SharePoint 2013 Search - Part 4

Searching File Shares

You can also search files shares for content and information using SharePoint search. To setup file share search, follow these steps:

1. Open SharePoint Central Administration site.

2. Click General Application Settings.

3. Click Farm Search Administration.

4. Click Search Service Application.

5. Click Content Sources under Crawling in the left side menu.

6. Click New Content Source.

SharePoint 2013 Search - Part 2

Federated Search

SharePoint search provides two approaches for processing queries to return search results. One is content crawling and the other is federated search. Let me remind you, if you are an experienced SharePoint user and have used SharePoint 2010, that just like “Search Scopes”, “Federated Search” terminology is extinct in SharePoint 2013.

Show Google search results, YouTube search results in SharePoint 2010

Show Google search results, YouTube search results in SharePoint 2010: http://walisystemsinc.com/sharepoint/art/spsearch2/Working_With_SharePoint_2010_Search___Part_2.htm

You will learn the following:

a. Using federated search

b. Using federated search connector

c. Showing Google search results in SharePoint 2010

d. Showing Bing search results in SharePoint 2010

e. Showing Youtube search results in SharePoint 2010