What’s new in SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2016?Chris O’Brien, Head of Development

24th November 2016

SharePoint – the last 3 years

Increased focus on Office 365 – “cloud first”Delve, Planner, Groups etc. all Office 365 only

Shift to ‘cloud-friendly’ development approaches e.g. apps/add-ins

Core workloads much improvedDocument management and co-authoring are solid

A great intranet platform

Search is more robust (generally!)

But then…not much else?Fewer end-user functionality updates

SharePoint’s rejuvenation!

Modern team sitesNew look and feel

New experiences, improved OneDrive capability

Integration with Office 365 Groups

PowerAppsA lightweight way to deliver corporate apps – mobile-friendly

Office 365 only

Focus on mobilitySharePoint mobile app

OneDrive and Office 365 Groups

..and the rest

Android app Classification of

sites

Conditional access

controls

Copy/move to

SharePoint sites

Compliance features

Data loss prevention Fast site creation Flows Graph

enhancements (e.g.

SharePoint data)

Groups

harmonisation

Hybrid taxonomy Insights Logging – now

unified

Mobile views My analytics

OneDrive sync for

SP sites

OneDrive mobile

app

Page canvas People cards Planner

PowerBI SharePoint home

page

SharePoint mobile

app

Sharing

improvements

Sites page pinning

Touch-friendly UI User profile

enhancements

Web parts (new) Yammer

enhancements

Zero downtime

patching

The Mum test:

Could one of your parents edit a SharePoint page and add web parts?

Modern sites

Team site highlights• Integration with Office 365 Groups

• New home page

• Modern pages - simpler authoring

• Team News feature

• Self-service creation

• New document library/list experience

• New Site Contents page

• 25TB per site collection!

A new set of web parts

End-users will like:

Highlighted Content web part

PowerBI web part

Yammer Embed web part

Others to come!

All underpinned by new “SharePoint Framework” development model

Modern sites – new doc libraries

Key items can be

pinned

Easier metadata

entry

Easier copy/move

(including from a

user’s OneDrive)

PowerApps and Flows

PowerApps

The PowerApps conceptQuick to build (pseudo-code)

Designed for mobile

Users install one app on their phone – then access all PowerApps

Store data in Office 365 (e.g. SharePoint lists)

Possible applicationsHoliday requests

Ideas submission

Service desk

..and more!

Flows

Flows are “If This Then That”..if document approved, then copy to my OneDrive..

Possible applications Lightweight workflow

Post to social feed

Post to HR system

DemoNew team sites, and SharePoint on your device

A word on Office 365 team/group tools

Office 365 GroupsMultiple tools “wrapped” in a Group:

Mailbox/calendar, a SharePoint site, Planner, Yammer Group

TeamsA way for teams to quickly communicate (chat), send links to files etc.

YammerA place for open conversations

Teams = one to few

Yammer = one to many

Simple guidance

But how does this apply to SP2016?

The simple answer:

• PowerApps, Flows

• Teams

• Others – PowerBI, Planner etc.

Cloud

only

• Modern team sites

• New development model

Coming to

SP2016

Modernize your on-premises infrastructure improving speed, scale, and user experiences.

SharePoint Server 2016 brings cloud innovation to your datacenter so you can get the best of both

worlds – speed and productivity for your users with flexibility and control for IT.

New user experiences enable

users to quickly and

productively consume new apps

and experiences across devices

and screens.

Improved User

Experiences

Based on our learning from

Office 365, SharePoint 2016

delivers a reliable software-

defined infrastructure

foundation that’s proven at

scale with best in class hybrid

experiences.

Cloud-Inspired

Infrastructure

Integrated data-loss

prevention and protection and

with built-in and cloud

connected compliance,

security, and threat protection

for both administrators and

end users.

People-Centric

Compliance

SharePoint Server 2016 Vision & Value

1. Improved user experiences

App Launcher“Waffle”, like Office 365

Hybrid “compatible”

MobileImproved mobile touch interface

The *current* SPO mobile view (with fewer tiles)

Simplified UISimplified Document Library controls

No need to access the ribbon

The “Classic” experience in SharePoint Online! (N-1)

2. Cloud-inspired infrastructure

Feature Pack updatesRegular “snapshots” of SPO provided on-premises

Available to customers with Software Assurance

Zero Downtime PatchingDeliver updates (e.g. Feature Packs) without taking

SharePoint offline

MinRoleConsistent topologies with standardised roles

“Internet-scale” performance and reliability

Simplified capacity planning and scale-out

100ksite collections per

content database

10GBmax file size

5k+List view threshold

100ksite collections per

content database

5k+List view threshold

3. People-centric complianceData Loss PreventionDiscover and restrict sensitive data

Policy Tips appear within SharePoint UI and Office

Option to block access when sensitive content is saved

Built into the eDiscovery Center

Document Deletion policiesReduce unnecessary legal risk

Most appropriate for personal and unstructured data

Do not replace Records Management or IM policies

SharePoint Feature Packs (for on-prem)

More regular functionality updatesNo more waiting 3 years for a “big bang” release

Constant innovation for on-premises SharePoint

Feature Pack 1 available now!See Announcing Feature Pack 1 blog post

New OneDrive experience

Better hybrid features

Improved auditing and taxonomy

..and more..

Summary

SharePoint is entering a new eraA great end-user experience – even on mobile

Powerful team-working tools

A solid intranet platform (but not ready-to-go)

Improved IT Pro and hybrid capabilities

Mobility - PowerApps and SharePoint mobile app are winnersPowerApps and Flow - Office 365 only, but powerful tools

SharePoint mobile app – Office 365 and SP2016

Thank you!

Any questions?