Extending Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Search

This section provides information about extending the search capabilities for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Search (SharePointPSSearch). Protocol handlers extend search capabilities by making new content sources available for SharePointPSSearch search and indexing. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 also provides extended registration functions for indexing filters that extend the type of documents that it can filter.

This section includes the following topics:

• Registering IFilters in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
• Protocol Handlers