GET READY FOR SHAREPOINT 2016

BRANDON MURRAY

S O L U T I O N S A R C H I T E C T

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MICROSOFT TRENDS

Microsoft Ignite 2015

MICROSOFT TRENDS

• “Mobile-first, cloud-first world”

• “Reinvent productivity”

• Windows 10 is the last release

• Incremental updates are the future

MICROSOFT TRENDS

• 80% of Fortune 500 uses SharePoint Server on premises

• 38% of all SharePoint seats are in O365

• 400% growth in monthly active users

• 300% growth in content

MICROSOFT TRENDS

• Updates will continue to happen in Office 365 rapidly

• Cloud updates will be rolled into the next server releases

• “New features and value at major releases.”

• 2-3 year cycle

• Interim service packs

MICROSOFT TRENDS

SharePoint 2016 Release Schedule:

• Public beta: Q4 2015

• RTM: Q2 2016

MICROSOFT TRENDS

Three pillars:

• Experiences

• Extensibility

• Management

MICROSOFT TRENDS

Microsoft on SharePoint 2016

• Modern workplace: modern collaboration, content

management, personalized insights, security and

compliance

• Most secure, scalable, and reliable version to date

MICROSOFT TRENDS

Microsoft on SharePoint 2016

• SharePoint is pervasive across Office 365. While not

apparent from a brand perspective, it’s always there.

• Microsoft leveraging experience w/ SPO at massive scale

• SP 2016 = a point in time snapshot of SPO made into a

server release.

MICROSOFT TRENDS

Microsoft on SharePoint 2016

• Easier to use hybrid, easier to migrate to cloud

• Old hybrid approach: designed to ease the customer from

their systems to the cloud.

• New hybrid approach: Bring the cloud to your systems.

• Take advantage of cloud innovation while staying on prem.

Microsoft on SharePoint 2016

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Pre-reqs• 12-16 GB RAM; 64-bit proc, quad core; 80 GB storage

• Windows Server 2012 R2 or 10

• .NET 4.5.2 or 4.5.6

• SQL 2014 SP1 or 201x (Express no longer supported for Dev standalone)

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Upgrade• Upgrade databases from 2013 to 2016

• 2010 to 2016 requires double hop

• 2007 to 2016 requires triple hop…

• No major changes to farm or service app architecture

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WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Migration• Improved API for migration

• Third-party providers

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

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WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

MinRole• Previous versions of SharePoint, administrator determines a box’s role by

choosing the services that run.

• Roles in 2016 are defined in code instead of documentation

• Automatic optimization for chosen role

• This new method helps patching be more targeted

• Health Analyzer will check server against MS’s definition for role

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Patching• Fewer MSIs and MSPs and Updates are smaller and execute faster

• Translation: Reduced number of patch components

• B2B updates are online with zero downtime

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Boundaries & Limits• Content database support moves into Terabytes instead of Gigabytes (exact

figure TBD)

• List view threshold will go past 5000

• Max file size increased to 10 GB

• Search index, site collection, and other increases coming

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Identity and Authentication• SAML claims becomes the preferred identity provider due to better

compatibility with cloud

• Windows identity remains supported, but the move is toward a SAML future.

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Hybrid Deployment• Hybrid configuration wizard, includes pre-req installer

• Deployment automation for hybrid services

• Promoted hybrid services: search, user profiles, office graph, e-

discovery, compliance

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

User Profile Service• UPSync is no longer built into SharePoint. Now you have to put a separate

server up if you want to have the old FIM experience……….

• AD Sync is the only native-SharePoint method now!

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Cloud Search Service Application• Unified result sources from both cloud and on-prem indexes

• Office Graph now looks into on-prem content

• Delve can now be used with on-prem data!

WHAT’S NEW IN SP16

Other stuff…• Project Server closer to SP, but still licensed separately

• More durable links, you can rename files and links will still work

• Improvements to Distributed Cache

• Improvements to e-discovery, works in on-prem and online

• New compliance center in Office 365

MORE QUESTIONS...

MORE QUESTIONS...

How many servers will I need?

TODAY

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What about licensing?

MORE QUESTIONS...

Developmentmethods & APIs?

MORE QUESTIONS...

What’s the full hybrid story?

HOW DO I PREPARE?

HOW DO I PREPARE?

• Try an upgrade!• Health Assessment• Give Office 365 a spin• Avoid deprecated dev

models• Stay up with the news…

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

• SP 2016 public beta this fall, RTM next spring

• Only SP 2013 will directly upgrade to 2016

• Hybrid is the key focus: Expect more

integration with Office 365 features and

services

• The time to start preparing is now!

• Migration Assessment

• Office 365

• SharePoint App Model

Development

• SharePoint Upgrades &

Migrations

TCSC CAN HELP!

LET’S GET STARTEDWe’re ready as soon as you are.

THANK YOUBRANDON MURRAY

brandon.murray@tcsc.com

S O L U T I O N S A R C H I T E C T