As a follow-up to my recent post (Modern vs. classic search experiences in Office 365) I’ve got this questions from several people, both as a comment on the blog and social media, and also by e-mail. So here is a quick step-by-step. Read more…
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Create and Configure Search Centers and Search Pages
When working with Search, I often get the question how to set up the Search Center, and how to configure and customize its Search Pages. In this blog post, I am summarizing the basic configuration steps to follow.
Please note, these steps can be applied in SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 on-premises as well as in Office 365 / SharePoint Online.
Webinar with Fredric Landqvist: How to create sustainable organising principles to the emerging digital workplace
Most enterprises, companies and organisations struggle with getting a sustainable practice to all information both in-side and outside the corporate walls. The obvious answer, is search, but reality check states that regardless of engine, SISO (shit in, shit out) prevails. Today we see hybrid solutions of software as service, and on-premise legacy content corpuses used in any business.
The talk will cover emerging new content practices (internal or external) where adding some sense making will improve the utility of search. Read more…
Modern vs. classic search experiences in Office 365 – Are you confused?
If you use Office 365, you must also know the feeling of confusion when it comes to the various Search experiences. We still have the “classic” search center, but also more and more “modern” experiences. We have different user interfaces. Different ways of getting content suggestions and people recommendations.
Sounds exciting, but in practice, it can be very confusing.
When to use which one?
How to explain to the end users? Read more…
Please help me to make my upcoming content super helpful
While I work on creating content, once in a while I really need your help and feedback as well.
It’s time again to ask you what content you need the most. Please help me to set up the right priorities and make my upcoming content as helpful as possible by answering the questions below. It takes no more than five minutes.
With this small survey, my primary goal is to be able address your challenges as much as possible and maximize the benefits you can get from my upcoming workshops, articles and blog posts.
FREE Webinar with Mikael Svenson: How to make sure your content is searchable the way you want
It’s been a challenging few weeks here, with family emergencies as well as project challenges, and getting ready for my upcoming workshop in NYC.
The good news is, the emergency is over, and although I am still in late with some writing tasks, I am also happy to let you know that the next webinar of Search Explained is scheduled. My next guest will be my search guru friend, Mikael Svenson, CTO of Puzzlepart. He has worked in the search field for over 15 years implementing solutions for major international corporations and for several Nordic governmental institutions.
Mikael is an international speaker as well as an Office Server and Services MVP for the past six years. He is a Microsoft P-TSP, and he is also involved in a lot of SharePoint community work in Norway. Mikael has worked with media monitoring software, developed an Enterprise Search Engine, and developed for Office 365 and SharePoint in general. He has authored “SharePoint Search Queries Explained” and “Working with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint”.
Webinar title: How to make sure your content is searchable the way you want
Date/time: May 24, 2017 5pm CET / 11am EST / 8am PST
FREE Webinar with Laura Rogers: PowerApps for Mobile Efficiency
PowerApps is Microsoft’s technology for building no-code forms, not only for SharePoint lists, but across many LOB systems. This session teaches you how to create forms, and how to get around in the design interface, in order to make your job and processes more efficient for workers on the go. PowerApps can also be used as an InfoPath replacement for forms, and Laura draws parallels and comparisons for those moving from InfoPath. In this session geared towards business users, the components of a form are demonstrated, as an app is built and deployed. The management of PowerApps from an admin perspective is also covered.
New e-book: The Five C’s of Enterprise Search
By definition, Enterprise Search is a business solution that is owned and controlled and controlled by your organization, and connects people to the information they need to get their jobs done.
However, the challenges vary from organization to organization. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for Enterprise Search. Read more…
Workshop: SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 Search in Practice – New York City, May 2017
The next stop of Search Explained Roadshow 2017 is New York City, NY!
Date: May 15-16, 2017
Venue: Avanade Innovation Center, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 6th floor, New York, NY
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Live webinar with Matthew McDermott: Implementing a Content Search Project – Start to Finish
You have heard that SharePoint can find anything, but you are not seeing those results. You have important content that you want to find in the SharePoint Search center either in Office 365 or SharePoint on-premises. In this presentation Matthew will demonstrate how to run a search project for a specific kind of content, like Invoices, Templates, Sites, Contracts, Resumes, or whatever it is that you need to find. This session will outline the steps required for a successful search project and then demonstrate how to configure the content, the site, and the search center to deliver actionable results for your end users.
Come spend an hour and discover what you have been missing in SharePoint Search.
Search is more than Technology
When talking about search, most people only consider technology: the search engine is a huge black box, which does something invisible, something magic, and expected to provide the relevant results.
However, it is important to understand that search is a complex process – with a great deal of human involvement. Read more…
Intelligence-powered, personalized search in Office 365
In today’s demanding business climate, it is common for people to get overwhelmed by the ever-growing volume of data and information. In Office 365, Microsoft Graph and intelligent Machine Learning (ML) techniques provide personalized, new-wave insights. These features make it possible not only to search and re-act, but also, do personalized search and pro-actively find and discover content.
Earlier this week, Microsoft has announced several major updates in Office 365’s insight engine:
Free Webinar with Mark Kashman, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
We’re happy to announce Search Explained’s FREE webinar with Mark Kashman, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft on February 22, 2017 at 8am PST / 11am EST / 5pm CET Read more…
Workshop FAQ: Why Two Days?
The most common question I get about my upcoming workshop, SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 Search in Practice, is why I’ve decided to choose a two-day format.
I know it could be one day. Also, it could be three days, or even up to five.
SharePoint Online Search Isn’t Displaying What I Expect – Trimmed Duplicates [by Marc Anderson]
Marc Anderson, Co-Founder and President of Sympraxis Consulting, LLC. provides a good overview of an issue (challenge?) in Office 365 (and SharePoint) search: how to identify and manage duplicates in the result set, especially when you don’t know the reason of your issues is having duplicates. Very good post, with a lot of great details and suggestions. Read more…
