Note that, Microsoft has made its SharePoint 2016 officially released for us to play with. So what all new features 2016 have to excite us and what’s it move since SharePoint 2013? Here you will get complete information about what you need to know about this latest release. The release of SharePoint 2016 is an ongoing commitment by Microsoft to give the on-premises experience to its users.
Whether you need to explore out-of-the-box features of Microsoft for specific business needs or for your custom web parts, a professional SharePoint Development service is always required to extend your SharePoint competencies.
Download SharePoint 2016
The latest version of the SharePoint 2016 is available for download. Read out the system requirements and the installation instructions before proceeding with the installation.
Here are a few major improvements which SharePoint 2016 has gone through:
Integration with OneDrive
Of course, the users cannot synchronise SharePoint Online document libraries with the OneDrive. However, Enterprise mobile users can surely expect the improvement by accessing the online document libraries with the all new SharePoint Mobile App.
Now with this integration facility, a user can discover their OneDrive Documents from both OneDrive and SharePoint although if they do not know where the document actually exist in a drive. It completely conflicts with the common way of searching documents that you know already where it exist. Also, you can copy the documents from OneDrive to SharePoint.
Another interesting improvement in the pipeline will be release later this year is the document analytics app. There will be a facility to surface the documents, also you will know document access details like what purpose document is used for, who used them and what’s the impact on it.
App Launcher and Changed UI
As the user seeks seamless experience irrespective of the platform they were on or technology they use, SharePoint 2016 has better taken care of them. The new version has got an App Launcher with the same interface which the user is familiar with in Office 365. With this, user got the same navigation experience as Office 365. Now, a user can pin their websites and developers can use their app across Office 365 and on-premises.
This global navigation serves with the same navigational experience of the few apps like OneDrive, Delve, and Yammer.
Sites Hybrid Experience
Another user experience feature on the way is the Hybrid SharePoint site facility. Now when the sites are available on both on-premises and online, then you have the chance to find them at a central location.
The features of both the environment are joined by configuring a server to server connection from the new Hybrid SharePoint site wizard. Meaning that, when a user follows Sharepoint sites, then a link is added to their followed sites list, which can be accessed right from their app launcher. This is the simplest way of maintaining the list of favourite websites and recently visited websites irrespective of where they are hosted.
Hybrid Deployment Automation
Setting up a hybrid scenario is complex in the previous version of SharePoint. As Microsoft has strongly focused on the Hybrid to help the people make the most out from the Cloud, Hybrid has gone through major improvements in the SharePoint 2016 version.
So what has changed in Hybrid now? Well, the new hybrid will uplift the technical implementation to ensure cloud utilisation to the fullest. Meaning that, it will programmatically configure a server to server and an authentication connection including all hybrid prerequisites.
Hybrid Cloud Search Capability
Get ready to experience a unified Search with the new SharePoint 2016. The Cloud Hybrid Search facility is based on the on-premises content in the Office 365. It will give the experience of both on-premises and online data. A unified index for cloud content and on-premise is available. Now, when a SharePoint 2016 on-premises query against their On-Premises Search service, then they will get the local results only.
Experience Compliance
Everyone who is planning to set up their environment in the cloud wants to get ensure that everything stays in their control. For this, SharePoint 2016 brought an In-Place Policy Hold Centre and Compliance Centre that will allow the user to build their own policies and also apply them in their environment. Now, these basic policies allow the users to delete the data from OneDrive after a certain amount of years.
Enrich Touch Friendly Interface
With mobile-tablets-desktop around in the IT environment, SharePoint 2016 has brought new technologies and standards for mobile information and push synchronisation. Whilst the responsive design is already in the talk, Microsoft did investment in HTML5 to bring the new facility of presenting the device-targeted content to give a personalization experience to every user. It ensures the user can gain the information, irrespective of the device they are using. Also, SharePoint 2016 features new touch-friendly user interface to enrich the out-of-the-box mobile experience.
SharePoint 2016 Performance Improvements
Min Roles: It allows you to just install the roles on a specific SharePoint 2016 server. Based on the selected role, SharePoint will automatically configure the services as required and make sure each role is complaint. Even the users can convert the servers to run new roles. User may also take a look at the services running on the SharePoint 2016 server.
Zero Downtime Patching: One of the pro features you will receive with this SharePoint 2016 server is that you can run the patch without facing any downtime. The size and number of the packages have been reduced.
Supports Large File: SharePoint 2016 will now support downloading and uploading large files.
Fast Site Creation: An improvement can be observed while creating site collections and sites in 1 second than SharePoint 2013 that take almost 46 seconds.
