SharePoint What's New, What's Not. Colin Phillips :: SharePoint MVP & Consultant :: itgroove

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1 SharePoint 2016 What's New, What's Not Colin Phillips :: SharePoint MVP & Consultant :: itgroove Bruce Smith :: SharePoint Consultant & IM Advisor :: itgroove 1

2 Who I am (part I): Colin Phillips My Background 16+ Years in Technology Today: SharePoint MVP and Consultant (with itgroove) Previously: 12 Years Developing Software, IT Infrastructure Projects, Workflows, & Other Related Topics B.Sc. in Computer Science from UVic Microsoft Certified Professional Developer & IT Professional (SharePoint) My Socialness Blog: mmman.itgroove.net / Where to learn more cphillips@itgroove.net / LinkedIn: Colin Phillips

3 Who I am (part II): Bruce Smith My Background Today: SharePoint Consultant & IM Advisor (with itgroove) & President of ARMA Vancouver Island 9 years experience in Information Management (IM, DM, RM, Archives) 6 years experience in SharePoint Business Analysis, Design, Administration & Forms/Workflow Master of Library and Information Studies from McGill B.A. in Indiana Jones from UManitoba/UBC/McGill My Socialness / / Wordpress: seek.itgroove.net Where to learn more bsmith@itgroove.net / LinkedIn: Bruce Norman Smith

4 Release History and Roadmap SharePoint Portal Server SharePoint Portal Server Office SharePoint Server SharePoint Server SharePoint Server SharePoint Server Microsoft Managed Solutions Microsoft Online Services (BPOS) Office 365 Core Collaboration Content Management Cloud and Enterprise Social Cloud-Inspired Experiences

5 SharePoint 2016 Release Schedule Q4 CY 2015 Q1 CY 2016 Q2 CY 2016

6 Investment Areas EXPERIENCES INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLIANCE

7 What isn t changing Recommended Hardware Requirements: Single Server: 16-24GB RAM, 64bit/4core Proc, 80GB Disk Farm Server: 12-16GB RAM, 64bit/4core Proc, 80GB Disk Deployment Scenarios: Installed On: SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2016 Workgroup Member Server Unsupported Unsupported Domain Controller Developer Developer Client OS Unsupported Unsupported Dynamic Memory Unsupported Unsupported Windows Web Server Unsupported Unsupported

8 SharePoint 2016 Relying on Some 'Deprecated' Software AppFabric for SharePoint 2016 InfoPath (2013) PerformancePoint SharePoint Designer (2013) SharePoint Social Capabilities (from 2013)

9 so what is changing?

10 Software Requirements Operating Systems: Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 10 SQL server: 64bit SQL Server 2014 or 64bit SQL Server vnext Standalone (SQL Express) no longer supported.

11 Connectivity & Content Authentication SAML Authentication All other Claims based authentication mechanisms x Classic Authentication Upgrade & Migration Same as Currently RTM and higher is OK Sites in 2010-Mode will Fail 11

12 Roles & Services MinRole [..] Distributed Cache and Request Management sync client onenote user profile page User rendering services Distributed Cache, Request Management, SharePoint Foundation Web Application [..] Web Servers excel services Access Services, Business Data Connectivity, Central Administration, Managed Metadata, SharePoint Foundation Web Application, Secure Store Service, State, Subscription Settings, User Code, User Profile, Visio Graphics Robot [..] Batch Processing services Crawl provisioning Target, Machine timer Translation, jobs search SharePoint Foundation Web Application, PowerPoint Conversion, User Profile Synchronization, Word Automation, Work Management, Workflow Timer Service [..] Specialized Workloads Caching services Excel Calculation, PerformancePoint, Project, Search, SharePoint Foundation Web Application caching sandbox code project subscription settings SharePoint logic consolidated into one single machine reducing the number of discrete roles

13 Boundaries and Limits Content DB Size Site Collections per Content DB List Threshold Max File Size Indexed Items In Coming 2013 in 2016 TB-sized Max 200GB Databases now supported Officially in Supported General usage scenarios* In Coming 2013 in ,000 Max 5000 Site Site Collections per Content Databases DB In Coming 2013 in 2016 Increased Maximum List Threshold 5000 Items >5000 per Query Items No word yet on how many more In Coming 2013 in 2016 Maximum 2GB File File Size* now 10GB No Character Restrictions Drag & Drop files with & in them!!! In Coming 2013 in 2016 Search Maximum scale of doubled 10 Million to 500 Indexed Million items items per search partition

14 User Profile Service Improved bidirectional synchronization Removed built-in FIM Service Supports external FIM Service FIM SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICE SharePoint Unidirectional synchronization provided through native AD synchronization AD FIM Synchronization Service and FIMSyncDB

15 Patching Zero downtime patching Presuming HA farm Reduced functionality on non HA farm Smaller patches Online requirement Last version?

16 Advanced Data Analysis and Reporting Better statistics on how SharePoint is being used, and how things may fail Real time telemetry (latency, 404 s, document usage stats) SLAPI (SharePoint Logging API) Enhanced usage database (improves *significantly* upon existing usage database) Generates updated report data in real time Stats / Reports on usage, health, storage, performance, and much more There s a lot of useful data in there

17 Cloud Accelerated Experiences Hybrid Deployment Automation Enables scenario selection (i.e. Search, OneDrive for Business, etc.) Automated configuration of prerequisites and core infrastructure UI-based configuration Search Service Application for cloud storage Unifies on-premises and cloud indexes Provides support for Office Graph/Delve experiences on-premises Supports Search as a Service / reduces search crawl footprint

18 Other items Durable Links ODF file Format in Doc. Libraries Project Server Document discussions in Yammer No SP Foundation build in 2016 Standard / Enterprise still a thing? SMTP Encryption Enabling ports other then just port 25 Office 365 Groups How they ll affect on-prem TBD Fast site collection creation Image and Video previews Mobile View

19 Readiness Authentication Rid yourself of classic SP 2010 Site Collections Upgrade or migrate Version of SQL Make the move Capacity May need to split SP roles to more servers Service Pack 2 for SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Search Hybrid BCS

20 Additional Information Special thanks to the following Brad Saide & Elaine Van Bergen of Empired for their original slide deck from the Office 365 Saturday in Sydney, Australia (June 13 th, 2015). Brad Saide contact details Related links: Compilation of Ignite information Bill Baer s IT Pro presentation /BRK2188 Elaine Van Bergen (MVP) contact details elaine.vanbergen@obs.com.au 20

21 Questions? Contact Info Colin Phillips blog: mmman.itgroove.net Bruce Smith blog: seek.itgroove.net