How upgrade affects search features (SharePoint Server 2010)

 

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

When you upgrade from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, several aspects of the search system are affected. The following articles describe effects of product upgrade on the search system:

  • How upgrade affects search system architecture (SharePoint Server 2010)

    This article describes how the following features or functions are affected by upgrade:

    • Search service

    • Search service configuration dependencies

    • Databases

    • Crawling

    • Serving queries

    • Content index

    • Propagation of content index

    • Shared Services Provider (SSP) and Search service application naming

  • How upgrade affects Search Center sites (SharePoint Server 2010)

    Search Center sites that an administrator creates in SharePoint Server 2010 have a new look compared to the look of sites created in Office SharePoint Server 2007. During product upgrade, a server administrator can upgrade old sites to the new look. After upgrade, site owners can upgrade old sites one at a time.

See Also

Other Resources

Downloadable book: Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010
Resource Center: Upgrade and Migration for SharePoint Server 2010
Resource Center: Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2010