What’s New and Exciting in
SharePoint Server 2016
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SharePoint 2016 is now in RTM
March 14th marks Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of SharePoint Server
Agenda
1. SharePoint 2016 Requirements
2. Recommended Hardware for SharePoint 2016 3. What’s new in SharePoint 2016
4. Lessons Learned
5. What’s being deprecated in SharePoint 2016 6. Demo
SharePoint 2016 Requirements
• Operating System - Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows
Server 2016 Technical Preview 3
• Windows 10 Universal C Runtime (CRT)
• 64-bit version of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or
Datacenter
• .NET Framework 4.6
SharePoint 2013 Requirements
• Operating System - Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012
What’s new in SharePoint 2016
• MinRole
• Cloud Hybrid Search
• Load Generation Templates in Visual Studio – new set of templates
• Data Loss Prevention (51 Information Content Types)
• SharePoint 2016 templates in Visual Studio
• Large File Support (up to 10 GB in size)
What’s new in SharePoint 2016
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• PowerPivot add-in and Power View
‣ Power Pivot add-in is part of SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.1
‣ SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in SharePoint-integrated mode is needed for using Power View
• Shared With Me improvements
‣ Recently shared items are immediately visible now
‣ Recently Shared Items (RSI) cache
• Search supports indexing of up to 500 million items per Search Server application
• Use SMTP ports other than the default (25)
• Store up to 100,000 site collections per content database, a 5x increase when compared to SharePoint Server 2013.
What’s new in SharePoint 2016
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• Upgrade from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2016 not
supported
• “Database Attach Upgrade” method to upgrade from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016
• No site collection compatibility modes in SharePoint 2016
• Site Collection Upgrade – 3 Options
‣ Upgrade sites along with database upgrades (default in v2v upgrade)
‣ Manually trigger site upgrade (default in b2b upgrade)
What’s new in SharePoint 2016
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• Central Administration site no longer provisioned on all servers by default
• Suite navigation update – App launcher experience is similar to O365
MinRole
• Server Role designation
• New PSConfig parameters
‣ LocalServerRole
MinRole
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Role Description
Front-end Serve end user requests. Optimized for low latency.
Application Service applications, services, and components that serve backend requests.
Optimized for high throughput.
Distributed Cache Service applications, services, and components that are required for a distributed
cache.
Search Service applications, services, and components that are required for Search.
Custom Custom service applications, services, and components that do not integrate with
MinRole. The farm administrator has full control over which service instances can run on servers assigned to this role.
MinRole does not control which service instances are provisioned on this role.
Cloud Hybrid Search
• On-Premise content is stored in search index in O365
• Content queries in Office 365, will return search results from BOTH on-premises and O365 content
• Metadata encryption used to secure on-premises content
• Active Directory (AD) synchronization needs to be setup
• PS scripts needed from MS Connect:
‣ CreateCloudSSA.ps1 -> installs cloud search architecture
‣ Onboard-HybridSearch.ps1 -> configures server-server authentication, which allows servers
Cloud Hybrid Search
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• Office Online Server (OOS) is needed for enabling previews of on-premises content
• Benefits:
‣ Smaller footprint of on-premises Search Server farm
‣ No upgrade of existing installation needed. SP2016 can crawl existing MOSS 2007, SP2010 and SP2013 content farms
SharePoint 2016 Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
DLP Query created in eDiscovery site collection
DLP Policy created in Compliance Center site collection and assigned to target site collection
Lessons Learned
• Office Online Server (OOS) as opposed to Office Web Apps (OWA) is needed for search previews of on-premise content
• Parser errors when crawling content with Cloud Hybrid Search SSA
‣ Microsoft has PowerShell code to remedy this now
• Install patch builds by running the files in this order:
‣ prerequisiteinstaller.exe
‣ sts.msp (reboot server)
‣ wssmui.wsp
‣ Individual Language Pack installer files
• Fast Site Collection Creation not supported for Team Sites
Lessons Learned
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• InfoPath is not being re-released with SharePoint Server 2016.
InfoPath Forms Services will be supported in SharePoint 2016 and Office 365.
• SharePoint Designer is not being re-released with SharePoint
Server 2016. SharePoint Designer 2013 can be used to work with SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 sites.
• Stsadmin is no longer supported
• Master Page updates (still called seattle.master)
‣ data-accessibility-nocheck="true“ ‣ SharePoint:IECompatibleMetaTag
‣ References to Version=16.0.0.0 assemblies • No major branding updates yet.
What’s being deprecated in
SharePoint 2016
What’s being deprecated in SharePoint 2016
• Standalone Install Mode
• ForeFront Identity Manager client (FIM)
• Excel Services in SharePoint
• BI functionality
• Tags and Notes
Takeaways
• SharePoint 2016 RTM Download
‣ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51493
• SharePoint 2016 Reviewer’s Guide
‣ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48713
• SharePoint 2016 Documentation
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc303422(v=office.16).aspx
• SharePoint 2016 Discussion Forum on TechNet
‣ https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?forum=SP2016
• General Availability (GA) for SharePoint Server 2016 - scheduled for May 4th
• Rightpoint Consulting
