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title: "Fast Search & Transfer: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Microsoft Development Center Norway is a Norwegian company. Before its acquisition by Microsoft in 2008, FAST developed search-engine software for large enterprises."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fast-search-transfer
type: Organization
wikidata: Q572502
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Development_Center_Norway
website: https://fastsearch.com
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Fast Search & Transfer

> Microsoft Development Center Norway is a Norwegian company. Before its acquisition by Microsoft in 2008, FAST developed search-engine software for large enterprises.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Norway
- Founded: 1997-01-01
- Dissolved: 2008-01-01
- Headquarters: Oslo
- Status: closed
- Website: https://fastsearch.com
- Employees: 390 (as of 2026-05-12)
- Also known as: Fast Search
- Industries: software industry

## Accounts

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MSDNNorge

## Ownership

Parent: [Microsoft](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-microsoft.md)

## Products

- search engine

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Fast Search & Transfer, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-fast-search-transfer#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q572502, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Development_Center_Norway

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