Welcome to part 13 in a series of posts which describe how to create a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) Virtual PC image for demos and development work. Last time, we looked at how to create a MOSS 2007 Shared Services Provider (SSP). This time, we’ll look at how to configure the search settings inside the SSP.
Part 13: Configuring Search Settings
If the SharePoint Central Administration website isn’t already open, select Start > Administrative Tools > SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration, then click the SharedServices1 link in the left-hand Quick Launch menu:
On the Shared Services Administration: SharedServices1 Home page, click the Search settings link, located below the Search heading:
On the Configure Search Settings page, click the Content sources and crawl schedules link, located in the Crawl Settings section:
On the Manage Content Sources page, click the Local Office SharePoint Server sites link:
On the Edit Content Source page, go to the Crawl Schedules section, then click the Create schedule link, located under the Full crawl heading:
On the Manage Schedules screen, select the following options, then click the OK button:
Type: Daily
Run every: 1 days
Starting time: 12:00 AM
On the Edit Content Source page, in the Crawl Schedules section, click the Create schedule link, located under the Incremental crawl heading:
On the Manage Schedules screen, select the following options, then click the OK button:
Type: Daily
Run every: 1 days
Starting time: 12:00 PM
On the Edit Content Source page, select the Start full crawl of this content source checkbox, then click the OK button:
After the crawl settings have been saved, the Manage Content Sources page will be displayed, and the Status of the Local Office SharePoint Server sites should be set to Crawling Full:
Allow several minutes for the initial crawl to complete, then click the Refresh toolbar button; after the crawl has completed, the Status of the Local Office SharePoint Server sites should be set to Idle:
You should now have a properly configured search service running inside the SSP.
In Part 14, we’ll look at how to configure the MOSS 2007 outgoing e-mail settings.