Getting started with Search Server 2008

Getting started

This page is specific to

The 2007 product release

Other versions are also available for the following:

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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