Working with search for years has given me a lot of experience with Content Sources as well as a lot of questions about them, like "should I create one huge content source or would be better to split … [Read more...] about How to Organize Content Sources – Best Practices
Time Machines vs. Incremental Crawl
Recently I've been working with a customer where my job was to make their SQL based content management system searchable in SharePoint. Nice challenge. One of the best ones was what I call "time … [Read more...] about Time Machines vs. Incremental Crawl
Information-Seeking Patterns
I always use this in my conference sessions, as 1) makes the understanding of Search much easier, 2) takes the attendees attention, 3) describes the Search use cases very well. So here is, how I see … [Read more...] about Information-Seeking Patterns
Reduce Resources Used by noderunner.exe in SharePoint 2013
My Search Troubleshooting session is one of the most popular ones, and definitely one of my favorites. I've been working on its use cases from conference to conference, built on my experiences as well … [Read more...] about Reduce Resources Used by noderunner.exe in SharePoint 2013
More about Search DBs – Inconsistency due to an Error while Creating the SSA
After my blog post (Deploying Search Service App by PowerShell – but what about the Search DBs?) a couple of days ago, I've got an interesting question: what to do with a Search Service App that … [Read more...] about More about Search DBs – Inconsistency due to an Error while Creating the SSA
Deploying Search Service App by PowerShell – but what about the Search DBs?
First of all, I have to admit, I owe a beer to both Todd and Spence for the script, I use the very same for deploying Search in SharePoint 2013: # Get App Pool $saAppPoolName = "SharePoint Service … [Read more...] about Deploying Search Service App by PowerShell – but what about the Search DBs?
Search Health Reports and State Service in SharePoint 2013
I've been working with a brand new SharePoint 2013 farm where Search Service has been published and working fine with some content sources. At least, it's working until I try to open either the … [Read more...] about Search Health Reports and State Service in SharePoint 2013
Missing Blank Site Template in SharePoint 2013
When setting up site collections, I mostly use the Blank Site Template. But in SharePoint 2013, there's a big "surprise": no Blank Site Template. Neither for Site Collections nor for … [Read more...] about Missing Blank Site Template in SharePoint 2013
No Document Preview Displayed on the Hover Panel (SharePoint 2013 Search)
Recently, I met a SharePoint 2013 environment where everything was installed and configured, including Office Web Apps (WAC) but we still couldn't get displayed the document previews on the Hover … [Read more...] about No Document Preview Displayed on the Hover Panel (SharePoint 2013 Search)
SharePoint Developer Dashboard – Search Debugging and Troubleshooting
First of all, Happy New Year in 2013! This time I'm sitting in my home office, seeing snow everywhere out the window: When I'm not outside to enjoy the fun and beauty of winter, I'm mostly getting … [Read more...] about SharePoint Developer Dashboard – Search Debugging and Troubleshooting
