Tuesday, 27 December 2016

SharePoint Server 2016 New Features and Deprecated Features

SharePoint Server 2016 New Features
1.       Fast Site Collection Creation
2.       MinRole- we can define each server’s role in a farm topology.
3.       Hybrid in SharePoint 2016
4.       Image and video previews
5.       Large file support, more than 2GB
6.       Document Library accessibility
7.       Filenames - expanded support for special characters
8.       New Recycle Bin in OneDrive and Team sites
9.       Open Document Format (ODF)
10.     Customized web parts

Deprecated or removed from SharePoint Server 2016
1.       Standalone Install mode
    SharePoint Server 2016 doesn't support the standalone install option
2.       ForeFront Identity Manager client (FIM)
    Earlier versions of SharePoint used ForeFront Identity Manager Client (FIM) to synchronize          between Active Directory and SharePoint. SharePoint Server 2016 no longer uses FIM as the    synchronization client.
3.       Excel Services in SharePoint
   Excel Services and its associated business intelligence capabilities are no longer hosted on    SharePoint Server.
4.       Tags and Notes
    The Tags and Notes feature is deprecated in SharePoint Server 2016. This means that users can still     create new tags and notes and access any existing ones.
5.       Stsadm.exe

    The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but it is included to support compatibility     with previous product versions.