Build custom applications to administer Enterprise Search

• Use the Enterprise Search Administration object model?

• Access the search context for the Search Shared Service Provider?

• Retrieve the content sources for a Shared Service Provider?

• Add a content source?

• Delete a content source?

• Programmatically manage the crawl status of a content source?

• Programmatically configure a crawl schedule for a content source?

• Retrieve the crawled properties for a category?

• Retrieve the managed properties for a Shared Service Provider?

• Retrieve the crawled properties mapped to a managed property?

• Create a managed property?

• Delete a managed property?

• Map a crawled property to a managed property?

• Create content sources to crawl business data? (Office Visual How To)

Extend Enterprise Search

• Configure Enterprise Search for a business data application?

• Customize the Enterprise Search user interface to display business data?

• Create a custom Web Part to display business data?

Customize the Enterprise Search user interface

• Edit the search results XSLT?

• View search results XML data?

• Change which properties are returned in the core search results?

• Display a custom scope in the SearchBox Web Part drop-down list or the Advanced Search Web Part scope list?

• Add a custom tab and search page to the Search Center?

• Create a custom Search page and tabs in the Search Center? (Office Visual How To)

• Create and expose managed properties in the Advanced Search page? (Office Visual How To)

• Create and expose search scopes? (Office Visual How To)

• Create custom Enterprise Search Web Parts? (Office Visual How To)

• Expose Enterprise Search by using Internet Explorer 7 and the Office Research Pane? (Office Visual How To)

Create applications for searching Office SharePoint Server 2007

• Use the Query object model?

• Learn about custom Enterprise Search Web Parts?

• Build a custom SharePoint Server Search Web Part?

• Build a custom Search ASP.NET Web Part?

• Submit a keyword query from a client application? (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)

• Create a Search Web Service proxy class in Visual Studio? (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)

• Create search queries programmatically by using the Search object model? (Office Visual How To)

• Create search queries programmatically by using the Search Web Service? (Office Visual How To)