Features Analysis of SharePoint Server 2016

We’ e o e a lo g a si e ith Mi osoft’s “ha ePoi t platfo . Despite

those primitive looking little icons and its nauseatingly blocky window design, it

was still an impressive platform. But what is truly impressive is that Microsoft has

quickly evolved that outdated technology into a masterpiece that demands

worldwide attention with their immense subscriber base of millions of companies.

The est pa t is, Mi osoft is ’t sitti g a ou d twiddling their thumbs while

sleepi g i eds of ash; the ’ e o ki g ha d to de elop the est soft a e this world has seen. Along with all the new innovations Microsoft has been rolling out

in the past few months like Power BI and Windows 10, we finally got to see a

quick preview of SharePoint 2016 as downloadable from Microsoft. The useable

beta for SharePoint 2016 is planned to be available before the end of this year.

The idea of SharePoint 2016

Microsoft approached building SharePoint with several different core objectives,

one of which was to remove the hundred pound weight that IT teams have been

carrying around by making administrative tasks infinitely more simple to execute

and plan.

It does this and much more by adding tons of features. Below, e’ll highlight a list of the most notable changes. Prepare for some bullet point action! SharePoint

2016 now has:

A new App launcher that places follo ed ite s i to a sites ta

Automatic indexed column creation, thus removing the need to worry about

5,000 doc threshold

A new Unified Search Experience that gives local and deep search results

Customizable individual server roles with automatic compliance

Workflow downtime removed with instant patching

Unloadable file size increased up to 10GB

Site creation time reduced from around a minute to a single second

Completely revamped Compliance Center with fully customizable policies

Editing and moving links around should no longer break them with new

du a le li ks

Hopefully, several of the above bullet points allowed you to audibly breathe a sigh

of relief. It’s looks a lot like Microsoft is actually listening the blood curdling

screams of the frustrated office worker from behind their computer screens

elli g to the eili g, Why oh why do I have to deal with this 5,000 document

threshold, Microsoft?!?

Besides si ple ualit of life fi es, e’ e also e ited to see the e App launcher

full in action when the beta comes around to being open later this year as well as

the utilization of vNext.

SharePoint 2016 is defi itel looki g o e tha just p o isi g as e’ e thoroughly impressed thus far with how on-point the current changes have been.

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