

It seems the 2010 filter pack is still needed by Server 2016-it doesn’t index pptx or xlsx otherwise. There is actually a Filter Central blog, but the last update was two years ago. Support also indicated that there may be an Office 2013 Filter Pack, though the release date is uncertain. It was a snap to install this from Windows Update. Microsoft Partner Support pointed out that Service Pack 1 is available for the Office 2010 Filter Pack: KB2460041. After indexing completed and a server reboot, a quick test shows that it is now able to find an. pptx files.įortunately, I found the following available for download:Īlthough it does not list Windows 2012 as a supported operating system, I installed it anyway. For example, I believe it would index the XML tags as well as the content of. it would not handle file formats intelligently. Manually adding Office extensions would treat them as text files, i.e. After setting up Server 2012 Essentials, I discovered that the native Windows Search indexes.
