In this course that builds on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Search for Application Developers, you will discover the differentiating features and learn to implement effective search-driven applications of Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint for Application Developers.

This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 10806: Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint for Application Developers.

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Continue developing your skills after class with 24/7 access to our live remote labs for six months, providing you with valuable extra time for hands-on practice.

What You'll Learn

• Product features, benefits, and use of FAST Search
• Search architectural components
• Configure FAST Web Crawler, FAST search scopes, and numeric refiners
• Configure linguistics features including keywords, synonyms, stemming, spell checking, and offensive content filtering
• Implement advanced content processing, ranking profiles, and optimize search result relevancy
• Construct FAST Query Language queries

Who Needs to Attend

Application developers and advanced system administrators working in the Enterprise Search area to extend FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint

Prerequisites

• At least two years of experience as a developer for SharePoint 2007 and/or 2010
• Knowledge of Server 2008 supporting technologies, such as IIS
• Experience deploying and configuring Server 2008 and SQL Server technologies
• Familiarity with creating projects in Visual Studio, programming in Visual Studio 2010, and PowerShell 2.0
• Experience deploying and configuring Search applications and FAST Search for SharePoint/SharePoint Server 2010

• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Search for Application Developers (M10805)

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. FAST Search Architecture

• Product Differentiators
• Search Architecture

2. FAST Specific Connectors

• Capabilities and Usage

3. FAST Query Language

• Query Languages
• FQL Operators and Usage

4. Refiners and Scopes

• Extending Refiners
• FAST Search Scopes

5. FAST Search Linguistics

• Keywords, Synonyms, and Stemming
• Spell Checking and Offensive Content Filtering

6. Processing Data Content

• Content Processing
• Property Extraction
• Extend the Pipeline

7. Relevancy and Ranking

• Business Based Ranking
• Working with Rank Profiles

Labs

Lab 1: Architecture Walk Through

Lab 2: FAST Search Web Crawler

Lab 3: FAST Query Language

Lab 4: Refiners and Scopes

Lab 5: Working with Linguistics

• Manage Keywords
• Stemming

Lab 6: Content Processing

• Create and Use a Managed Property
• Configure Property Extraction
• Create a Product Extractor
• Extend the Pipeline to Perform Sentiment Analysis

Lab 7: Relevancy and Ranking

• Business Based Ranking
• Rank Profiles