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SharePoint 2007: Office SharePoint Server Search service missing

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For the last couple of hours, I have been struggling to install an SSP provider for SharePoint 2007. Creating a new SSP provider requires an indexer, but the selection was empty. A Google search led me to the “Office SharePoint Server Search” service under “Central Administration > Operations > Services on Server”. I needed to enable the service, but it was missing.

Example screenshot:

Sharepoint 2007 farm services

Then I found my mistake. During the SharePoint 2007 installation, I had selected the “Web Front End” server type instead of “Complete”.

I returned to my installation notes, and the screenshot confirmed that “Web Front End” had been selected.

Sharepoint 2007 server type installation

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  1. Mel

    hi ivan,
    I also chose web front end for some of my servers - do you know if it is possible to add the missing search components afterwards without reinstalling the whole sharepoint?
    thx, mel

    1. Ivan Versluis

      Hi Mel,

      No that is not working. I tried that myself but reinstalling is the only solution.

      Let me know if you found another solution for that. It has been a while ago I worked on this and my solution was to redo the installation. Quick and dirty but it worked.