Configure PDF Indexing in SharePoint 2010

April 6, 2011 1 Comment

Microsoft has finally published content on how to get both the SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server search services playing nicely with PDF files.

If you are configuring SharePoint Foundation follow the first link until step 4, then switch over to the second link.

Configure the PDF iFilter for SharePoint Server 2010

Configure the PDF iFilter for SharePoint Foundation

It’s interesting that you must use a VBScript to add the pdf file extension to the Foundation Search Crawler settings.  I have tested the Foundation steps successfully.

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One Response to Configure PDF Indexing in SharePoint 2010

  1. Pingback: SharePoint 2010 Search for PDF Files | Understand SharePoint

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