Microsoft announces Microsoft Search Server 2008 (MSS) and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express (MSS Express)
This is just the announcement, the products themselves should be released in H1 of CY08
Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) has provided a comprehensive search solution for customers in the context of an overall portal and collaboration strategy, but until now, we have not had a competitive standalone search product.
The new MSS and MSS Express products will be our offerings for the standalone search solution market, and were developed for customers looking only for search functionality. The MSS Express is a free, downloadable, standalone search server while MSS, which can scale to multiple boxes, will be sold via Volume License.
· Go to the http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/ to learn about the products.
· Partners can go to https://www.quickstartmicrosoftsearch.com/ to register and find out more!