55141 SharePoint 2013 Search for Power Users Training
Online Virtual Class
The courseware is sufficiently detailed with reference content and samples to serve as both an after class search reference and as search “cheat sheet”.
What you will Learn
- Understand how search crawls and indexes content.
- Use core SharePoint search features to find documents.
- Use wildcards and Boolean operators.
- Build queries using the Advanced Search page.
- Search for people.
- Search using Managed Properties.
- Search using dates and numbers.
- Work with Content Type and Content Class properties.
- Work with multiple languages.
Audience profile
This course is intended for:
- SharePoint end users
- SharePoint Site Owners
- SharePoint Site Collection Administrators
- SharePoint Administrators and Developers
- SharePoint Governance Auditors
- Anybody who needs to “find stuff” in SharePoint 2013
Prerequisites
- Experience installing PC hardware and devices.
- Basic understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts.
- Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge.
- The skills to map network file shares.
- Experience working from a command prompt.
- Basic knowledge of the fundamentals of applications. For example, how client computer applications communicate with the server.
- Basic understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization.
- An understanding of the fundamental principles of using printers.
Duration
1 Day
Outline for SharePoint 2013 Search for Power Users Training
Module 1: SharePoint Search
This module provides an introduction to the topics covered in the class and introduces SharePoint search terminology.
Lesson
- Who is this class for?
- Prerequisites
- SharePoint versions and search feature differences
- None
Module 2: How Search Works
This module covers how SharePoint search finds and indexes content.
Lesson
- Before you can run… you must Crawl!
- The Search Flow
- Crawl Sources
- What is Indexed
- What is not Indexed
- Content Processing
- Search is Security Trimmed
- Alternates to Search
- Search Limitations
Lab : How Search Works
- Feature and limitation quiz.
- Understand the concepts of crawling and indexing content and the impact on search availability and freshness.
- Understand the limits of search, especially what is not indexed.
Module 3: Core Search Techniques
This module covers the use of the core search techniques.
Lesson
- Search Basics
- Where can you search?
- Search Navigation
- Shoot first and see what you hit…
- Refining Your Search
- Aim then shoot…
- Include or Exclude
- Wildcards
- Boolean Operators
- Files in Libraries vs. Files as Attachments
- Search Verticals
- Searching for People
- The Advanced Search Page
- Creating Search Alerts
- Search Preferences
- The List and Library Search Box
- The OneDrive Pro Query Box
Lab : Core Search Techniques
Exercise 1: Using core search techniques.
Exercise 2: Using the Enterprise Search Center.
- Use the core search features including keywords, wildcards and Boolean operators.
- Identify the various places to start a search and the benefits of each.
- Search for people.
Module 4: Managing Sites and Pages
This module covers the more advanced search techniques.
Lesson
- Property Searches
- Out of the Box Managed Properties
- Data Types
- Comparison Operators
- ContentClass
- Content Types
- When is a Title not the Title?
- Examples of Property Searches
- Working with Multi-Lingual Content
- What you can do to improve search results
Lab : Managing Sites and Pages
Exercise 1: Using Managed Properties.
Exercise 2: Working with numbers and dates.
Exercise 3: Finding lists and content by ContentClass.
Exercise 4: Finding content by language.
- Find content based on Managed Properties.
- Properly search for items using dates.
- Find lists and libraries by type.
- Search using multiple languages.
- Understand how a search administrator can tune search.
- Understand how to best manage content to make it findable.
Module 5: Appendix: Codes and Lists
The appendix contains several detailed lists of codes and features useful to users of SharePoint search.
Lesson
- Out of the Box Result Sources
- Frequently Used Managed Properties
- Content Class Codes
- SharePoint Search File Types
- Search Features by Edition
- Understand Codes and Lists