Release History and Roadmap

SharePoint SharePoint Office SharePoint SharePoint SharePoint SharePoint

Portal Server 2001 Portal Server 2003 Server 2007 Server 2010 Server 2013 Server 2016

2001 2003 2006 2009 2012 2016

Microsoft Microsoft
Managed Solutions Online Services

Core Content Cloud and Enterprise Cloud-Inspired

Collaboration Management Social Experiences
 RTW 1.21 GB Build
Q2 CY 2016 (1,307,219,231 bytes) 16.0.4021.1201
Management
Hardware Requirements

MEM PROC DISK

X64
Single Server 16-24 80 GB
1x4

X64
Farm Server 12-16 80 GB
1x4
Prerequisites

Prerequisites
Windows Management Framework 3.0
Application Server Role
Web Server (IIS) Role
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
Update for the .NET Framework 4 (KB2898850)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client
Microsoft Identity Extensions
Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
Windows Server AppFabric 1.1
Windows Identity Foundation v1.1
Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client
Microsoft WCF Data Services
Software Requirements

Database Servers
Deployment Scenarios

Unsupported Unsupported

Developer Developer

Unsupported Unsupported

Unsupported Unsupported

Unsupported Unsupported

* No Standalone
* Foundation Version
Upgrade & Migration

Upgrade 14.5 mode site collections to 15 Migrate content to SharePoint 2016

mode
Attach SharePoint 2013 databases to
SharePoint 2016
Auth N-Z

Windows identity
over SAML
claims
3 4 Important resources

Normalizes on
OAuth and
5

JWT/SAML with 2

WSFED 1
SMTP Connection Encryption

Supports sending mail to SMTP servers

using STARTTLS connection encryption
Connection
Encryption No fallback support for unencrypted
connections
Provides improved
messaging security
SMTP can use non-default ports
Performance
and Reliability
Roles & Services
MinRole
[…..] Distributed Cache and Request Management
User sync client onenote user profile
Distributed Cache, Request Management,
page
SharePoint Foundation Web Application
rendering
services
[…..] excel
Web Servers
sandbox
code
project subscription
services settings
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 provisioning timer jobs search
Crawl Target, Machine Translation, SharePoint Foundation Web Application, PowerPoint Conversion,
User Profile Synchronization, Word Automation, Work Management, Workflow Timer Service
SharePoint logic consolidated into
Caching […..] Specialized Workloads one single machine reducing the
services Excel Calculation, PerformancePoint, Project, Search, SharePoint Foundationnumber
caching
of discrete roles
Web Application
Demo
MinRole Provisioning
MinRole Walkthrough
MinRole Roles and Services

Services end user requests. Servers assigned to this role are optimized for low latency.

Services backend jobs or the requests triggered by backend jobs. Servers assigned to this role
are optimized for high throughput.

Reserved for services that needed to be isolated from other services. 3rd party applications, etc.

Serves distributed cache for the farm. Servers assigned to this role can load balance end user
requests among the web front ends.
 Role Enforcement and Health

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Demo
MinRole Health
Patching

Smaller update footprint

Reduced number of MSI and MSP
In-place, online, installation
 Distributed Cache
SharePoint

Improved performance and

reliability
How?
Support for 4x 9 {Transform} speed
More connections

Cache
Cluster
Boundaries and limits
Site Collections
Content
per Content List Threshold MaxFile Size Indexed Items
Database Size Database

Content database 100,000 site Increased List MaxFile Size 2x increase in

sizing into TB’s collections per Threshold >5000 increases to 10GB Search scale to 500
content database and removed million items
character
restrictions
Files Performance

BITS Protocol support

Data Application
Download
HOST LAYERS

Data Presentation Byte-range HTTP GETs

Data Session
Upload
Segments Transport
BITS specific block-based upload protocol
MEDIA LAYERS

Packets Network

Frames Data Link

Bits Physical
Fast Site Creation

New Logic Copies Site Collections using SPSite.Copy

at Content Database level
Improves site collection
creation performance
Implements master copies of Site Collections

Mitigates Feature Activation overhead

Traffic Management
New endpoint running on web servers

Platform Resiliency
Establishes affinity between web servers
Improves reliability to and load balancers
allow 4x9’s availability

Isolates requests and provides intelligent

routing based on variables (health, servicing,
etc.)

