Updated: 2008-03-03

Use the links below to get started with Microsoft Search Server 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.

• To plan how to install and deploy Search Server 2008, see the topics in Planning and architecture for Search Server 2008.

• For information about supported and unsupported upgrade paths, see Upgrade paths (Search Server 2008).

• To install Search Server 2008, see the topics in Deployment for Search Server 2008.

• To learn how to quickly set up the server and start crawling content after Search Server 2008 is installed, see How to crawl content (Search Server 2008).

• To find articles about how to crawl content, install protocol handlers and IFilters, work with federation, and manage Search Server 2008 on a daily and weekly basis, see Operations for Search Server 2008.

• For information about security, see Security and protection for Search Server 2008.

• To learn how to backup and restore the index, see Protecting and restoring the farm (Search Server 2008).

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