Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search is designed with the knowledge that searching business data is different than searching Web content. The appropriate algorithms—whether for intranet content and repositories or Internet sites—are employed by Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search to deliver great relevance, enabling you to find the information you need regardless of where it resides.

With various available configuration options and the ability to scale to tens of millions of documents, Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search can meet the core search needs for your corporate network or public-facing Internet site.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search delivers out-of-the-box search for file shares, Web sites, SharePoint sites, Microsoft Exchange Server public folders, and Lotus Notes databases along with support for common file types. Additional document repositories and file types are easily added using technologies shared across all Microsoft search solutions.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search respects security permissions and does not display results for content that cannot be accessed by the user. This functionality helps ensure privacy, compliance, and protection of intellectual property (IP).

Key new features make indexing faster, so your content is fresher. More efficient indexing finds only those documents that have changed while improved content freshness is achieved by incrementally refreshing the index.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search is built on a scalable architecture with support for Web services and interoperability standards including XML and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search has rich, open application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable integration with other systems, providing the flexibility required by businesses.

Robust administration, management, analytics, and reporting allow your IT departments to quickly respond to business and user needs. Query logging provides information for fine-tuning search based on user activity.

In addition to accessing intranet search through a browser, Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search may be used with familiar products such as Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel to deliver search results in the context of where you are working. Out-of-the-box features as well as optional integration with technologies such as real-time communications deliver actionable search results that help you easily use documents and the content you find.

Features like query hit highlighting, duplicate collapsing, and "did you mean…?“ query correction help you quickly locate information you want within search results. Alerts and really simple syndication (RSS) feeds provide a quick and easy way to notify you of new results for common and frequent searches. Integration with Windows Desktop Search and other third-party, desktop-search tools enable you to easily search local and remote content sources.

A seamless upgrade from the Standard to the Enterprise edition of Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search easily increases document search capacity while preserving the current installation and index.

Built on a common platform, Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search can be scaled up to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, enabling the many additional information management capabilities: portal, enterprise content management, Web content management, forms, business intelligence (BI), and enhanced search features.