The Future of Search Brett Roberts Chief Technology Officer Microsoft NZ

Agenda Search Pain Points VisionScenarios Strategy and Investment Areas Roadmap and Timeline

Search Pain Points

Search Scenarios Across the Enterprise Find content scattered throughout the enterprise across structured and unstructured repositories and servers. PC and Search Instantly find any file or on your PC; organize and view your files in the most intuitive ways. Make Connections Find the right contact to solve a problem, answer a customer complaint or consult on your project. Web Search Find free and premium content on the web relevant to your job and life. Provide powerful search experiences across your web sites to customers and partners.

Search When And Where You Need To Team Division Enterprise Extranet Internet Presence The Individual Microsoft’s Search Vision: Best relevance Best relevance Better together Better together Most comprehensive selection Most comprehensive selection Simple to manage Simple to manage

Common Full-Text Indexing Engine MS Search MS Research 12

Looking for a customer case study that you downloaded months ago Rich previews and filter tools make it simple to scan several files at once and quickly select the right ones Find and view all documents authored by John, about client Contoso. View the same documents by keyword Support for importing 3 rd party data sources and formats like PDFs Confidential – Microsoft Corporation Scenario Examples Find files, s, and apps fast Instantly find anything on your PC: s, docs, contacts, photos, applications, and more Fast finding with “search as you type” Full-text and property search across commonly used file types Go beyond desktop search Use file properties to view and organize your files in virtually any context you want – freedom from folder hierarchies More actionable results Easily preview, filter and manage search results Deep search into critical business documents Easily extensible Build your own filters that enable search over new data sources and file types Return search results in custom business applications Desktop Search And Organization Find anything on your PC instantly; Work with your files in the most flexible and intuitive ways

Windows Desktop Search Look for a document that’s somewhere on your desktop, in an , or an archive file Integration with familiar applications and experiences Fast, relevant, categorized results Search as you type pause

Search in Windows Vista Search For A File On The Desktop, A Longhorn Server, Or Another Windows Vista PC Instantly search over data types like , docs, media and Internet content, or new types like RSS feeds Scopes can include the desktop, other Vista PC’s, LH Server, and other indexed remote locations Filename, file property, and full text search

Visualization And Organization in Windows Vista View And Organize Your Files Using Properties Traditional Folders Location-based views of your files New Virtual Folders Flexible, query- based views of your files “Live Icons” Actual screen shots of content, instead of generic file icons Preview Pane Rich information about whatever file you select Stacks Virtual views of your content; the same item can be in more than one stack

Integrated Experience With Microsoft Outlook Don’t Leave The Context Of To Find What You’re Looking For Seamless, instant search within Outlook Search for keywords within and attachments

Making Connections Find The Right Contact You Need To Solve A Problem, Answer A Customer Complaint Or Consult With You On Your Project Confidential – Microsoft Corporation Scenario Examples You need to answer a customer complaint and need to find an expert fast Find subject matter experts (SME’s) Instantly find people who have expertise in specific areas You have an expertise location system but it is not being kept up, dynamic profiling ensures up to date information Keeping information fresh Dynamic profiling ensures that information is kept current and relevant You don’t know the Expert directly but you know someone who can connect you together Using a connector to another person Locate a contact who can introduce you to the right person See your social distance (degrees of separation) to key contacts and SME’s You are hosting a decision making meeting and want to make sure that the right people are there Make better decisions faster By knowing who knows who and who knows what you can quickly identify key people By identifying the right people you can get buy-in more quickly

Making Connections Expertise Location From Your Desktop Expert Name and Title Relevant Keywords and Phrases Relevant Distribution Lists Anonymous User Search Results

Making Connections Social Distance From You Expert Name and Title Social Strength of Connection

Across The Enterprise Find Content Scattered Throughout The Enterprise Across Multiple Structured And Unstructured Repositories Find a spreadsheet located on a file share Get a set of relevant links when looking for a specific powerpoint presentation Find a customer profile from your SAP system Make enterprise search available in Word by adding the web service to your Research Pane Confidential – Microsoft Corporation Scenario Examples Search all your files and websites Out-of-the-box ability to search files on shares and all websites Extensible to include all types of files Extensible to custom repositories Search over all business data Orders, customers, products, discussions, employee data, colleagues, etc. SAP, Siebel, custom repositories, etc. Readily available to other applications Search XML Web Service Best relevance and user experience Great relevance based on MSR algorithms Duplicate collapsing Query-hit highlighting and query correction

Across The Enterprise Finding The Right Content For “Adventure Works” Simple Search Query Hit Highlighting Alerts on Search Results Tabbed User Interface Query correction

Web Search Enable Your Employees To Seamlessly Look For and Utilize Information Search results yield relevant websites and instant answers such as stock quotes and phone numbers Search from within familiar apps such as MS Office; implicit searches based on keywords in a word doc Search for competitors’ info yield websites plus premium articles from Factiva and latest news videos Use MSN Search from within custom database app for all web and proprietary content Confidential – Microsoft Corporation Scenario Examples Better Answers, Faster Best Relevance Instant Answers, not just links Speed Best Selection Largest, freshest, most comprehensive index Go beyond visible web – premium content, structured databases (yellow pages), multimedia Integrated User Experience Do not force user to leave context where search need arises Implicit recognition of search need Platform for Innovation APIs to embed search in any application RSS feed of search results

MSN Web Search Better Selection Instant Answers Best Relevance

Technology Roadmap 12 Corporate existing soon… 2 nd half 2006 and beyond… 12 Public beta