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Upcoming FAST Presentation, Wednesday 01/28, Noon EDT

I’ll be doing my first ever online presentation hosted by the mighty EMC marketing machine at 12:00 noon EDT on Wednesday, 01/28. I have no idea what to expect from this, in terms of attendance. However, since I’m leading it, I can tell y…

Defining the Findability Problem

I had the good fortune of attending some partner training from FAST last spring. I was really impressed with the product and was looking forward to working with it. Unfortunately, one project fell through and then EMC acquired my company. Predict…

In-class FAST Training is Excellent

I’m starting day 4 of FAST’s partner training headed up by Larry Kaye here in Needham, MA. This 5-day session is broken down into classes (3 and 2 days respectively) entitled "FAST ESP: Developing Custom Search Applications for Alliance…

FAST SharePoint Integration: Execute a Simple Query

This is a continuation in my FAST coding mini-series for SharePoint folk. The bit of code below executes a search for the term "test" in FAST via a Console application. Obviously, it’s a hop, skip and jump away to wrap this logic insi…

FAST SharePoint Integration: Sample Code to Display All Available FAST Views

Here is some code that shows all available views from a FAST server based on the named QRServer (the server process with which we communicate). I offer this up to give you all a taste of what it’s like to use the provided FAST API. using …

FAST and SharePoint Integration First Look

I’ve been lucky to have an opportunity to work on a FAST <–> SharePoint integration project and thought I’d continue to share my limited experience with the community. Microsoft is in the process of purchasing FAST. I don&#8…

Determine FAST QRServer Port

In order to communicate with FAST Search via its API, we need to know the port on which the QRServer is running. I followed these steps to locate it: Log into the FAST admin site (http://server:port/admin). Navigate to System Overview. Locate "S…