WSS vs. MOSS - Enterprise Search

WSS MOSS

Clear Search Results
Search results are rendered more clearly. Results are security trimmed so users only see what they can access. Results include user-friendly features such as hit highlighting, duplicate collapsing, and synonym suggestion. Optional integration with real-time communications tools allow users to easily contact content authors and experts.

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MOSS Search Indexing Controls
Granular indexing controls for easy inclusion and exclusion of searched content as well as immediate result removal of any site or item. Continuous index propagation to keep information fresh. Improved crawl rules and crawl log; multiple start addresses per content source; and a new browse able, filterable index log provide necessary information to optimize search. Learn more on MOSS enterprise search

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Enhanced Security
When you upgrade to MOSS from WSS, administrator permissions are no longer required by the search crawler. MOSS features Access control lists (ACL) - which “trims” the search results based on content permissions for compliance, privacy, and protection of intellectual property (IP).

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Business Data Catalog (BDC) Search
Search data residing in your line-of-business applications using the Business Data Catalog. Structured content sources, application data and reports that are accessible through Web services or ADO.NET can be indexed and retrieved through the BDC via MOSS as search results or injected into a SharePoint list. Learn more about Business Data Catalog Search

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Simple Search Interface
Simple, clean yet powerful user interface with industry-standard query syntax. Scopes are decoupled from content sources so users can easily broaden or narrow the scope of a content search. Search can be based on arbitrary content properties such as URL, type, and author. Actionable search results can be easily filtered and sorted; used and shared. Alerts and RSS feeds easily provide updated results for common and frequent queries.

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Enterprise Content Sources
Searches over 200 file types in many enterprise content sources, including files shares, Websites, SharePoint sites, Exchange Public Folders, and Lotus Notes databases out-of-the-box with the ability to extend to additional third party repositories and file types through the use of Protocol Handlers and iFilters. Learn more about MOSS enterprise content

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Improved Search Relevance
New and improved search algorithms tuned for enterprise content along with the use of relevance and ranking factors such as click distance, hyperlink anchor text, URL depth, and metadata extraction yield the best results for enterprise content management

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Administration & Management
Improved administration user interfaces and admin application programming interface (API) provides broad support for various search and indexing scenarios, central controls for resource-intensive operations, as well as tools for management and reporting.

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People Search with MOSS
People search capabilities allow users to find people not only by department or job title but also by expertise, social distance, and common interests.

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