Windows Search Platform

Configuration and Settings

March 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 03/31/20

Brendan Flynn

Welcome back. This is part 2 of an initial 4-part series discussing everything search indexer related on Windows. In this article we’re going to take a high-level look at the configuration and settings for the indexing service, and what some of these options really mean. List of posts in the series Let’s first take ...

The Evolution of Windows Search

March 12, 2020 Mar 12, 2020 03/12/20

Brendan Flynn

Welcome to our new blog focusing on all things related to the Windows Search Platform, also known over the years as Windows Desktop Search, the Indexing Service, WSearch, and the Content Indexer. This is the first post in what will be a 4-part series covering the technology’s background and history including the evolution of the indexing ...