Windows 7 Federated Search Connector

Bing

During the Keynote at TechEd we showed Federated Search Connectors for Windows 7 Windows Explorer.   I have been using this for searching the web using Bing!  I have just uploaded the Search Connector for Bing! to my Sample Code page.

To use it simply;

  • create a new folder on your C: drive “Search Connectors”
  • download the Bing.osdx file to this new folder
  • double click the Bing.osdx file
  • click Install, then you are ready to go

Bing federated search in Windows 7

You can also create Federated Search Connectors to other OpenSearch standard search services such as Flickr and YouTube or you could even create one for SharePoint.