itgroove SharePoint consultants, Colin Phillips and Bruce Norman Smith, walk you through the list of recent announcements around SharePoint 2016 - and clarify what's coming, what's changing, what's disappearing and what's staying the same.

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SharePoint 2016
What's New, What's Not
Colin Phillips :: SharePoint MVP & Consultant :: itgroove
Bruce Smith :: SharePoint Consultant & IM Advisor :: itgroove

2. Who I am (part I): Colin Phillips
My Background
 16+ Years in Technology
 Today: SharePoint MVP and Consultant (with itgroove)
 Previously: 12 Years Developing Software, IT Infrastructure Projects, Workflows, & Other Related Topics
 B.Sc. in Computer Science from UVic
 Microsoft Certified Professional Developer & IT Professional (SharePoint)
My Socialness
Blog: mmman.itgroove.net / Twitter: @itgroove_colin
Where to learn more
cphillips@itgroove.net / LinkedIn: Colin Phillips

3. Who I am (part II): Bruce Smith
My Background
 Today: SharePoint Consultant & IM Advisor (with itgroove) & President of ARMA Vancouver Island
 9 years experience in Information Management (IM, DM, RM, Archives)
 6 years experience in SharePoint Business Analysis, Design, Administration & Forms/Workflow
 Master of Library and Information Studies from McGill
 B.A. in Indiana Jones from UManitoba/UBC/McGill
My Socialness
Instagram: @itgroove_bruce / Twitter: @itgroove_bruce / Wordpress: seek.itgroove.net
Where to learn more
bsmith@itgroove.net / LinkedIn: Bruce Norman Smith

4. 2001
SharePoint
Portal Server 2001
2003
SharePoint
Portal Server 2003
2006
Office SharePoint
Server 2007
2009
SharePoint
Server 2010
2012
SharePoint
Server 2013
2016
SharePoint
Server 2016
Cloud-Inspired
Experiences
Cloud and Enterprise
Social
Content
Management
Core
Collaboration
Microsoft
ManagedSolutions
Microsoft
OnlineServices(BPOS)
Office365
Release History and Roadmap

5. Q2 CY 2016Q1 CY 2016Q4 CY 2015
SharePoint 2016 Release Schedule

6. EXPERIENCES INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLIANCE
Investment Areas

7. What isn’t changing…
Recommended Hardware Requirements:
• Single Server: 16-24GB RAM, 64bit/4core Proc, 80GB Disk
• Farm Server: 12-16GB RAM, 64bit/4core Proc, 80GB Disk
Deployment Scenarios:
Installed On: SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2016
Workgroup Member Server Unsupported Unsupported
Domain Controller Developer Developer
Client OS Unsupported Unsupported
Dynamic Memory Unsupported Unsupported
Windows Web Server Unsupported Unsupported

8. SharePoint 2016 Relying on Some 'Deprecated' Software
• AppFabric for SharePoint 2016
• InfoPath (2013)
• PerformancePoint
• SharePoint Designer (2013)
• SharePoint Social Capabilities (from 2013)

9. …so what is changing?

10. Software Requirements
Operating Systems:
• Windows Server 2012 R2 or
• Windows Server 10
SQL server:
• 64bit SQL Server 2014 or
• 64bit SQL Server vNext
• “Standalone” (SQL Express) no longer supported.

11. Connectivity & Content
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Authentication
 SAML Authentication
 All other Claims based authentication mechanisms
x Classic Authentication
Upgrade & Migration
• Same as 2010-2013
• Currently RTM and higher is OK
• Sites in “2010-Mode” will Fail

12. Roles & Services
[…..] Distributed Cache and Request Management
Distributed Cache, Request Management, SharePoint Foundation Web Application
[…..] Web Servers
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
[…..] Batch Processing
Crawl Target, Machine Translation, SharePoint Foundation Web Application, PowerPoint Conversion,
User Profile Synchronization, Word Automation, Work Management, Workflow Timer Service
[…..] Specialized Workloads
Excel Calculation, PerformancePoint, Project, Search, SharePoint Foundation Web Application
User
services
Robot
services
Caching
services
MinRole
SharePoint logic consolidated into
one single machine reducing the
number of discrete roles
timer jobs search
caching
provisioning
sync client onenote page
rendering
user profile
excel
services
sandbox
code
project subscription
settings
20132016

