Use the Find information online link and customize the search by using the following examples.

• Single search string: To search for topics that contain the search string Endpoint Protection, replace Configuration Manager with Endpoint Protection:
  
  

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  ("Endpoint Protection") site:technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library meta:search.MSCategory(gg682056)

• Combining search strings: To search for topics that contain the search strings Endpoint Protection and monitoring, use the AND operator:
  
  

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  ("Endpoint Protection") AND ("monitoring") site:technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library meta:search.MSCategory(gg682056)

• Alternative search strings: To search for topics that contain the search string Endpoint Protection or monitoring, use the OR operator:
  
  

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  ("Endpoint Protection" OR "monitoring") site:technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library meta:search.MSCategory(gg682056)

• Exclude search strings: To search for topics that contain the search string Endpoint Protection and exclude topics about monitoring, use the NOT operator:
  
  

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  ("Endpoint Protection)" NOT ("monitoring") site:technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library meta:search.MSCategory(gg682056)

Use the following search tips to help you find the information that you need:

• Use search terms that match those that you see in the user interface (UI) and TechNet documentation, rather than unofficial terms or abbreviations that you might see in community content. For example, search for "management point" rather than "MP," "deployment type" rather than "DT," and "software updates" rather than "SUM." You can use the Glossary for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager to help identify terms that are specific to Configuration Manager.
  
  
• When you search on a page in TechNet or in the help file (for example, press Ctrl-F1, and enter search terms in the Find box), the results exclude text that is in collapsed sections. To search for text in collapsed sections, expand the sections before you search on the page. To do this, you can click the Expand All button at the top of the page, or double-click any collapsed section. When all sections are expanded, a search on the page can then search all sections on that page.
  
  
• To search a topic in the help file, press F1, and enter search terms in the Find dialog box. The help file does not support the Expand All option and you must manually expand individual sections that are collapsed before search on the page finds text in those sections.
  
  
• Whenever possible, use the TechNet online library rather than downloaded documentation. TechNet contains the most up-to-date information and the information that you are searching for might not be in the downloaded documentation or there might be corrections or additional information online.
  
  
• If you find it easier and faster to search documentation when it is stored locally, you can select multiple topics on TechNet and save them locally. For more information, see the following instructions on the TechNet wiki: How to Build Your Own Custom TechNet Documentation.