Monday, July 11, 2011

Error: The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service

Scenario: Recieved an error in our SharePoint site when we try to search contents

Error message: "The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service"

Resolution: 

1. Go to Central Admin > Operations > Services on Server > Office SharePoint Server Search Service
Make sure the "Use this server for serving search queries" is checked.

2. Also verify that the search account is configured in both search services
Go to Central Admin > Operations > Services on Server > Office SharePoint Server Search service
Go to Central Admin > Operations > Services on Server > Windows SharePoint Services Search

3. Make sure the search account specified in "Default content access account" is used on above settings.

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