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SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) Enterprise Search and BDC – QuickStart Resources


Recently, I had to get a few of my team members ready quickly for implementing Search in MOSS to search in multiple content sources (Oracle, Lotus Notes, SQL Server). So I prepared a list of URLs about the information available publicly and that would be sufficient to get started with. Sharing those URLs here:

General Search

  • Overview Article: Find It All with SharePoint Enterprise Search
  • TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technology (Level 200)  Event ID: 1032309959
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032309959&CountryCode=US
  • TechNet Webcast: Installing and Configuring Search in SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)  Event ID: 1032325467
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032325467&CountryCode=US
  • Enterprise Search in MOSS Overview @ MSDN
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms495418.aspx
  • Operations/How-To: Add a content source for search (Office SharePoint Server)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/82c7c354-6347-4ae8-b5f8-7d0cdfe432401033.mspx?mfr=true
BDC and Search
  • BDC Overview Video
  • What is the Business Data Catalogue?
http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn/archive/2006/10/05/What-is-the-Business-Data-Catalouge_3F00_.aspx
  • BDC Overview and Links at MSDN
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms546541.aspx
  • TechNet Webcast: Extending SharePoint Server 2007 Search Capabilities by Exposing Data with the Business Data Catalog (Level 300)  Event ID: 1032325420
http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032325420&CountryCode=US
  • Blog: BDC – Enabling Search on business data 
  • Tool: BDC Meta Man is the first application that provides the ability to create Application Definitions for the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) Business Data Catalog (BDC) without writing a line of code.
http://www.bdcmetaman.com/default.aspx
  • Database Sample: AdventureWorksDW SQL Server 2005 Sample
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms494876.aspx
  •  Web Service Sample: Walkthrough: Amazon Web Service Sample 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms498501.aspx
  • Enabling Business Data Search
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms492695.aspx
  • BDC and Oracle Blogs:
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/sethnidhi/archive/2007/02/04/19004.aspx
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ldusolier/archive/2006/12/22/17172.aspx
Search In Lotus Notes
  •  Configure Office SharePoint Server Search to crawl Lotus Notes (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
 http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/82c7c354-6347-4ae8-b5f8-7d0cdfe432401033.mspx?mfr=true 
  • MOSS2007 – Search and Index Lotus Notes
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/helloitsliam/archive/2007/01/09/17654.aspx
  • Using SharePoint 2007 to index a Lotus Notes Database
http://meiyinglim.blogspot.com/2007/01/using-sharepoint-2007-to-index-lotus.html
  • Displaying correct Titles of  Lotus Notes Documents in SharePoint Search Results
http://meiyinglim.blogspot.com/2007/01/displaying-correct-titles-of-lotus.html
  • How to Configure Search to Honor Lotus Notes Security Settings

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