Provable health remotely verifies health, can

initialize remediation, and provides services
for conditional access scenarios
 User Profile Service

Improved bidirectional
synchronization
Removed built-in FIM Service
Supports external FIM Service

Unidirectional synchronization
provided through native AD
synchronization
 Project Server
PWA
Project Server

SharePoint Server
WCF Services
Integrated Project

Project Server Queuing

Project Server Eventing

Local Event Handlers

Server Project Server Interface (PSI)

System

System
Controlled through server/user Business Objects
licensing
Project Server
Project Calculation Service
Workflow System

Content (+Project) Content Configuration Database

Project Database Database Database
Durable Links
Resource Id based Urls
Url remains intact with rename and move
Enables discrete Url on visibility
Cobalt
endpoint for
getting file
for client
Redirect manager: based
on this docID, provide the
right way to get a doc

URL with SiteID

& DocID to
WOPI
…

User clicks docID-based

durable URL
GuestAccess.aspx
URL for WOPI
Mobile View
Insights
and Data
Operations
Real-time telemetry
Advanced data analysis and reporting
Real user monitoring

Services Actions Usage Engagement Diagnostics

Demo
Insights
ODF in Document Libraries
Allows creating new files in Doc
Libraries and saving as ODF
Can edit new file with program of choice
Cloud Accelerated
Experiences
 Compliance

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Cloud Search Service Application

Metadata
Audioextraction
indextext
signals
properties
and processing
Search Service Application for
And search
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
 Team Sites

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 Scenario Picker

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Major Investment Areas in SharePoint 2016
Modern Document Experiences Information Protection Document Management
New Doc Lib UX (qcb, no ribbon) DLP Large File Support (10GB)
Multi-file upload, better drag/drop Encryption Durable URLs
redesigned menus (inc. right-click) Archiving Large Lists (>5000)
Modern Attachments (w/ EX) eDiscovery Removing character restrictions
Auditing
OneDrive for Business Office Online
Shared With Me Performance and Reliability New app experiences
Shared Folders * (assumes sync client support) Faster pages throughout SP File / new; rename; sharing; MRU
Site Folders Fast site creation
“Face pile” Upload/Downloading chunking for higher throughput Search
Infinite Scrolling and reliability Scale Improvements 2x (to 500m docs)
First Run Experience Sync reliability Simplified Deployment/Admin
Recycle Bin
Manageability Project
Sharing Experiences In place upgrade Resource Engagements
Members Can Share SAML parity with Windows Getting Started Experience
Sharing Emails MinRole Simplified IT Administration
New Sharing Dialog Performance/Scale Improvements
Access Requests Redesign Windows and Office Ecosystem Data Integrity
Additive permissions Version API for Universal Apps
Runs on Threshold Server Hybrid Configurations
Mobile Web Experiences Search (cloud indexing)
OneDrive for Business Access & InfoPath Yammer
Team Sites Open in Excel OneDrive for Business
Sites Hub Cascading Combo Boxes Delve
Sites / Groups / Cross-org Collaboration Sites
Other Experience Improvements Developer Video Portal
New profile page (immersive) Office 365 API’s
New sites hub (site thumbnails) Common consent
Subscription Apps
Important Notes
• InfoPath Services
• Workflow Manager
• PerformancePoint Services
• Excel Services > Excel Online
• Office Web Apps Server > Office Online Server
• Tags & Notes
• Office 365 APIs
• Modern Attachments/Exchange 2016
• Customized web parts

https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/mt346112(v=office.16).aspx
Summary
SharePoint Server 2016 is:
a comprehensive solution for connected information work
that preserves structured processes, compliance, IT investment
optimized for the way people work
through an easily-managed and integrated platform
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