Configure eDiscovery for SharePoint Server 2013

The Test Lab Guide (TLG), Configure eDiscovery for SharePoint Server 2013, describes how to configure eDiscovery in SharePoint Server 2013.

This TLG takes you through the following eDiscovery configuration steps:

1. Install the Exchange Web Service API 1.2 (EwsManagedApi.msi)  
2. Configure a trust relationship between SharePoint 2013 and Exchange Server 2013.
3. Configure Exchange Server 2013 for SharePoint 2013’s eDiscovery center.
4. Configure Search to crawl all discoverable content.
5. Grant permissions.
6. Create an eDiscovery center.

The resulting test lab is a place for you to begin learning more about eDiscovery configuration in SharePoint Server 2013. 

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SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 now available

Bill Baer is a senior product marketing manager in the SharePoint product group.

Today we announced SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) at the SharePoint Conference 2014 in Las Vegas, NV.

SP1 is our latest release to SharePoint Server 2013 on-premises. This service pack includes performance, reliability, and security fixes. It also helps IT address some of the most common scenarios faced when moving to the cloud, helping them deploy cloud-based workloads in their organization faster and with less complexity, while providing them with the control they demand.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in SharePoint Server 2013

If you're a website owner, you know how important it is that users can easily find your website by using Internet search engines such as Bing or Google. The higher your website is shown in the search results list, the more likely it is that users will click on it. Just think of your own behavior when looking at search results. When was the last time you clicked to view the second page of search results?

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Understanding how search results are displayed in SharePoint Server 2013

This is a blog post in the series "How to change the way search results are displayed in SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Online."

For an overview of the blog post in this series, go to How to change the way search results are displayed in SharePoint Server 2013.

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