Getting started (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)

Applies to: FAST Search Server 2010

Use the downloadable white papers and the links below to get started with Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

• Getting started with enterprise search in SharePoint 2010 Products

• FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint evaluation guide (white paper)

• How Microsoft IT deployed FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (white paper)

• To plan how to install and deploy FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, see the topics in Planning and architecture (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint).

• To install FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, see the topics in Deployment for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

• To find articles about how to crawl content, how to perform backup and recovery, optimize search relevance, and manage FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint on a daily and weekly basis, see Operations (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint).

• For information about security, see Security and protection (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint).

• For reference information about the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Windows PowerShell cmdlets, command-line tools, configuration files, and overviews of the WMI classes and performance counters for monitoring, see Technical reference (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)