Configure SharePoint 2013 Search To Crawl Files In Shared Folder

The following steps will guide you how to configure SharePoint 2013 to Shared Folder.

Step 1: Go to Central Administration, Service Application, then Manage Service Application.



Step 2: Click Search Service Application.



Step 3: Click Content Source.

Step 4: Click New Content Source on top of the link bar.



Step 5: Use this page to Add, Edit or Delete Content Source and to Manage Crawls. Click New Content Source.

Content Source Type

Select what type of Content will be crawls.

Note: This cannot be changed after this content source is created because other settings depend on it.

Start Addresses

Type the URL from which the search system should start crawling.





Step 6: Click OK to perform a full crawl of this content source.