The Microsoft Filter Pack for search has been released enabling critical search scenarios.   Microsoft provides iFilters for the following file type extensions:

• .docx (Microsoft Office 2007 Word Document)
• .docm (Microsoft Office Word Macro-Enabled Document)
• .pptx (Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Presentation)
• .xlsx (Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Worksheet)
• .xlsm (Microsoft Office Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet)
• .xlsb (Microsoft Office Excel Binary Worksheet)
• .zip (WinZip File)
• .one (Microsoft Office OneNote Section)
• .vdx (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
• .vsd (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
• .vss (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
• .vst (Microsoft Office Visio Template)
• .vsx (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
• .vtx (Microsoft Office Visio Template)

across a variety of Microsoft Search products including:

• Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps
• Search Server 2008 - Search Server 2008 registration steps
• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps
• Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 - Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps
• Exchange Server 2007 - Exchange Server 2007 registration steps
• SQL Server 2005 - SQL Server 2005 registration steps
• SQL Server 2008 - SQL Server 2008 registration steps
• Windows Desktop Search 3.1/4.0.

NOTE The current release is not localized and available at this time in English only supporting both x86 and x64 architectures.  To download the Microsoft Filter Pack or to learn more click here Microsoft Filter Pack.