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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...

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
- James_Deslan
  Copper Contributor
  May 09, 2019
  Seems it's already available?!
  
  https://resources.techcommunity.microsoft.com/connecting-your-data-into-search-and-services/
  - Mikael Svenson
    Steel Contributor
    May 09, 2019
    James_Deslan connectors mentioned in that article are for pushing content into Groups/Teams, and has been there for quite a while. And you will then be able to search in for example exchange, as the items are e-mails. Would be similar to replicate data to SharePoint lists/libs, and have it be indexed from there.