint 2010 Search

Overview/Description
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a business platform where people can collaborate, set up web sites, manage documents, and provide intelligence to make key business decisions. This course provides the essentials to configure and manage Search for SharePoint 2010. The course will cover how to configure crawl schedules, iFilters, crawl rules, content sources, scopes, managed properties, content types, search components, index partitioning and federated search locations . This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for Microsoft Exam 70-667 (TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring). Passing this exam will earn the learner MCTS: SharePoint 2010, Configuration certification.

Target Audience
Windows Server administrators tasked with installing, configuring, and managing SharePoint Server 2010 and all supporting Servers and Services. Any such administrator should have IT administration knowledge of Windows Server 2008, IIS 7, DNS, Active Directory, and Microsoft SQL 2005/2008.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Configuring and Administrating SharePoint 2010 Search

initialize Search in SharePoint Foundation

identify the considerations involved in using Search for SharePoint Foundation

identify the components of the Search Application Topology page

match the Search Service Application Topology with its description

recognize how to administer Search for SharePoint Server for given scenarios

configure Search for SharePoint Foundation

configure Search for SharePoint Server

differentiate between site level and service application level search administration options

match the key features of FAST to their descriptions

classify the key steps to install FAST for SharePoint under the major installation tasks

determine how to administer Search for a given scenario

recognize how to implement FAST for SharePoint Server 2010