Install protocol handlers (Office SharePoint Server)

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14

All crawled content requires the use of a protocol handler to gain access to that content. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides protocol handlers for all common Internet protocols, such as HTTP, and HTTPS. However, if you want to crawl content that requires a protocol handler that is not installed with Office SharePoint Server 2007, you must install the third-party or custom protocol handler before you can crawl that content. Check with the third-party manufacturer for instructions when installing third-party protocol handlers.

The following protocols are supported by the default protocol handlers in all editions of Office SharePoint Server 2007: file, http, https, rb, rbs, sps, sps3, sps3s, spsimport, spss, sts, sts2, sts2s, sts3, sts3s, and notes.

Additionally, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Edition provides protocol handlers to support the bdc and bdc2 protocols.

Using protocol handlers to crawl content from other enterprise content management systems

If you want to crawl content that requires a protocol handler that is not installed with Office SharePoint Server 2007, you must install the third-party or custom protocol handler before you can crawl that content. Check with the third-party manufacturer for instructions when installing third-party protocol handlers.

Several third-party protocol handlers, with accompanying installation instructions, are available for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector 2008 for EMC Documentum

Use this protocol handler to configure Office SharePoint Server 2007 to index content from EMC Documentum. This protocol handler also integrates metadata for advanced searches. Users can view the search results from the SharePoint search user interface.

For information about installing and administering this protocol handler, see the Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector for EMC Documentum Installation and Administration Guide. For information about system requirements and additional configuration considerations, see the Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector 2008 for EMC Documentum Release Notes. For information about known issues, see Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector 2008 for EMC Documentum Known Issues.

Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector 2008 for IBM FileNet

Use this protocol handler to configure Office SharePoint Server 2007 to index content from IBM FileNet. This protocol handler also integrates metadata for advanced searches. Users can view the search results from the SharePoint search user interface.

For information about installing and administering this protocol handler, see the Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector for IBM FileNet Installation and Administration Guide. For information about system requirements and additional configuration options, see the Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector 2008 for IBM FileNet Release Notes. For information about known issues, see Microsoft Enterprise Search Indexing Connector 2008 for IBM FileNet Known Issues.

Lotus Notes Protocol Handler

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables shared services administrators to crawl Lotus Notes documents that are stored in Lotus Domino databases and hosted by a Lotus Domino server. Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables shared services administrators to configure an index server for a particular Shared Services Provider (SSP) to crawl one or more Lotus Domino databases on one Domino server.

For information about installing a protocol handler to crawl Lotus Notes, see Configure Office SharePoint Server Search to crawl Lotus Notes (Office SharePoint Server 2007).

To install a protocol handler, you can perform the following procedure:

• Configure Office SharePoint Server Search to crawl Lotus Notes (Office SharePoint Server 2007).