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SharePoint

2016What's New, What's

NotColin Phillips :: SharePoint MVP & Consultant ::

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Bruce Smith :: SharePoint Consultant & IM Advisor ::

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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 SocialnessBlog: mmman.itgroove.net / Twitter: @itgroove_colin

Where to learn morecphillips@itgroove.net / LinkedIn: Colin Phillips

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 Instagram: @itgroove_bruce / Twitter: @itgroove_bruce / Wordpress:

seek.itgroove.net

Where to learn morebsmith@itgroove.net / LinkedIn: Bruce Norman Smith

2001

SharePointPortal Server 2001

2003

SharePointPortal Server 2003

2006

Office SharePointServer 2007

2009

SharePointServer 2010

2012

SharePointServer 2013

2016

SharePointServer 2016

Cloud-InspiredExperiences

Cloud and EnterpriseSocial

Content Management

Core Collaboration

Microsoft Managed Solutions

Microsoft Online Services (BPOS)

Office 365

Release History and Roadmap

Q2 CY 2016 Q1 CY 2016Q4 CY 2015

SharePoint 2016 Beta 1

SharePoint Server 2016 Release Candidate

RTW

SharePoint 2016 Release Schedule

EXPERIENCES INFRASTRUCTURE

IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY

HYBRID CLOUD WITH GLOBAL REACH

SUPPORT AND MONITORING TOOLS

COMPLIANCE

NEW DATA PROTECTION AND MONITORING TOOLS

TRUSTED PLATFORM

MODERN COLLABORATION

PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS

FILE STORAGE AND COLLABORATION

Investment Areas

What isn’t changing…

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Recommended Hardware

Requirements:

• Single Server: 16-24GB RAM, 64bit/4core Proc,

80GB Disk

• Farm Server: 12-16GB RAM, 64bit/4core Proc,

80GB DiskDeployment 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

SharePoint 2016 Relying on Some 'Deprecated' Software

• AppFabric for SharePoint 2016

• InfoPath (2013)

• PerformancePoint

• SharePoint Designer (2013)

• SharePoint Social Capabilities (from 2013)

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…so what is changing?

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.

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Connectivity & Content

Authentication SAML Authentication All other Claims based authentication

mechanisms

x Classic AuthenticationUpgrade & Migration

• Same as 2010-2013

• Currently RTM and higher is OK

• Sites in “2010-Mode” will Fail

Roles & Services

[…..] Distributed Cache and Request ManagementDistributed Cache, Request Management, SharePoint Foundation Web Application

[…..] Web ServersAccess Services, Business Data Connectivity, Central Administration, Managed Metadata, SharePoint Foundation Web Application, Secure Store Service, State, Subscription Settings, User Code, User Profile, Visio Graphics

[…..] Batch ProcessingCrawl Target, Machine Translation, SharePoint Foundation Web Application, PowerPoint Conversion,User Profile Synchronization, Word Automation, Work Management, Workflow Timer Service

[…..] Specialized WorkloadsExcel Calculation, PerformancePoint, Project, Search, SharePoint Foundation Web Application

User services

Robot services

Caching services

MinRole

SharePoint logic consolidated into one single machine reducing the number of discrete roles

timer jobs search

caching

provisioning

sync client onenote pagerendering

user profile

excelservices

sandboxcode

project subscriptionsettings

20132016

Boundaries and Limits

Content DB Size

• TB-sized Databases now Officially Supported

Site Collections per Content DB

• 100,000 Site Collections per Content Databases

List Threshold

• Increased List Threshold >5000 Items

• No word yet on how many more…

Max File Size

• Maximum File Size now 10GB

• No Character Restrictions – Drag & Drop files with ‘&’ in them!!!

Indexed Items

• Search scale doubled to 500 Million items

Coming in 2016…

Coming in 2016…

Coming in 2016…

Coming in 2016…

Coming in 2016…In 2013…

• Maximum of 10 Million Indexed items per search partition…

In 2013…

• Max 200GB Databases supported in General usage scenarios*

In 2013…

• Max 5000 Site Collections per Content DB

In 2013…

• Maximum 5000 Items per Query

In 2013…

• Max 2GB File Size*

User Profile Service

Improved bidirectional synchronization

Removed built-in FIM ServiceSupports external FIM Service

Unidirectional synchronization provided through native AD synchronization

FIM Synchronization Service and FIMSyncDB

FIM SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICE

AD

SharePointAuth

Syn

chro

niza

tion

Patching

Zero downtime patching

Presuming HA farm

Reduced functionality on non HA farm

Smaller patches

Online requirement

Last version ?

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

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

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

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

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Additional Information

Related links:Compilation of Ignite information• https://sway.com/uwhQ8MU4_vrpCuW

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Bill Baer’s IT Pro presentation• http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Igni

te/2015/BRK2188

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 13th, 2015).http://www.o365saturdayaustralia.com/sydney

Brad Saide contact detailsbrad.saide@empired.comhttp://kb4sp.wordpress.com

Elaine Van Bergen (MVP) contact details

elaine.vanbergen@obs.com.auhttp://laneyvb.info

Questions?

Contact Info

Colin Phillips

cphillips@itgroove.net

blog:

mmman.itgroove.net

Twitter: @itgroove_colin

Bruce Smith

bsmith@itgroove.net

blog:

seek.itgroove.net

Twitter:

@itgroove_bruce