How to enable search in documents in SharePoint 20

Question

Do I need to enable something or run indexing or some service so the documents appear in the search results?

Answer 1

Yes, you need to configure an indexing job, here is how:

After installing the system you need to configure your indexing job. Navigate to CA, Service Applications, Search. You will see a link to your Content Sources. If you edit that it will give you the opportunity to setup a schedule for both Full and Incremental indexing. You can kick off a full drawl, once completed you will have results if everything is configured correctly.

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