Microsoft Filter Pack has been released

This download will install and register IFilters with the Microsoft Windows Indexing Service.

These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.

To register these IFilters with a specific Search product, please see the associated KB article below:

• Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps
• Search Server 2008 – Search Server 2008 registration steps
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 – SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps
• Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 – Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps
• Exchange Server 2007 – Exchange Server 2007 registration steps
• SQL Server 2005 – SQL Server 2005 registration steps
• SQL Server 2008 – SQL Server 2008 registration steps

The filter pack is available as 32-bit and 64-bit version.

Caveat: TIFF Filter is not shipped in this filter pack