Tag Archives: Search

Get SearchServiceApplication in PowerShell

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Stu

In C# when retrieving the default SearchServiceApplication object you might do something like the following, if you were trying to initiate a new Schema object, for example: SPServiceContext serviceContext = SPServiceContext.GetContext(SPContext.Current.Site);   SearchServiceApplicationProxy searchApplicationProxy = serviceContext.GetDefaultProxy(typeof(SearchServiceApplicationProxy)) as SearchServiceApplicationProxy;   Guid … Continue reading →

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Automate Metadata Property Creation

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Stu

Looking for an easy way of ensuring newly created site columns have a metadata property in the default search service application? Luckily, there’s a setting for this, although it isn’t that easy to find, unless you know it’s there. Before … Continue reading →

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Get SearchServiceApplication object instance

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Stu

Looking to retrieve the SearchServiceApplication object for the current site? It’s pretty straight forward, as the following demonstrates: Start by adding the following namespace to your class using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration; The Microsoft.Office.Server assembly can be found in the ISAPI folder … Continue reading →

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