Hi!!
I've got the following scenario:
- I have 2 web applications (i will call it A and B). Both connected to one Search Service Application.
- in application A i want users to search people, everything, conversations ( in search box drop down menu after connecting Search Service Application to search center) and this site.
- I don't want users from application A to be able to see any results from web application B (they still got access though to some of the content in B)
- in web application B i want users to search only through "This site". I don't want them to be able to see any results from web application A (they still got some access in web application A)
Question:
1. Is it better to create two separate Search Service Applications? Each designated for one web application?
2. Is it better to stay with one Search Service Application and connect it to search center with relative URL like "/sites/search" and have two search centers with the same URL in each web application (in web application A: /sites/search; in web app B: /sites/search)? Then to configure somehow those search centers result pages? How to configure them?
I'm more convinced to option 1: having two search service applications but i'm quite concerned about the consequences of having it.
Please help on this.