As should come as no surprise, Microsoft is going to build an enterprise search R&D center in Norway around its Fast Search & Transfer acquisition. It says it will add 50 R&D workers to Fast’s 300 employees. It will be Microsoft’s third R&D center in Europe and part of Microsoft’s post-Yahoo strategy. It’s also planning to open a new European Search Technology Center (STC) with arms in Paris, London and Munich under Jordi Ribas, who until a minute ago was general manager of its Conncted TV business group.