Using Foundation Search and Search Server Express simultaneously

Question

i am using the Sharepoint api to return search results which i am getting with Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Query.KeywordQuery. On my development machine this is working fine. On the Server where Server Express 2010 is installed additionaly, this is not working. I am getting no results although Foundation Search seems to be configured ok.

Is there a way to debug this scenario? I can not find any problems in the Application Event Log or in the Sharepoint Event log. But i am not sure if Foundation Search is even crawling my content.

Answer 1

Installing Search Server Express effectively replaces Foundation Search and in fact, enhances it. Check that you have a Service Application created for search and that the service is running. Microsoft TechNet has good information on the subject of configuring Search Server Express: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee808897.aspx