Enterprise Search
Another key component of MOSS 2007relevant to enabling Kerberos in the farm is Enterprise Search. MOSS 2007builds upon thetwocore search components of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - the Index engine and the Query engine.
Administration of Enterprise Search in MOSS 2007 is twofold:
- Central Administration: Allows the farm administrator to specify farm level search settings
- Shared Services Provider Administration: Allows the SSP Administrator to administer search settings for their SSP
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Central Administration |
Shared Services Provider Administration |
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Runs under Network Service Account |
Runs under SSP Account |
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SearchAdmin web service is used to administer farm level search settings like assigning index and query roles to servers in the farm, setting up physical index location, crawl proxy settings |
SearchAdmin web service is used to administer search settings for this SSP (SSPMain as in the above example). It is used to specify content sources for crawls and setting up their schedules, creating and updating managed properties, managing scopes among other things |
For more details regarding the MOSS 2007 Search architecture, refer to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms570748.aspx