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Copper Contributor

May 03, 2019

Enterprise search?

Is there a way to get your own data in Office 365 search/delve? Like data from other indexing systems elasticsearch, solr Document platforms Alfresco Local file shares Maybe a crawl connect...

Steel Contributor

May 03, 2019

Currently you can look into hybrid indexing, which allows an on-prem SharePoint server to index LOB content into the cloud index. LOB content will then show side by side with the online content. You don't need to use the onprem server for anything but crawling.

James_Deslan
Copper Contributor
May 06, 2019
Mikael Svenson

Is that the Sharepoint Business Data Connectivity Services?
https://collab365.community/sp2013-opensearch-federated-search-using-google-search-appliance/

https://findwise.com/blog/3-easy-ways-integrate-external-data-source-sharepoint-online/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/search-connector-framework-in-sharepoint

http://toddbaginski.com/blog/how-to-create-a-searchable-sharepoint-2010-bdc-net-assembly-connector-which-reads-from-a-flat-file/
- Mikael Svenson
  Steel Contributor
  May 08, 2019
  James_Deslan yes as part of hybrid search setup. There has also been mentions from Build now about a connector API - so we'll have to wait and see what/how this looks like.
  - James_Deslan
    Copper Contributor
    May 09, 2019
    Mikael Svenson
    
    Thanks, good info.
    
    Found the reference in the ignite sessions
    https://youtu.be/kQfhzhhWTTk?t=3128
    
    and on a blog
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Welcome-to-Microsoft-Search-intelligent-search-for-the-modern/ba-p/509097