13. Boundaries and Limits
Content DB Size
• TB-sized
Databases
now Officially
Supported
Site Collections
per Content DB
• 100,000 Site
Collections
per Content
Databases
List Threshold
• Increased List
Threshold
>5000 Items
• No word yet
on how many
more… 
Max File Size
• Maximum File
Size now
10GB
• No Character
Restrictions –
Drag & Drop
files with ‘&’
in them!!!
Indexed Items
• Search scale
doubled to
500 Million
items
Coming in
2016…
Coming in
2016…
Coming in
2016…
Coming in
2016…
Coming in
2016…
In 2013…
• Maximum of
10 Million
Indexed items
per search
partition…
In 2013…
• Max 200GB
Databases
supported in
General usage
scenarios*
In 2013…
• Max 5000 Site
Collections
per Content
DB
In 2013…
• Maximum
5000 Items
per Query
In 2013…
• Max 2GB File
Size*

14. User Profile Service
Improved bidirectional
synchronization
Removed built-in FIM Service
Supports external FIM Service
Unidirectional synchronization
provided through native AD
synchronization
FIM Synchronization Service
and FIMSyncDB
FIM SYNCHRONIZATIONSERVICE
AD
SharePoint

15. Patching
Zero downtime patching
Presuming HA farm
Reduced functionality on non HA farm
Smaller patches
Online requirement
Last version ?

16. Advanced Data Analysis and Reporting
• Better statistics on how SharePoint is being used, and how things may fail
• Real time telemetry (latency, 404’s, document usage stats)
• SLAPI (SharePoint Logging API)
• Enhanced usage database (improves *significantly* upon existing usage
database)
• Generates updated report data in real time
• Stats / Reports on usage, health, storage, performance, and much more
• There’s a lot of useful data in there

17. Cloud Accelerated Experiences
Hybrid Deployment Automation
• Enables scenario selection (i.e. Search, OneDrive for Business, etc.)
• Automated configuration of prerequisites and core infrastructure
• UI-based configuration
Search Service Application for 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

18. Other items…
Durable Links
ODF file Format in Doc. Libraries
Project Server
Document discussions in Yammer
No SP Foundation build in 2016
Standard / Enterprise still a thing?
SMTP Encryption – Enabling
ports other then just port 25
Office 365 Groups – How
they’ll affect on-prem TBD
Fast site collection creation
Image and Video previews
Mobile View

19. Readiness…
Authentication – Rid yourself of classic
SP 2010 Site Collections – Upgrade or migrate
Version of SQL – Make the move
Capacity – May need to split SP roles to more servers
Service Pack 2 for SharePoint 2013
Hybrid Search
Hybrid BCS

20. Additional Information
Related links:
Compilation of Ignite information
• https://sway.com/uwhQ8MU4_vrpCuWZ
Bill Baer’s IT Pro presentation
• http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015
/BRK2188
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Special thanks to the following
Brad Saide & Elaine Van Bergen of Empired for
their original slide deck from the Office 365
Saturday in Sydney, Australia (June 13th, 2015).
http://www.o365saturdayaustralia.com/sydney
Brad Saide contact details
brad.saide@empired.com
http://kb4sp.wordpress.com
Elaine Van Bergen (MVP) contact details
elaine.vanbergen@obs.com.au
http://laneyvb.info

21. Questions?
Contact Info
Colin Phillips
cphillips@itgroove.net
blog: mmman.itgroove.net
Twitter: @itgroove_colin
Bruce Smith
bsmith@itgroove.net
blog: seek.itgroove.net
Twitter: @itgroove_bruce