When you execute some queries on your SQL Server, are you sure the catalog is being imported? With this simple script you can know which is the Index status. DECLARE @CatalogName VARCHAR(MAX) SET @CatalogName = 'TEST_FullIndex' SELECT FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY(@CatalogName,'ItemCount') as NumberOfItems, FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY(@CatalogName,'ImportStatus') as ImportStatus, DATEADD(ss, FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY(@CatalogName, 'PopulateCompletionAge'), '1/1/1990') AS LastPopulated, (SELECT CASE FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY(@CatalogName,'PopulateStatus') WHEN 0 THEN...