Microsoft has also published a list of features summary. Leverage SharePoint Software Development framework to develop the Enterprise rich solutions.
Whether you need to explore out-of-the-box features of Microsoft for specific business needs or for your custom web parts, a professional SharePoint Development service is always required to extend your SharePoint competencies.
Download SharePoint 2016
The latest version of the SharePoint 2016 is available for download. Read out the system requirements and the installation instructions before proceeding with the installation.
Here are a few major improvements which SharePoint 2016 has gone through:
Integration with OneDrive
Of course, the users cannot synchronise SharePoint Online document libraries with the OneDrive. However, Enterprise mobile users can surely expect the improvement by accessing the online document libraries with the all new SharePoint Mobile App.
Now with this integration facility, a user can discover their OneDrive Documents from both OneDrive and SharePoint although if they do not know where the document actually exist in a drive. It completely conflicts with the common way of searching documents that you know already where it exist. Also, you can copy the documents from OneDrive to SharePoint.
Another interesting improvement in the pipeline will be release later this year is the document analytics app. There will be a facility to surface the documents, also you will know document access details like what purpose document is used for, who used them and what’s the impact on it.
App Launcher and Changed UI
As the user seeks seamless experience irrespective of the platform they were on or technology they use, SharePoint 2016 has better taken care of them. The new version has got an App Launcher with the same interface which the user is familiar with in Office 365. With this, user got the same navigation experience as Office 365. Now, a user can pin their websites and developers can use their app across Office 365 and on-premises.
This global navigation serves with the same navigational experience of the few apps like OneDrive, Delve, and Yammer.
Sites Hybrid Experience
Another user experience feature on the way is the Hybrid SharePoint site facility. Now when the sites are available on both on-premises and online, then you have the chance to find them at a central location.
The features of both the environment are joined by configuring a server to server connection from the new Hybrid SharePoint site wizard. Meaning that, when a user follows Sharepoint sites, then a link is added to their followed sites list, which can be accessed right from their app launcher. This is the simplest way of maintaining the list of favourite websites and recently visited websites irrespective of where they are hosted.
Hybrid Deployment Automation
Setting up a hybrid scenario is complex in the previous version of SharePoint. As Microsoft has strongly focused on the Hybrid to help the people make the most out from the Cloud, Hybrid has gone through major improvements in the SharePoint 2016 version.
So what has changed in Hybrid now? Well, the new hybrid will uplift the technical implementation to ensure cloud utilisation to the fullest. Meaning that, it will programmatically configure a server to server and an authentication connection including all hybrid prerequisites.
Hybrid Cloud Search Capability
Get ready to experience a unified Search with the new SharePoint 2016. The Cloud Hybrid Search facility is based on the on-premises content in the Office 365. It will give the experience of both on-premises and online data. A unified index for cloud content and on-premise is available. Now, when a SharePoint 2016 on-premises query against their On-Premises Search service, then they will get the local results only.
Experience Compliance
Everyone who is planning to set up their environment in the cloud wants to get ensure that everything stays in their control. For this, SharePoint 2016 brought an In-Place Policy Hold Centre and Compliance Centre that will allow the user to build their own policies and also apply them in their environment. Now, these basic policies allow the users to delete the data from OneDrive after a certain amount of years.
Enrich Touch Friendly Interface
With mobile-tablets-desktop around in the IT environment, SharePoint 2016 has brought new technologies and standards for mobile information and push synchronisation. Whilst the responsive design is already in the talk, Microsoft did investment in HTML5 to bring the new facility of presenting the device-targeted content to give a personalization experience to every user. It ensures the user can gain the information, irrespective of the device they are using. Also, SharePoint 2016 features new touch-friendly user interface to enrich the out-of-the-box mobile experience.
SharePoint 2016 Performance Improvements
Min Roles: It allows you to just install the roles on a specific SharePoint 2016 server. Based on the selected role, SharePoint will automatically configure the services as required and make sure each role is complaint. Even the users can convert the servers to run new roles. User may also take a look at the services running on the SharePoint 2016 server.
Zero Downtime Patching: One of the pro features you will receive with this SharePoint 2016 server is that you can run the patch without facing any downtime. The size and number of the packages have been reduced.
Supports Large File: SharePoint 2016 will now support downloading and uploading large files.
Fast Site Creation: An improvement can be observed while creating site collections and sites in 1 second than SharePoint 2013 that take almost 46 seconds.
Microsoft has also published a list of features summary. Leverage SharePoint Software Development framework to develop the Enterprise rich solutions.