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RICK MCDANNEL THOMPSON COBURN LLP FAST Search for SharePoint 2010: Is It Right for Your Firm? I 50 n law firms, content can be found in document management systems, email systems, records management systems, intranets, marketing applications and many other databases and applications. Having one portal through which users can search multiple repositories instead of opening several different applications has tremendous value both in time savings and user satisfaction. Over the past few years, SharePoint has frequently been used as a front end for enterprise search engines. Although there are many search Portal Platforms ILTA White Paper engines to choose from, some even specific to the legal market, implementing an enterprise search engine can be expensive, time consuming and complex. Even though several non-Microsoft search engines integrate with SharePoint, Microsoft’s search products are worth consideration, especially when it comes to the cost of ownership. THE FAST BACKGROUND In 2008, Microsoft announced it would be spending up to 11 billion dollars in the area of search over the