Working with Federation (Office SharePoint Server)

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14

Note

Unless otherwise noted, the information in this article applies to Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers.

In Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers installed, federation enables end users to issue a query that searches multiple sources and displays results in separate Web Parts on a single search results page. These sources can be enterprise content repositories, other search engines, or portions of your Office SharePoint Server 2007 index. Using federation enables you to provide more extensive query results for your users without devoting your server resources to crawling and indexing content.

The following articles provide information to help you understand and use federation.

Getting started

The following articles provide an introduction to federation.

Building or customizing a federated connector

The following technical articles on MSDN discuss common federation customizations and guide the technical administrator or developer in creating more complex federated connectors. A complex connector is required when the source is not the local search index and does not natively provide a searchable feed. These articles were written for Search Server 2008 but also apply to Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers installed.

Connector examples and code samples

The following technical articles on MSDN provide examples of federated connectors to sources that do not have searchable feeds. The articles include code samples and walkthroughs. These articles were written for Search Server 2008 but also apply to Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers installed.

Troubleshooting

The following articles address issues that you may encounter while you are configuring federated locations.

See Also

Concepts

Install the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (Office SharePoint Server 2007)