If you own SQL Server, Exchange Server, or Sharepoint Server, the Microsoft indexing/search services in Sharepoint can’t parse any of the new Office OpenXML file formats – .XLSX, .DOCx, .PPTX, etc.
You have to install these iFilter components to enable the Indexing engine to identify these documents in any of the above repositories so that search results from Sharepoint can properly identify OpenXML file content in them. Without the iFilters installed, Sharepoint will fail to properly show XML documents in it’s results when people search for content in said documents in these data stores.
Yeah. I know. It’s about time these came out, ‘eh? Boilerplate below.
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This download will install and register IFilters with the Microsoft Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats.
This download will install and register IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.
To register these IFilters with a specific Search product, please see the associated KB article below:
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps
- Search Server 2008 – Search Server 2008 registration steps
- SharePoint Portal Server 2003 – SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps
- Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 – Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps
- Exchange Server 2007 – Exchange Server 2007 registration steps
- SQL Server 2005 – SQL Server 2005 registration steps
- SQL Server 2008 – SQL Server 2008 registration steps
- Windows Desktop Search 3.1, Windows Search 4
Because Windows Desktop Search (WDS) consumes IFilters from Windows Indexing Service, the IFilters will be automatically registered and available for use by WDS.
(Translation: No further registration needs to take place after installing.)
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