Category Archive: FAST Search

Oct
07

#ShareSalon and the Rise of ECM #SPC11

I noticed when registering at mySPC the high number of sessions tagged as ECM (27, I believe). Unusual for a conference *not* devoted to enterprise content management or knowledge management, this was the single highest session type (the other high tag numbers were for roles such as Developer, Architect, Administrator) but the ontology and taxonomy …

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Oct
03

My Review of Learning to develop a high-end search solution with FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 #spc11

Registering for the SharePoint Conference (#spc11) also gave me the opportunity to register for one pre-conference activity. It was a tough choice but Learning to develop a high-end search solution with FAST Search for SharePoint 2010won over the other hands on labs.   My Review If you are a just curious with FAST customization and …

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Oct
03

mySPC LiveBlogging Schedule @cyberslate #SPC11 #SPC11LB #SPCRockstars

Welcome to sunny (at least for now!) Anaheim all! Here’s my schedule for the conference – I hope to liveblog all events listed (unless waylaid by meetings or booth duty at Planet Technologies booth 156 !). Please also check out the Women in Technology #SPCRockstars panel tomorrow Monday October 3, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. PDT – I’ll be …

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Sep
19

Q and A of my Recent Webinar – Part 1

Recently, I’ve made a webinar with Dave Coleman and MetaVis. Thanks to the great people attending, I’ve got lot more question I was able to answer then, so as an ultimate solution I promised to answer them on my blog. So here are my answers, part #1: What is the motivation behind prevent folders under …

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Apr
18

Total SharePoint Search: Document Recognition Technology (DRT)

As you’re sitting here reading this article, chances are that you aren’t thinking a lot about each individual word. You’re simply recognising the words “on sight” because they are familiar to you. The same can be said about searching for documents that you’ve created.  If you can recognise the structure quickly then you’re able to …

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Jan
05

Troubleshooting FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Installation

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FAST Search Server for SharePoint 2010 is a  rel high-end Search solution on the top of SharePoint 2010, but sometimes its installation and configuration can surprise us. In my experience, there are some typical error messages and solutions I’ve collected in a list for you. Hope it’ll help and save some time while you’re installing: …

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Mar
21

Fast Search for SharePoint 2010 Webinar

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Back on the 23rd February BA Insight hosted a webinar deep dive into the exciting new features and architecture of FAST for SharePoint 2010, with many live demos throughout the presentation. I was lucky enough to attend this virtual event but in case you missed it they have now made the session available on demand …

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Feb
08

Teaching an old dog new tricks. Using PowerShell to make life better.

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PowerShell has been around for a while now and I use it quite a lot. I’m a programmer so I like to be able to run scripts with loops etc so I get excited that using PowerShell I can display my 8 times tables with this code: foreach ($num in 1..12 ) { $num * …

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