Professional SharePoint Search covers deep technical content focused on Enterprise Search Technology from Microsoft included in Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Search Server 2008. The book includes the following topics:

•  Architecture and deployment
  • Several chapters explain how Search works internally and how best to architect and deploy the software in a manner that will meet specific customer requirements.  
• Configuration
  • Chapters cover configuration options and best practices for various implementation scenarios and requirements. 
• Management and Tuning
  • Detail best practices and processes for administration and management of a Search deployment, including day to day management, backup and restore and tuning options for specific requirements and environments. 
• Extending  and customizing
  • Illustrate how Search can be extended both through the UI using the web part framework and “under the covers” using XSL and connectors along with delving into creating search driven applications using the Search web service and the object model. 
• Security
  • Chapters depict how security is architected within Search covering both authorization and authentication, security trimming, custom security trimmers