No full-text search features will be discontinued in the next release of SQL Server.

The following full-text search features are supported in the next version of SQL Server, but will be removed in a later version. The specific version of SQL Server has not been determined.

The Feature name value appears in trace events as the ObjectName and in performance counters and sys.dm_os_performance_counters as the instance name. The Feature ID value appears in trace events as the ObjectId.

Category	Deprecated feature	Replacement	Feature name	Feature ID
Full-text search	CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG option: IN PATH 'rootpath' ON FILEGROUP filegroup	None.	CREATE FULLTEXT CATLOG IN PATH None.*	237 None.*
Full-text search	DATABASEPROPERTYEX property: IsFullTextEnabled	None.	DATABASEPROPERTYEX('IsFullTextEnabled')	202
Full-text search	FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY property: LogSize PopulateStatus	None.	FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY('LogSize') FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY('PopulateStatus')	211 201
Full-text search	FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY property: ConnectTimeout DataTimeout ResourceUsage	None.	FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('ConnectTimeout') FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('DataTimeout') FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('ResourceUsage')	210 209 208
Full-text search	sp_configure options: ft crawl bandwidth ft notify bandwidth	None.	sp_configure 'ft crawl bandwidth (max)' sp_configure 'ft crawl bandwidth (min)' sp_configure 'ft notify bandwidth (max)' sp_configure 'ft notify bandwidth (min)'	204 205 206 207
Full-text search	sp_detach_db option: [ @keepfulltextindexfile = ] 'KeepFulltextIndexFile'	None.	sp_detach_db @keepfulltextindexfile	226
Full-text search	sp_fulltext_catalog	CREATE FULL CATALOG ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG DROP FULLTEXT CATALOG	sp_fulltext_catalog	84
Full-text search	sp_fulltext_column sp_fulltext_database sp_fulltext_table	CREATE FULL INDEX ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX DROP FULLTEXT INDEX	sp_fulltext_column sp_fulltext_database sp_fulltext_table	86 87 85
Full-text search	sp_help_fulltext_catalogs sp_help_fulltext_catalog_components sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor sp_help_fulltext_columns sp_help_fulltext_columns_cursor sp_help_fulltext_tables sp_help_fulltext_tables_cursor	sys.fulltext_catalogs sys.fulltext_index_columns sys.fulltext_indexes	sp_help_fulltext_catalogs sp_help_fulltext_catalog_components sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor sp_help_fulltext_columns sp_help_fulltext_columns_cursor sp_help_fulltext_table sp_help_fulltext_tables_cursor	88 203 90 92 93 91 89
Full-text search	sp_fulltext_service action values: clean_up, connect_timeout , and data_timeout return zero resource_usage has no function.	None	sp_fulltext_service @action=clean_up sp_fulltext_service @action=connect_timeout sp_fulltext_service @action=data_timeout sp_fulltext_service @action=resource_usage	116 117 118 200
Full-text search	sys.dm_fts_active_catalogs columns: is_paused previous_status previous_status_description row_count_in_thousands status status_description worker_count	None.	dm_fts_active_catalogs.is_paused dm_fts_active_catalogs.previous_status dm_fts_active_catalogs.previous_status_description dm_fts_active_catalogs.row_count_in_thousands dm_fts_active_catalogs.status dm_fts_active_catalogs.status_description dm_fts_active_catalogs.worker_count	218 221 222 224 219 220 223
Full-text search	sys.dm_fts_memory_buffers column: row_count	None.	dm_fts_memory_buffers.row_count	225
Full-text search	sys.fulltext_catalogs columns: path data_space_id file_id columns	None.	fulltext_catalogs.path fulltext_catalogs.data_space_id fulltext_catalogs.file_id	215 216 217

^* The SQL Server:Deprecated Features object does not monitor occurrences of CREATE FULLTEXT CATLOG ON FILEGROUP filegroup.

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