The BA Insight Amazon S3 Connector for Search makes it possible to surface content stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) using your preferred enterprise search platforms, including SharePoint, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, and others. This enables users to get integrated search results that include files stored in S3, eliminating the need to perform multiple, inconsistent searches and boosting productivity.
Amazon S3 offers simple, scalable, and cost-effective object storage used widely for data lakes, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and archiving. Organizations can create buckets in AWS regions to organize data such as photos, videos, documents, and more, all of which can be indexed through this connector.
Problems Amazon S3 Connector for Search Solves
Difficulty in finding and using content stored in Amazon S3 alongside other enterprise data sources.
Fragmented search experiences caused by siloed cloud storage content.
Security concerns around exposing sensitive S3 content during enterprise-wide search integration.
Maintaining up-to-date search indexes reflecting frequent changes in S3 content without manual effort.
Benefits Amazon S3 Connector for Search Delivers
Seamless Integration Across Leading Search Platforms
Seamless integration with leading search platforms including SharePoint, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, and Amazon Kendra.
Adherence to AWS Security and Access Controls
Honors AWS security policies and permissions, ensuring users only see authorized S3 content.
Fresh and Synchronized Indexes with Full and Incremental Crawls
Supports both full and incremental crawls to maintain fresh and synchronized search indexes.
Unified Enterprise Search Across Multiple Repositories
Enables enterprise-wide search by consolidating S3 content with other repositories into a single, unified search experience.
Enhanced Productivity Through Centralized Content Access
Improves productivity by providing a single access point for all enterprise content, including cloud storage.
Key Features of the Amazon S3 Connector for Search
Key Features of the Amazon S3 Connector for Search
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Comprehensive Content Indexing
Comprehensive Content Indexing
Efficiently indexes all content in Amazon S3 buckets with scalable, high-throughput crawling.
This connector empowers organizations to unlock valuable content stored in Amazon S3 within their enterprise search ecosystems, delivering secure, scalable, and unified content discovery across both cloud and on-premises data sources.
FAQ
FAQ
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Yes, it enforces AWS security permissions to ensure users access only authorized S3 content.
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It supports both full and incremental crawls to keep the search index synchronized with changes in S3.
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It integrates with SharePoint Online and On-Premises, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, Amazon Kendra, and others.
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No, the connector operates agentlessly and requires only secure access credentials.
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BA Insight’s metadata enrichment tools harmonize and enhance metadata across connected sources, improving findability and navigation.