Microsoft Search Server deletes indexes of offline data source - search

I'm making a full documents search at office, but many computers are not powered on all the time. Microsoft Search Server 2008 delete all the data it indexed before, if this PC is offline during next crawl.
Is there the way to say Microsoft Search Server not to crawl data source, if it is offline?

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transfer 10 GB data files from cloud server to Sharepoint using putty connection

I have to transfer 10 GB data to the sharepoint. but before moving to sharepoint I have to connect to the cloud server where I have saved those 10 gb data files...
So my transfer will be using PUTTY , from cloud server to sharepoint.
Is it possible to connect to the cloud server and sharepoint at the same point using PUTTY
Although you can connect to a onpremise sharepoint server via putty, you won't be able to upload files to a document library. The only ways are Http, WebDav, or using some Kind of api (webservices, rest services) with the object model. You also have to take care of the Maximum upload size of sharepoint. You didn't specify if you are using Sharepoint Online or Sharepoint OnPremise nor the Version you want to use.
As Peter indicated you cannot directly transfer the data from the cloud server into SharePoint. You will have to "download" the data using putty and then upload the content using http(s), WebDAV or an API.
10 GB is not a lot of data. You may encounter problems with:
- long URLs (exceeding 260 characters)
- illegal characters (e.g. #)
- blocked files (e.g. dll files are blocked on on-premise)
- maximum file sizes
NB: The uploaded documents will end up with a new modification date.
The easiest way to transfer the files from your local machine into SharePoint is to use explorer view (and break the 10 GB set into smaller chunks). Alternatively use a 3rd party tool (see e.g. https://collab365.directory/office365-sharepoint/best-sharepoint-migration-tools/ or use a SharePoint Add-in) to upload the content. Please note that some tools offer trial versions but they do not upload 100 % of the content.
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How to upsize Access 2013 to Sharepoint on Office365, but still keep synced "offline tables"

In a previous question (Options for cloud based MS Access backend) one poster, Albert D. Kallal, stated:
"...you could certainly consider to up-size your Access back end tables up to office 365 and continue to use your Access front end. And more amazing is with Access 2010 this means you get a "off line" and disconnected mode. This means that your application will continue to run EVEN WITH NO internet connection. The instant you find a wifi then the data sync process starts again. And this sync is not file based, but record based and is really replication built into the product and this setup requires ZERO extra code on your part."
I am looking for any pointers as to how I may do this. I have found how to export tables into Sharepoint (but from what I can see, there is then no local copy of the tables) and have also found how to convert to a web app - but but I can't seem to find anything about how to keep my current FE, have tables in Office365, and still get the "offline" mode whereby I can still access local copies of the BE tables when I have no internet access, as posted by Albert.
Any help, or links to appropriate content, would be appreciated
Please note I am relatively advanced when it comes to Access, but am totally new to Sharepoint/Office365.

FAST ESP or FAST Search Server for SharePoint

I am learning Microsoft FAST search for solving our search problem. I am getting resources for FAST Search for Sharepoint(FS4SP) instead of FAST Enterprise search Platform(FASTESP/FSIS/FSIA). I am more interested in FAST ESP as I don’t want any sharepoint dependency, but all the documentation I observed seems to be related to the Sharepoint integrated version. Is FS4SP provide same features as FASTESP/FSIS/FSIA?
The main problems that I want to solve using this search solutions are:
1.Search public and private(needs user authentication) data. For private data search, user should authenticate and see only autorized contents.
2.Search Web and non-web data. We have some desktop(client-server) applications and we want to make app/user data searchable.
3.Solution should be integarted all web, desktop and mobile applications. So that user should be able to perform search from web, desktop and mobile applications.
Can FS4SP solve all of above problems?
Both FAST ESP and FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 can solve your requirements. If you are starting a new project FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 is the only option you can purchase. I would suggest going for SharePoint 2013 which includes the FAST Search components by default.
FAST ESP had most of its documentation as PDF documents that shipped with the product. With the SharePoint versions, most of it is found online.

Microsoft Search server without SharePoint

I am trying to make a kind of 'faceted search' in ASP.NET and am looking for good ways to filter data. That's why I have the following question:
Is it possible to use FAST search on a SQL database using Microsoft Search Server 2010 without using SharePoint? (in other words: can a SQL DB be a content source for the search?) I can't seem to find a definitive answer to this anywhere.
I have found this on the MS website:
The following connectors come out of the box in Search Server 2010
Express and SharePoint Server 2010:
SharePoint sites
Windows file shares
Exchange public folders
Lotus Notes
Web sites
IFilters for additional repositories
Structured content in databases
Federation object model
I would like to be sure that it 'can' work before I start messing around with it.
You will need to install SharePoint Foundation (free version), as well as install the cumulative updates/service packs to install and configure the Secure Store Service. From there, you can use Business Connectivity Services to model your database and present it to Search Server Express. FAST Search is another product altogether and would require additional software installation and configuration.

File system access to Sharepoint document library - only approved items

How could I synchronize as SharePoint (2007) document library to a local folder... but only the 'approved' documents in a library that has content approval set on.
Navigating to it through Windows Explorer (i.e. the WebDAV link) exposes all files, but i can't find any indication in the file system which are approved.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The client will either be Windows Server or a Windows client OS(7, XP)
Windows Explorer view is always going to show you all the files so there isn't going to be a way to make it show a subset of the files. With a tool written to use the SharePoint web services you could access a document library view that only had approved documents showing so you could only download documents that showed up in the view. Alternatively you could query the document library for items that were approved and just grab those.

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